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Bracelets




By David Chandler

A bracelet is an article of clothing or jewelry, which is worn around the
wrist. Bracelets can be manufactured from cloth or metal, and sometimes
contain rocks, wood, and/or shells. Bracelets are also used for medical and
identification purposes such as allergy bracelets and hospital tags. In the
late 1980s, "snap bracelets", felt-covered metal bracelets that curved
around one's wrist when gently hit against it, were a popular fad.

Nike and Lance Armstrong popularized the recent use of colored silicone
rubber as a material for producing sports bracelets through the Yellow
Livestrong band. Its success has led to the use of these 'awareness'
bracelets as low cost tools for information campaigns and charity projects.
These sports bracelets are also known otherwise as 'baller id bands',
'wristbands' or 'baller bands'.

The in-line thin diamond bracelet that features a symmetrical pattern of
diamonds is called a tennis bracelet. According to Diamond Bug, in 1987
Chris Evert, the former World No. 1 woman tennis player and the winner of
18 Grand Slam singles titles, was playing in the U.S. Open. She was
wearing an elegant, light in-line diamond bracelet, which accidentally broke
and the match was interrupted to allow Chris to recover her precious
diamonds. The 'tennis bracelet' incident sparked a new name for the item
and sparked a huge jewelry trend. Tennis bracelets continued to be worn
by various tennis stars like Serena Williams and Gabriela Sabatini.

Although the term 'armlet' may be technically similar, it is taken to mean an
item that sits on the upper arm. The origin of the term 'bracelet' is from the
Latin 'brachile' meaning 'of the arm', via the Old French 'barcel'. Taken in
the plural, bracelets is often use as slang for handcuffs.

Wristbands
Wristbands are encircling strips worn on the wrist, made of any of a variety
of materials depending on the purpose. The term can be used to refer to
the bracelet-like band of a wristwatch, to the cuff or other part of a sleeve
that covers the wrist, or to decorative or functional bands worn on the
wrist for other reasons.

One common type of wristband is the loops of plastic or tyvek that are
placed around the wrist for identification purposes (demonstrating the
wearer's authorization to be at a venue, for example).

Silicone wristbands
More recently, wristbands, often made of silicone, are worn to demonstrate
the wearer's support of a cause or charitable organization, similar to
awareness ribbons. Such wristbands are sometimes called symbands to
distinguish them from other types of wristbands.

One of the first charitable organizations to make use of silicone wristbands
as a way of demonstrating support for a cause was the yellow Livestrong
wristband created in 2004 by the Lance Armstrong Foundation. By early
2005, symbands became popular with many charities, such as Make
Poverty History and the BBC's Beat Bullying campaign.

There is also another type of Wristband called Web band. It is an online
version of the real wristband.


 
 
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