Inspiration Like No Other

In the Kayan tradition, women sport brass coils around their necks from the age of five. They only start with five rings at this point as their necks can’t fit anymore. As the girls grow older, they add more rings and replace the small ones.

You’d think the women get to take off the rings at the end of the day, as we do with our jewelry, but that’s not the case. Kayan women do everything with the rings on, including sleeping! Shockingly, however, the process doesn’t change the neck at all. Instead, the rings push the collarbone down, creating the illusion of an extended neck.