The Fashion Bracelet That Never Goes Out of Style

The popularity of charm bracelets has come and gone over the years, but this unique wrist accessory always seems to make a perennial comeback. For this reason, it is perhaps the only fashion bracelet that never really goes out of style. Here is a look at this iconic fashion accessory through the ages.

The applications for the earliest charms are closest to the literal meaning of the word. Special and unusual colored stones were pocketed and saved by early men who, according to their superstitious traditions, thought these pebbles had special powers or "charms" that could ward off danger as well as their enemies.

During Egyptian times, precious metals and jewels replaced rocks as charms, and people wore a collection of charms as a necklace or as bracelets. The charms were symbolic and represented both their wearers' status on earth as well as their hopes for the afterlife. The highly superstitious denizens of the Middle Ages used charms as part of witchcraft-related shenanigans to punish their enemies.

As people became more educated and less superstitious following the Renaissance, charms became part of the fashion bracelet scene, and so it is to this day. It wasn't until after WWII that people began collecting charms to commemorate a special event or a trip to an exotic destination. Grandmothers began wearing charms representing each of their grandchildren and their dates of birth.

Today's charm bracelets are less sentimental and are more apt to be sassy! Like message t-shirts, they convey the personality of the wearer through words instead of symbol. A charm Fashion Bracelet will generally have one word per disc which, when read as a whole, makes a real statement.

Charm bracelets are a fashion icon that has changed with the times but seems destined to stay: and that's simply charming.