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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.
For more information visit, http://www.braceletsinfo.com
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