07/27/2026
Do you remember from the 70's a circle pendant that black women wore back in the 1970s Call the Virgin pin?
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The jewelry piece you are thinking of is a circle pin, which was widely called a "virgin pin" or "virginity pin."
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Design: A simple, looped circular metal loop or hoop brooch, often accented with small rhinestones, pearls, or a tiny dangling charm.
Origin of the Name: Popularized in the 1950s and 1960s, the urban legend and schoolyard rule dictated that wearing the circle pin on the left side of a blouse or cardigan meant the wearer was a virgin, while moving it to the right side meant something else.
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1970s Era: While peak popularity was in the mid-century, the pins and their rumored meanings continued to circulate as nostalgic or handed-down fashion into the early 1970s.
(Note: If you were instead thinking of large, circular cultural neckpieces from the 1970s Black Power movement, those were African continent medallions rather than virgin pins).
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