It all started with my mom’s giant, silver hoop earrings... 

It was the 90’s, I was 7 years old, and I remember her telling me, “Those aren’t for little girls.” So, I snuck them from her jewelry box and put them on before the doors closed on the school bus. After feeling so cool, confident and grown up all day, she discovered my heist –– and I handed them over.

But I never forgot the power and draw of those silver hoop earrings.