When we speak of jewelry the first thing that comes to mind is women since mostly women are fond of jewelry and jewelry enhances their beauty, Not only women but men of ancient times, like the kings and the tribal men were fond of wearing jewels. They wore jewels to show their wealth. They wore earrings, necklaces, bracelets, anklets and crowns. The clothes were also sometimes decorated with gemstones. The weapons they used like shield and dagger were decorated with stones and made out of precious metals like gold and silver. But after some time as the men became civilized they stopped wearing jewels. Nowadays the craving for wearing jewels is coming back in men.
There are a lot of jewels available for men like bracelets, chains ear rings, cufflinks, and money clops. It is becoming popular among men to wear all these apart from wearing watches alone which they have been wearing all the time. Apart the old brands of Bulgari and Cartier who have been making new items for male category, now new brands are being introduced to the market to satisfy the needs of men jewelry.
The gold smiths are now making jewels mixing the old and new styles and mixing the materials together to make jewelry for men .They are accepted by the modern men who have become fond of wearing new types of jewelry. Materials such as pearls which were used only in making jewelry for women is now used for men as well but it is combined with manly materials like leather. Cufflinks were made with gold, silver, platinum but now colorful stones like rubies, garnets and diamonds are used to make them which give and elegant look . Even stainless which was used to make watches is used to make fine men’s jewelry because of the shine, durability and affordability compared to platinum.
The jewels for men are not meant for celebrities and athletes alone but more and more men are interested to wear fancy jewels. The jewelry make now a days are sold in different markets. Jewelry is available for men depending upon their occupation for example jewelry for businessmen are different from those for rock stars. It varies according to the age group as well.
It will be a shock to see men wearing some form of accessory jewelry some day. The trend of wearing jewelry is becoming more and more acceptable and popular. Some men wear it to show that they are confident, rich, influential and handsome. As the days pass by wearing jewelry is becoming a tradition for men as well. The gold smiths are working to satisfy these young men, as they are also the market setters for the designs.
