| The popularity of charm bracelets has come and gone | | | | shenanigans to punish their enemies. |
| over the years, but this unique wrist accessory always | | | | As people became more educated and less |
| seems to make a perennial comeback. For this reason, | | | | superstitious following the Renaissance, charms |
| it is perhaps the only fashion bracelet that never really | | | | became part of the fashion bracelet scene, and so it is |
| goes out of style. Here is a look at this iconic fashion | | | | to this day. It wasn't until after WWII that people began |
| accessory through the ages. | | | | collecting charms to commemorate a special event or |
| The applications for the earliest charms are closest to | | | | a trip to an exotic destination. Grandmothers began |
| the literal meaning of the word. Special and unusual | | | | wearing charms representing each of their |
| colored stones were pocketed and saved by early | | | | grandchildren and their dates of birth. |
| men who, according to their superstitious traditions, | | | | Today's charm bracelets are less sentimental and are |
| thought these pebbles had special powers or "charms" | | | | more apt to be sassy! Like message t-shirts, they |
| that could ward off danger as well as their enemies. | | | | convey the personality of the wearer through words |
| During Egyptian times, precious metals and jewels | | | | instead of symbol. A charm fashion bracelet will |
| replaced rocks as charms, and people wore a | | | | generally have one word per disc which, when read |
| collection of charms as a necklace or as bracelets. | | | | as a whole, makes a real statement. |
| The charms were symbolic and represented both their | | | | Charm bracelets are a fashion icon that has changed |
| wearers' status on earth as well as their hopes for the | | | | with the times but seems destined to stay: and that's |
| afterlife. The highly superstitious denizens of the Middle | | | | simply charming. |
| Ages used charms as part of witchcraft-related | | | | |