Silver Bangles – The Other Wrist Wear That Can
by Patty Buttonweiser
Silver bangles have become quite the fashion and item and though not as comfortable as flexible bracelets, they have more design scope because they don’t have to contend with the job of having to be flexible, but they do have to contend with closures and overall comfort since they are hard pieces of jewelry. The simplest type of sterling silver bangle is the one that is thick silver wire capped at the ends with a design and it opens and closes by flexing open and closing by pressing the heads together. A 925 silver bangle will work like this without durability issues because pure silver is quite flexible as solid silver bangles go.
From this basic bangle, sterling silver bangles have evolved into wide sterling silver cuffs with elaborate design and gems and everything in between. One of the most successful American jewelry designers, David Yurman, started his empire based on the bangle by using his signature cable look which is simply multiple silver wires twisted together and impeccably finished with end caps that can be plain sterling silver or studded with gemstones and accented with yellow gold. In a manner his cable is a solid silver bangle but is made up of multiple strands of thick silver wire and this actually makes it more durable in terms of opening and closing the bangle to get it on and off your wrist.
Silver bangle bracelets is another form of a bangle except that its one piece structure is broken up into two to four solid pieces connected by jump rings so the look of a one piece bangle is somewhat preserved but the clasping mechanism is simpler than the bending and twisting that you have to go through with a one piece open bangle.
Sterling silver bangle bracelets also have some more flexibility in terms of style because the designer is not restricted to the end caps for applying gemstone and other embellishment. The designer can apply gemstone and gold accents around the entire bracelets because it will be free to rotate around the wrist unlike the open ended bangle which usually must be in the upright position for the end cap gemstone setting to show. The silver bangle bracelet fits into the lifestyles of women who would like to wear an open silver bangle bracelet but don’t have the manual dexterity to open and close the bangle in order to remove or put it on.
The mens silver bangle has also taken center stage in the category of mens bracelets however not all men like the stiffness of a single piece bracelet that they must pull open to get off. The trend for mens silver bangles started with the health benefits touted by magnetic bangles that looks like a regular mens solid silver bangle but has a magnetized copper or other metal strip running through the interior which has the health giving benefits. A man’s silver bangle is usually a wide silver bangle whose opening remains turned on the bottom while the top part has some simple design motif on top with gemstones or diamond added for a more formal look.
Silver bangles have become quite the fashion and item and though not as comfortable as flexible bracelets, they have more design scope because they don’t have to contend with the job of having to be flexible, but they do have to contend with closures and overall comfort since they are hard pieces of jewelry. The simplest type of sterling silver bangle is the one that is thick silver wire capped at the ends with a design and it opens and closes by flexing open and closing by pressing the heads together. A 925 silver bangle will work like this without durability issues because pure silver is quite flexible as solid silver bangles go.
From this basic bangle, sterling silver bangles have evolved into wide sterling silver cuffs with elaborate design and gems and everything in between. One of the most successful American jewelry designers, David Yurman, started his empire based on the bangle by using his signature cable look which is simply multiple silver wires twisted together and impeccably finished with end caps that can be plain sterling silver or studded with gemstones and accented with yellow gold. In a manner his cable is a solid silver bangle but is made up of multiple strands of thick silver wire and this actually makes it more durable in terms of opening and closing the bangle to get it on and off your wrist.
Silver bangle bracelets is another form of a bangle except that its one piece structure is broken up into two to four solid pieces connected by jump rings so the look of a one piece bangle is somewhat preserved but the clasping mechanism is simpler than the bending and twisting that you have to go through with a one piece open bangle.
Sterling silver bangle bracelets also have some more flexibility in terms of style because the designer is not restricted to the end caps for applying gemstone and other embellishment. The designer can apply gemstone and gold accents around the entire bracelets because it will be free to rotate around the wrist unlike the open ended bangle which usually must be in the upright position for the end cap gemstone setting to show. The silver bangle bracelet fits into the lifestyles of women who would like to wear an open silver bangle bracelet but don’t have the manual dexterity to open and close the bangle in order to remove or put it on.
The mens silver bangle has also taken center stage in the category of mens bracelets however not all men like the stiffness of a single piece bracelet that they must pull open to get off. The trend for mens silver bangles started with the health benefits touted by magnetic bangles that looks like a regular mens solid silver bangle but has a magnetized copper or other metal strip running through the interior which has the health giving benefits. A man’s silver bangle is usually a wide silver bangle whose opening remains turned on the bottom while the top part has some simple design motif on top with gemstones or diamond added for a more formal look.
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