BRACELETS

Bracelets-History

           Bracelets were worn by men and women from the early ages, most of the times as an ornament and some times for a special purpose. Some used to wear bracelets to show their authority. It is believed by the Mayans that the bracelets made by certain materials will provide super natural powers to one who wear them. Hunters made bracelets out of the body parts of their prey like tiger teeth, nails, hairs, small bones etc.

They not only show the hunters experience but served as a souvenir of their bravery. Women often wear bracelets as a piece of jewelry. The bracelets worn by women were made of precious stones like diamonds, pearl or opals. Some times the entire bracelet will be made by precious metal. As the bracelet was not so common like other ornaments like necklaces or rings, still it had some significant in the ornament world. As the times rolled on the use and the shape of bracelets have changed a lot. However precious stones are still being used, some bracelets are incorporated with watches and some magnetic bracelets have healing powers. 

Throughout time, the wearing of bracelets and bangles has been popular with both sexes not just as decorative pieces of jewelry, but as potent symbols of a persons standing in society as well as powerful protective shields against enemies or evil.

. The wearing of bracelets became popular in Roman times. Because the fashion was to wear short sleeved tops. So their strong bare arms will be more attractive with a nice bracelet. It was popular with both men and women. The silver bracelets can be worn by a man or a woman and is very fashionable too. Throughout time, bracelets have been made from many different materials such as leather, iron, copper, beads, bone and teeth as well as precious metals and gemstone. Bracelets were known as ‘Bracels,’ from the Latin Brachium, meaning, ‘arm.’ When women caught on that these Bracels would look great on them, they started wearing smaller versions, called little Bracels...or ‘Bracel-ets.’Egyptians were used to wear gold bracelets as a symbol of their authority, this was popular especially with Pharaohs.

Bracelets - Tips for Buying               

               Now a days in the market there are lot of bracelets including Men's Bracelets, Gold Bracelets, Sterling Silver Bracelets and Diamond Bracelets, platinum bracelets, silver bracelets, Oxidized silver bracelets etc.. Now a days there is a trend for jelly bracelets among the teenagers. Jelly bracelets are cheap and comes in a variety of colors. You can also get a personalized bracelets for certain occasions like valentine day or anniversaries to give out as a gift. The bracelet is one of the most romantic elegant and stylish pieces of jewelry in the world. It sets off your wardrobe and draws attention to details in your dress and gave more high light to your personality. when you buy a bracelet always take in to consideration about the dress you normally wear. But there are some rare style of bracelets which will be matching to any kind of outfit. There are different types of clasp design to hook the bracelet. make sure whatever mechanism is there to join the bracelet, that mechanism should be hidden and should not affect the overall design of the bracelet. Also look for the size of your arm when you buy bracelet. A bold bracelet will suit a heavier arm. Make sure the bracelet has the perfect balance with the wearers arm. The bracelet should be well fit in your arm . It should not be so lose that it shouldn't rest in your wrist so heavily that you feel uncomfortable.