Years Elongates

How did gauges become popular in american culture?

Elongating the ears has been in many cultures or hundreds of years.
I’m speaking more specifically of the masai people.
I would like to know how it became popular to gauge the ears in american culture more specifically with punk rock etc.
And why did it become popular?
I would like to know how it came to america, the more detailed the better.

copy from ancient cultures and traditions. when our black friends start looking at their roots. it brought into our lands a plethora of such activities.

Eljer 1970s Elongated (PAT Model) Toilet