Apparently, Friendship Bracelets Are a Thing Again
According to lengthy investigations elsewhere, Taylor Swift's not only revived the friendship bracelet, but she's made it appropriate for a post-adolescent clientele. Presumably due to a 2022 song lyric of hers, fans of the pop star have been flocking en masse to craft stores and TikTok tutorials alike, to partake in a nostalgia-summoning fashion trend that sees them wearing and trading these trinkets at the Eras Tour.
Reviewing recent history of hyped accessories, it seems only natural that kitschy schoolyard tokens of affection would make a return, as part of the same enthusiasm that emerged around colorful crochets, girly, pearly necklaces on men, and cutesy demureness, to name but a few hot topics of late.
Not dissimilarly, the tennis bracelet's made an albeit quieter comeback, too. But now 'what's that, and what's even the difference?', you might wonder. Named after an incident involving legendary player Chris Evert's diamond jewelry dispersing mid-game in 1978, the tennis bracelet's typically a diamond-adorned wrist chain connected by a clasp.
What it misses in charms, plastic beads and doodads, it usually makes up for in carats, representing thereby the opposing 90s minimalist comma quiet luxury equivalent to the friendship bracelet's Y2K-recalling, rainbow-colored over-the-top-ness.
Though perhaps the more mature counterpart to the friendship bracelet, the tennis bracelet mustn't be devoid of sentiment. In fact, places like NYC diamond experts Frank Darling have made it a point to style them in pairs, connecting wearers in subtler, though no less emotionally communicative ways – capitalizing, herein, on the resurgence of shared material declarations of love, and our perceived increase of younger cohorts' interest in fine jewelry investments.
Summing up, bejeweled accessories like the friendship and tennis bracelets, are coming for your wrists – and wallets! – so it's best you spend your money wisely, not swiftly ; be it on yourself or a friend.
Tennis Bracelets For You – And Your Friends, Apparently
Ranging from one to seven carats, Frank Darling's tennis bracelets begin at a delicate, slender level and end at full on ice-on-your-wrist, with several tiers in between.
Frank Darling OG Tennis Bracelet 1 Carat
Frank Darling OG Tennis Bracelet 7 Carats
Frank Darling Half Briquette Tennis Bracelet 1 Carat
Frank Darling Emerald Lowrider Tennis Bracelet 5 Carats
... "You get a tennis bracelet, and you get a tennis bracelet!"
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