Charm Brancelets

Charm bracelets have been worn by many civilizations to protect themselves from various kinds of evil eye. They can be religious in nature, have small objects attached to them or have small trinkets.

They are worn around the wrist of a person and are also gifted to the loved ones. In Ancient Egypt during the time of pharaohs, charm bracelets were worn to ward off evil and to protect a person in the afterlife.

They told the Gods about the stature and status of the person. They also helped to distinguish between the various hierarchies in the society.

In Europe, the medieval knights wore charm bracelets too. They wore these for protection in the battle field. They were worn in Europe in the Dark Ages to distinguish members of the family.

Queen Victoria is known to have patronized the charm bracelets. This caused a fashion trend among the nobles of the court and in the high society. Wearing of charm bracelets during Queen Victoria became immensely popular.

After soldiers returned home in World War II, they too carried back trinkets that were fashioned into charm bracelets. Baby Boomers during 1950’s and the Flower Power generation of the 1960’s – 1970’s worm charm bracelets. It was popularized by the rock bands of those days.

Bands like Beatles, Abba and Jimi Hendrix popularized the wearing of charm bracelets. They are back in fashion and the bracelets have seen a revival post 2000.

Many of the big fashion houses have also begun popularizing the wearing of charm bracelets. Charms are now been made of Murano glass, gold, silver beads and even Diamond beads.

They have become major fashion accessory and are been priced above $500 too. Of course the imitation ones are available at less than $10 too. These bracelets are available at top end fashion houses and are also available at the flea markets.

Society divas and college students both can now wear charm bracelets. Some of the designs are also been incorporated as neck pieces. In fact the house of Louis Vuitton has begun issuing the collectible Italian charms now.