India, July 6 -- In the early 2000s, bedazzling exploded. From jeans and baby tees to phone cases and bandanas, no surface was safe from rhinestones. Celebrities like Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Justin Timberlake wore rhinestones relentlessly. The trend's accessibility meant anyone could participate, unlike most luxury trends of the era. Then minimalism arrived, and the rhinestones were put away. Until now.

Driven by Y2K nostalgia and a broader revival of maximalism, bedazzling and rhinestone phone cases are currently at a ten-year high, and the objects being bedazzled have expanded far beyond fashion, to coffee machines, water bottles, canvases, and even medical inhalers. But why the sudden revival?

Psychologists note that more p...