Throughout the 70's and 1980's, rubber bracelets were put on by punk rock and other idealist. Silicone wasn't put to use back then and quite a few of the bands were made of authentic rubber. It had been something donned to scorn the rich and high society since rubber has no worth when compared with precious metals such as silver, gold and platinum.
In the 80's. Celebrities began wearing rubber bracelets with unusually colorful designs as shown in their concerts and TV appearances, yet these are not made from rubber used by punks in the last decade, they were made of silicone. Jelly bracelets are getting to be fashionable that time and it is offered in opaque and see-through colors. The transparent ones even have sprinkles of sparkle in them. You can find it all over the place, from mail orders, drug stores, convenient stores and a lot others.
A brand new trend was even born with one was to wear as many as one can that could easily number into hundreds in both arms! Sharing and exchanging of these bracelets are very common among close friends. Rubber bracelets then gain popularity in the late 1990's. Rubber bracelets originated from used bands for tying vegetables and other items that can be found on food stores and is worn around the wrist. The only problem is that these rubbers aren't comfortable and it sticks to the hair and skin, rubber also disintegrates easily with long exposure from sun, body skin oils, perspiration and other components which disintegrates and breaks it down.
Rubber bands has just turn into a fad and faded into history. A completely new emerging bracelets known as Sex bracelets then become the next fad, it is available in different colors and styles. The main reason it was called sex bracelet because it hints of the sexual orientation of the person wearing it. With the band strapped into place, people may approach you knowing your sexual preference from the very start. The meanings of these bracelets become a fad among teens and were listed on websites, and other publications. Teenagers are constantly researching about it and how to break the code of these bracelets.
Others made-up their code and it became evident that one age group has a diverse set of meanings than the other groups. These sexual connotations that came along with the bracelets make school administrators disapprove of them and were disallowed from schools. The internet then became the source of these bracelets which list the different sex colors. There are also a lot of information back then on how to create your own personalized bracelets. For example, there are instructions which require cutting straps from old tire and shaping it with a sharp knife. As soon as the base is finished, the strands are then weaved into the desired design and style.
To make it more interesting, you can use as many color combinations as desired. One interesting way to make the bracelets is by attaching prophylactics together with distinct colors. The more color and texture, so much the better the bracelets would be. To secure the bracelets, a metallic clasp is used to fasten the ends together. And as with other fads, sex bracelets also come and go and another generation of trendsetters comes into play. When Lance Armstrong was developing a cure for cancer in 2004, Nike sponsored his study and created the Livestrong band to help with making his research more widely known.
It had become the motto and has help raise money for Armstrong's cancer research. Now, rubber bracelets are used for anything to that has a cause. It is used for fund raising or other noble purposes. It is instrumental in passing an important message and at the same time fun and decorative. The messages are quite obvious and are snappy enough to get people's attention.
It is now used extensively by groups of all kinds to raise money for virtually any cause you might think of. They have long term benefit on spreading awareness of your cause and are very inexpensive to give away.
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