Bracelets

Nowadays, charm bracelets differ from one person to another. Expensive or not, they’re an expression of the wearer’s personality. Sometimes colorful reflections sometimes studded with bright jewels. Its history is no doubt an interesting journey.

This hobby turned into a sensation during Queen Elizabeth II’s reign over the monarchy. She popularized charm bracelets as iconic accessories and had a fondness for not only wearing one but also giving it to others. When her late husband, Prince Albert died; she made a funeral charm bracelet made from locks of his hair. Though it was not her way of achieving a fad, it caught on and along with that, variations like bracelets with miniature portraits hanging off them.

Soldiers during WWII used them as souvenirs, to remind them where they’ve been during their tours. They usually bought bracelets from local merchants fashioned from cloth and strings. After the war ended, the soldiers bought them home and soon it became a fad. Teens during the mid-1960s would collect these charms as a way for them to record important parts in their lives.

Italy also bred a great variation of these types of charm bracelets. This was perhaps at the height Italy’s football craze. It’s essentially a bracelet that is filled with eighteen links that they either soldered charms on or glued something on them. Unlike European links, their links were interchangeable and were even traded around. There’s also another type of these Italian bracelets where held together by a single link and the pieces were looped around it.

Bracelets can be in a smooth and flexible form or a more solid form like bangles.
Glass bangles are actually very popular in India where they are made from ordinary colored glass. They would be worn stacked so the movement of the arm would cause them to make a nice sound.
On top of bangles, you could find other types of bracelets like charm bracelets, slap bracelets, beaded bracelets or even link bracelets. Another common form of bracelet is the friendship bracelet. It usually is a simple handmade bracelet with various styles that are given to a friend as a symbol. Those kind of bracelets first appeared in Central America.

In present days, bracelets can still hold a particular meaning and significance and can be used for various different purposes such as medical to describe the medical condition of a person or simply decorative.
It seems that one very popular type of bracelet is called the Cubetto bracelet. They usually are a fine type of jewelery that will be recognized for the way it is crafted. They can be made of gold, silver or even both metals.
But among handmade bracelets, the most common style of bracelet would be the link bracelet. Those types of bracelets include charm bracelets, military or simply identification bracelets.