Where does the word jewellery originate? Well in fact its true meaning is plaything derived from a word from the Latin language jocale but it was the stylish french that used the word jouel describing anything made from precious stones or metal and used to wear about your person that first reinterpreted the meaning into its popular form today.

In ancient Egypt bangles were major pieces of jewellery. Amazingly they have also been discovered in ruins beneath an eruption from Mount Vesuvius at Pompeii. It was important to indicate a persons standing in the community for both the Romans and the Egyptians. Jewellery was the perfect medium for this purpose being both beautiful to look at and of great value to the owner. In Grecian times bangles were popular with men and soldiers wore defensive bands of leather, often decorated with gold, silver and/or gemstones, on their forearms.

“Look how important I am.” was the message ancient man communicated across to other by the wearing jewellery made from solid precious metals and stones. The types and varieties of jewellery have increased greatly over the years due to the discovery of newer lightweight metals and alloys. New possibilities in jewellery design are available for designers to readily experiment with.

Egyptian Pharaohs first wore bracelets or charm bracelets as they were known to bring good luck. Hence the name lucky charm. These were supposedly great protectors from evil. The Pharaohs of Egypt wore charm bracelets after death and were buried with their jewellery to indicate to their gods how prosperous they were in life. The charms were very elaborate pieces of jewellery. Throughout time, bracelets have been made from many different materials such as leather, iron, copper, beads, bone and teeth as well as precious metals and gemstone. Bracelets were known as ‘Bracels,’ from the Latin Brachium, meaning, ‘arm.’ When women caught on that these Bracels would look great on them, they started wearing smaller versions, called little Bracels…or ‘Bracel-ets.’

Right up to present day the history of the bracelet continued through the middle ages and then on into the 18th century of the Baroque period.  The wearing of torque bracelets became popular in Roman times as the trend was to wear short sleeved tops. It was popular with both men and women.  Throughout time, the wearing of bracelets and bangles have become even more popular with both men and women and not just as decorative pieces of jewellery, but as potent symbols of a persons standing in society as well as powerful protective shields against enemies or evil.

Written by John Lewis

Of Love2Have

John Lewis runs a website that features unusual bracelets that are handcrafted in the UK

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Wedding is one of the most important occasions of your life and everyone wants to make their wedding memorable and prefect. And the most important thing of wedding is the wedding ring. Wedding ring is that item which everyone wants to have a look and it is also considered as a symbol of love and bounding of two souls. Hence your wedding ring should be as unique as your partner.

And as we all know that selecting a perfect wedding ring for your partner is one of the most important decisions as you will wear the ring for the rest of your life. Make sure that the style you select for your wedding ring must match with your partner’s lifestyle and personality. There are many styles in wedding rings such as classic style, art deco style, antique style, Celtic style and modern style.

But these days you can find that contemporary styles in wedding rings are very popular. It is a skilful blending of modern and traditional style. And these days you can find that everyone wants to have their ring in between modern and traditional style. Besides design and style you must think of the material of your ring also.

Generally you will find that the traditional wedding rings are made of yellow gold and are also very popular from many centuries. But over the last few decades the trend is changing couples prefer presenting titanium or platinum wedding rings to their partner. These are one of the most popular and precious metals among all metals and have different properties.

Another most popular choice in wedding rings is diamond wedding rings these days. But it is popular only in the upper class people because engagement rings are expensive compare to other wedding rings. And generally the price of diamond depends on carat, clarity, cut and colour. And if you are not able to afford diamond then you can buy emerald, sapphire and ruby. These are best alternatives to diamond.

But if you want to present something unique then you can also design your own wedding ring. Always remember that presenting unique and exotic wedding ring to your partner will surely catch attention of everyone.

While selecting your ring the quality of the stone and material should be your priority. Always remember that your wedding ring is a symbol of marriage and fidelity. And as you are selecting an item which will symbolize your love, commitment and your married life it should be best and you should give full attention to the design and style of the ring.

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