Bracelet Slave

Ethnic jewelry is now very popular, because with their help you can create a bright and interesting image or emphasize your femininity and romance. One of the brightest representatives of this jewelry is the slave bracelet. If you do not know anything about this decoration or just do not understand how to combine it with your outfits, then this article will help you to understand all these issues.

This accessory is familiar to all lovers of Indian culture. If you watched Indian films or TV shows, you probably noticed spectacular bracelets on the hands of oriental beauties. Such decoration is called the slave. It is a bracelet, connected by a chain with one or even several rings on the fingers. As a result, putting on just one accessory, you decorate your entire hand.

The bracelet itself is either thin, like a chain, or wide and richly decorated with stones and flowers. A ring attached to a chain can also take any shape you like. And then there may be several such ringlets at once.

There are quite a few options, but they are all based on the same idea. So it doesn’t matter how your jewel looks, in any case it will look harmonious.

Like all Indian jewelry, the slave bracelet has a long and rich history. Although about where this accessory first appeared and what value it was originally invested in, there is still controversy.

The most popular option is the association with shackles. Indeed, the decoration, the fingers and wrists that surround them resemble them. And the word “slave” itself is translated from English as “slave”. According to this version, slave traders often exchanged their goods for gold coins, which were then melted into bracelets that held down the hands of slaves. And slave traders from Africa simply exchanged people for these very gold shackles.

But there are less sad versions of the appearance of bracelets. It is believed that such jewelry appeared in India. This is proved by archaeological excavations in which various figures of women are found in such adornments and accessories themselves. From Hindi, the name of such bracelets is translated as “flowers for hands”.

The value that was invested in it in the East is much more symbolic. There he was worn instead of a wedding ring. Brides wore him during the wedding ceremony, symbolically tying himself to his spouse.

Such traditional wedding bracelets originally consisted of five rings. This should emphasize the feminine principle of the girl. Later their number decreased. Modern bracelet of this type consists of only three rings, woven with the base of the bracelet.

Exquisite oriental accessories eventually came to Europe and America. In the USA, this accessory was especially popular in the twenties of the last century. Those decorations consisted of neat rectangular links. They have become a symbol of girls flappers.

This subculture did not last long. But it was treated by many celebrities. Flappers called independent and brave girls who wore neat high tails, short dresses and diluted their bows with spectacular Indian ornaments.

But against the background of economic problems and the Great Depression, such beautiful decorations were eventually forgotten. And interest in them returned only in the seventies. Then eastern jewelry interested fans of hippie culture. Only they have already chosen not simple and concise slaves, but ornaments made up of flowers.Such bracelets were decorated with bright threads, beads, beads, and other improvised materials. Thus, the traditional decoration of Indian women acquired a completely different meaning.

Today, there is no particular cult around such decorations. But still many complement their outfits with them. Now these accessories can be made in different forms and be supplemented with many beautiful details.

They are complemented with precious or semiprecious stones, artificial flowers or graceful figures of animals. It all depends on what audience of customers the creator of the bracelet is counting on.

These accessories look great on women's hands, although they need to be able to wear and match with the usual outfits from the daily and evening wardrobe. Such celebrities as Cher, Beyoncé, Selena Gomez and many others quite successfully do it.

The variety of elegant jewelry that can be found today is pleasantly surprising. But at the same time such a rich assortment complicates the selection process. So let's look at the popular spectacular models that you can now buy or even create with your own hands.

The most familiar option for all is a simple bracelet, connected by a thin chain with one or several rings. One decoration can complement up to five rings. But now most often choose a neat accessory with one ring. It looks more concise, and it is much easier to combine this accessory with everyday clothes.

Such decoration allowed to emphasize the status of the woman and her family. But today not everyone is willing to invest in such expensive jewelry. Especially those girls who do not dress in the style of boho and just want to experiment with style, trying on a bracelet in the Arab style.

As an alternative to expensive jewelry on the wrist, you can choose an accessory consisting of threads, metal chains or even beads. To create such a decoration a talented needlewoman can even at home.

Another unusual embodiment of the ancient traditional accessories is a slave decorated with leather, textile or lace inserts. Also, chains together with the base can be intertwined with threads or leather laces. It looks quite unusual.

Also noteworthy bracelets woven from threads. To create them, the macrame technique is used. The resulting accessory looks very elegant and unusual. You can add a wicker base with pebbles, strass or colored beads.

Wrist decoration can be made from beads or beads. They can be decorated with either the entire bracelet, or only the chain, which passes from the base to the ringlet. You can add such an accessory with a small pendant. It can be a dragon, flower or asterisk decoration.

Such a non-standard accessory can be found in non-standard images of modern brides. Exquisite jewelry with crystals or white beads looks very good in combination with a spectacular dress.

Even in India, exquisite woven slave bracelets were worn not only on the arms, but also on the legs. It looks rather non-standard. Now such a decoration in everyday urban life, of course, is difficult to wear. But in the summer on vacation and in combination with light dresses accessories of this type look very impressive. You can choose both the classic version of the jewelry, combining two accessories in one, and a transformer, in which the chain is detached from the ring on the finger and only the bracelet on the ankle remains.

Since slave bracelets are now quite popular, you can find them among many manufacturers.So, for example, such decorations are produced by the Sunlight and Faberlic brands. The original embodiment of the traditional accessory can be found in the range of the brand Sokolov.

When you first look at this accessory, it seems that it is quite difficult to pick it up for yourself. After all, all have their own particular physique. And often girls with thin fingers have wide wrists and vice versa. But this problem is easy to solve. Just choose a bracelet with a ring whose size is adjustable. The same principle can be made bracelet, especially if it is metal. So you will be sure that the ring will suit you and you will be able to wear it for a long time.

As for the chain that connects the individual parts of the accessory with each other, it should be free, not firmly tight. So the decoration looks more beautiful on the hand.

Despite the fact that such spectacular bracelets made in Indian style look very beautiful, not all girls buy them. The fact is that many simply find it difficult to “make friends” with this piece of jewelry from their wardrobe.

The easiest way to do this is if you create some kind of spectacular bow for a performance, a photo session or a dance. Oriental dresses, complemented by such bracelets, look more beautiful and authentic.

In everyday life, bracelets of this type can be combined with bright things and even simple monophonic images. The main thing is that in one bow there are not too many details that are not combined with each other.

Especially good look slave bracelets in dresses of girls belonging to different subcultures. This accessory looks good on the hands of gothic beauties or girls in the image, stylized as steampunk.

Also this decoration will be excellent with summer outfits. Choose airy dresses sewn from flowing fabrics like chiffon. Combining this dress with an unusual bracelet, you will look feminine. In addition, in the summer such decoration will accentuate your tan.

For this purpose, jewelry made of thin silver chains is best suited. They can be supplemented with crystals, transparent pebbles, delicate flowers or lace inserts.

As you can see, despite the unusual appearance of this accessory, it is quite possible to combine it with a variety of outfits. This is a good way to complement not only the festive bow, but also to give originality to its everyday appearance.

Modern girls can afford to create a variety of images, because we now have access to a huge number of various accessories for every taste. Ethnic jewelry also enjoyed the love of customers. In contrast to the oriental beauties, we do not invest much sense in these details of dresses. They are used exclusively in order to make some kind of variety in the chosen style. They cope with this task quite successfully.

So if you are interested in exquisite bracelets consisting of different parts and interconnected by thin chains, then you can try to bring with them the zest to your wardrobe.