
A
bracelet is a flexible fashion accessory worn around the wrist. This
piece of jewelery may vary in texture and color, depending on the
material it is made of. Growing fashion consciousness among women has
paved the way for a lot of innovation in the stream of costume
jewelry/fashion jewelry.
Materials Used for Ladies Fashion Bracelets
Bracelets are made
from a wide range of materials like:
- Cloth
- Plastic
- Silicone Rubber
- Metal
- Velvet
- Leather
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- Twine
- Hemp
- Silken Thread
- Shells
- Stones
- Beads
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Ladies Fashion Bracelets Types
There are many kinds of
bracelets women love to flaunt on their wrists. The most common ones are
listed below.
Beaded Bracelets: These bracelets are one of the
funkiest fashion accessories any woman can own. Beads of all shapes,
sizes, materials, and colors are strung with metal wire, elastic, or
silken thread. Beaded bracelets are chosen on the basis of color
co-ordination with women's attire, or other accessories.
Button bracelets: These bracelets are made by
stringing buttons onto stretchy cord. Buttons may also be strung onto
elastic or crocheted together. Plastic/wooden buttons are the most
commonly used variety. Vintage buttons and buttons studded with
glass/semiprecious stones are also used to make ethnic button bracelets.
Memory bracelets: These bracelets are quite
interesting, because they are available in two kinds. The first kind
refers to bracelets which carry a small picture frame into which
pictures of a loved one can be inserted. The second kind refers to
bracelets which are made from a special wire called 'memory wire'.
Memory wire lends the bracelets an ability to revert to their original
shape even after being contorted. Memory bracelets do not have closures.
Both bracelets mentioned above are available strung with beads, covered
with felt, or studded with stones.
Charm bracelets: These bracelets are quite popular
among the younger generation of women. However, there is no age bar when
it comes to fashion, right? Charm bracelets are available in two forms.
- Traditional charm bracelets which have little
pendants dangling from metal loops. The charms may be available in
different sizes and fun shapes like animals, birds, flowers,
alphabets, stars, hearts, leaves, bells etc. Charms are also
available in the form of plastic/wooden beads, lightweight metal,
and little stone studs.
- Italian charm bracelets are made of rectangles
interlocked with each other. Flat Italian charms are snapped into
the rectangular links. The charms can be replaced and re-arranged
with other designs, alphabets etc. There are a number of charms to
choose from.
Custom-made bracelets: These bracelets are made
to order by the wearer herself, or loved ones who wish to create an
elegant utility gift. Manufacturers take note of all the key
specifications like color, size, choice of materials/charms etc. and the
bracelet is created. Custom made bracelets give the wearer a chance to
express themselves creatively.
Tennis bracelets: These bracelets originated in the
world of fine jewelry, and gradually found their way into fashion
jewelry as well. Tennis bracelets consist of a single string of
synthetic stones in square settings. They are held to the wrist with
metal clasps.
These bracelets gained popularity when a famous tennis player went
looking for her lost diamond bracelet anxiously in the tennis court.
Today, tennis bracelets continue to be a favorite piece of costume
jewelry. Only the diamonds have been replaced with synthetic stones, and
women needn't be tennis players just to wear them!
Designer Ladies Fashion Bracelets
Bracelets are available in
different styles and designs. They are held to the wrist with clasps,
snap closures, chain/hook closures, magnetic closures, and tasseled
closures.
Manufacturers are experimenting with colors and ideas while setting new
trends in the world of fashion. There are bracelets with a small watch
as the centerpiece. A band of colored canvas with snap closure, or a
couple of shells strung onto silken thread with tasseled ends make for
some chic costume jewelry. Bracelets that spell the wearer's name, or
the name of a loved one are also popular.