Terminology Tuesday #14: grills
It’s Terminology Tuesday today, a good day for a little bit of mouth bling,
“Grills, golds and fronts”
“Metal removable jewellery worn over the front teeth, a style that originated with those participating in Hip Hop culture in the 1980’s and has continued.”
definition from:
The Fairchilds Books Dictionairy of Fashion by Phyllis G Tortora and Sandra J KeiserDitto for gold teeth and diamond crusted teeth.
Who’d have thought this would ever take off????
I’d love to know how it all came about?
Was it a savvy dentist? Hey dude, why don’t we drill holes in your teeth and insert a few diamonds, leaving your teeth open to decay should you neglect their regular maintenance. Kaching!
Or an orthodondist… hmm we need to make braces somehow more hip and fashionable…. I know! Kaching!
Ah, what funny crazy people we are. Does any one know how this came about?
Grill photo source:https://www.flickr.com/photos/mistmax/3686712003/
Lil’ Wayne photo source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegall/6190178656/
Amber’s grill is blinged-out at Rock the Bells 2008 photo source:https://www.flickr.com/photos/fissionmailed/2699343911/
Grill$ photo source:https://www.flickr.com/photos/toksik1/5080426838/
And here is the kind of establishment you need to visit to acquire such mouth art…
uptown grillz photo source:https://www.flickr.com/photos/caylan/412106211/
mr bling bling gold tooth photo source:https://www.flickr.com/photos/whizchickenonabun/267266410/
Gold Teeth Master, Oakland, CA photo source:https://www.flickr.com/photos/25229906@N00/8031719566/
Canine golds? Please let there be a good reason for this. Poor darlin’.
Canine Mouth Bling photo source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/faunatic_bob/3082872661/
No way!!!!! Really? Who makes this &%$@! Oh right, they do. Sigh.
Bling Teeth photo source:https://www.flickr.com/photos/anksmcskanks/4972599384/
Ohhhh Nohohoho!!!!!!!
Run, people run! photo source:https://www.flickr.com/photos/denaldo/2407694028/
Baha ha!
duck grill. photo source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cool_colonia4711/754554859/
Ok, it’s lame I know but you laughed didn’t you?.
Happy Tuesday
Bella
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* Bibliography: The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Fashion 4th Edition by Phyllis G. and Sandra J. Keiser