Here’s a fun linguistic story: In Grecian times, bracelets were largely worn by men, in the fashion of leather bands that soldiers wore on their forearms as a form of armour. The distinguished ranks would often decorate theirs with silver and gold, and on occasion, with gemstones. These trinkets were known as “bracels,” from the Latin meaning “arm.” When women started to wear them, they wore more delicate versions, called little bracels or “bracel-ets.”
Today, jewellery has become synonymous with personal style rather than for its original armoured functionality. The ’70s saw a favourable approach to tennis bracelets, while the noughties were
