Paired bracelets are a good way to show a loved one how expensive and valuable he is.. They symbolize strong friendship, romantic sympathy and universal love. One glance at the bracelet is enough to lift your spirits and remember your own importance for someone. Such jewelry will be a great gift for a holiday or just a nice everyday purchase.
For whom?
Large selection in stores, as well as the opportunity to order them from the masters and even make them at home, allows you to give a pair bracelet with your favorite meaning and in any situation.
The most popular products are for lovers and best friends. On the decorations of these types, the symbolism of infinity and the heart, inscriptions about love or friendship are often found. On some there are images that do not make sense to others, but for the donor and the recipient, they have a special meaning and are associated with a common story.
Pair bracelet can be a great gift within the family. They can be donated by children to their parents or, conversely, as well as sisters and brothers to each other. These bracelets are mostly the same, as sometimes they are required in quantities of more than two pieces.
Decoration for two can unite members of one creative team, a sports team. Most often such bracelets are products with the symbols of an event.
Materials
As in the case of single, bracelets for two are made from a great variety of materials. This allows you to select products according to taste, style, signs of the zodiac, eye color, or personal tolerance.
Bracelets made of precious metals - gold, silver, platinum - are more expensive than others, but they will last for a long time and can become, by their symbolic value, almost wedding rings. Most often, paired ornaments of them are concise in order to suit people with different preferences and status. No less common is hypoallergenic jewelry steel, as it has an affordable price.
Brash and youthful character get bracelets made of leather, including leatherette, and ropes, laces. They are much more economical than metal products and allow you to create images of a completely different nature - bold and catchy.
Beads and any texture and density of textiles - affordable and easy to handle. Bracelets can be made from them yourself. Such materials are suitable not only for two girlfriends, but also for couples in love, however, their wear resistance is not as good as that of metals and leather.
Among non-traditional materials, which are gaining increasing popularity, are rubber, ceramics and tungsten. They are high-tech, durable and versatile, which allows you to include them in different styles of clothing.
Most often paired bracelets are a combination of several materials at once, for example, leather is combined with steel, and laces with silver beads. Details are made of precious and semi-precious stones, minerals, shells and corals, metals, as well as small accessories - beads, rhinestones, buttons. Often, leather or textile decorations are covered with drawings or patterns.
Due to different types of processing, precious metals can acquire non-standard shades and texture - shiny, matte, purposely aged.
Kinds
By their primary characteristics, bracelets can be divided into hard and soft.. Rigid hold the originally specified form, clasping the wrist tightly or holding it loosely. They can be either completely closed, representing one ring, or open.Another view is the hinge, in which the two halves are connected by means of a hinge. For hard bracelets include hoops, cuffs.
Soft bracelets are flexible and plastic thanks to the material or design. The most popular are chain ornaments consisting of links connected to each other. Various technologies allow to create classic oval and fancy openwork details from metal, creating an interesting pattern. There are many types of weaving, however, they are divided into two large subgroups: anchor and armored.
Soft bracelets are woven of laces and rubber bands or woods and wires, which are strung with beads and figurines. Leather and lace jewelry also fall into this category. Soft bracelets are more convenient and versatile, which is why they are most often chosen as a pair.
Models
The idea of double bracelets is a set of two identical or related to a single concept of products. Fully identical decorations may vary in size, otherwise they are identical. Relatively speaking, the pair can be any bracelet, purchased in the amount of two pieces and presented to a loved one. Among them are popular leather models with rivets, buckles, studs or fan attributes. On the wide ornaments there are also drawings.
To such a variety should include bracelets, strings, which most often carry a certain meaning, and to a lesser extent are an accessory. They can be a symbol of love for a boyfriend and girlfriend or a promise given to a loved one.
As a pair of common models that may differ in details, but they are necessarily united by one idea. The differences can relate to the colors of products, as well as inscriptions, figures, drawings.
Details of the product must complement each other in meaning, so that it is clear that a single bracelet has a pair. So you can find bracelets "yin yang." This ancient symbol is disconnected into parts that can be connected to each other. Figures of a keyhole and a key, hearts and arrows, halves of a heart, mosaic pieces can be referred to a similar concept.
It is not necessary that the details of paired bracelets could be joined with each other and, thus, be something complete. Ornaments may be similar in color and overall design, and the figures may differ. So, on the bracelets for two, the presence of various forms of minerals, beads, figures is possible. Among them are especially relevant anchors and handwheels, butterflies and flowers, girls and boys, animals, attributes of different cultures.
There are options and vice versa, when the details are the same, and the colors reflect the tastes of each of the owners. Differences in shades may relate to the bracelet as a whole or exclusively from stone, bead, bead.
Often there are bracelets infinity, on which there are images of an inverted "eight". This sign is equally suitable for both friends and lovers, which means it is eternal affection and loyalty.
Another original version is a wings bracelet. Figures can be part of the base of the product or hang as a nozzle.
Bracelet inscriptions are another common way to make them paired. They are presented as engraving on metal or pattern on the plate. It can be either nominal, or the same or complementary. Among the most popular: together forever, love, I’m always with you, best friends.
If the size of the product allows, then the famous quote from books and movies can become the inscription. For example, after the release of the series "Game of Thrones" appeared bracelets My sun and stars and Moon of my life.
In recent years, PANDORA bracelets and analog products are especially famous. They are a thin base on the clasp, which can be strung more and more figures. The so-called “charms” can symbolize any event in life, for example, a wedding or a holiday, relationships between lovers, relatives and friends.The large variability allows you to independently create a paired bracelet with signs and figures that will make sense only for two.
Care
For decorations to serve as long as possible and delight their owners, they require special simple care. It is especially necessary for products made of metals and leather.
Metal, especially silver, darkens and dims with time, even blackens. For cleaning such jewelry, there are special tools that can be purchased at jewelry stores. At home darkening can be cleaned with ammonia, soda or dental powder.
Leather bracelets may eventually become deformed, stretch or shrink. To avoid this, it is enough to moisturize them with hand cream or special products. Textile models can be washed with powder.
To prevent cracks, scratches and chips, you should follow some storage rules and socks:
- It is necessary to remove the bracelets before bedtime, sauna, workouts, as well as a swimming pool or swimming in water;
- Regardless of the materials, contact with jewelry, soap, cosmetics, water and chemical cleaners should be avoided;
- Products with a large number of small parts are best kept in small boxes or bags separately from others;
- Bracelets should be worn and removed one by one, do not stretch them, do not touch beads, figurines and beads.
How to wear?
Paired bracelets are worn predominantly on the wrists, therefore, so that they are noticeable it is worth refusing from very long sleeves. Shirts, jackets, blouses, dresses, jackets and jackets with short or three-quarter sleeves are preferable.
Depending on the style of bracelets with them, you can make both business and casual look. Especially elegant models, especially on which there are shiny stones and crystals, are suitable for evening and cocktail attire. The brighter and more massive the bracelets, the more modest the clothes should be so that the active elements do not interrupt each other.
A bracelet can become an independent accessory or a part of the whole set, since the trend is multi-layered. The paired bracelet will harmoniously look with products that are made in the same style and from the same materials. A striking ensemble can be created using a combination of rings, pendants or earrings. Some styles, such as boho, allow you to pile up an image with a lot of jewelry.
Beautiful images
Wide leather bracelets in black and red with metal plates. One of them shows a bottle of champagne, on the other - a glass. There is a pulse pattern with a heart on both.
Thin chains of yellow color with paired figures. One shows a star, the other a month.
Multi-layer bracelets consisting of leather and rope, as well as a pile of metal and wooden beads and figurines. Products are identical in color and design, however, on one there is a keyhole, on the other - the key to it.