Wrist decoration is a great way to highlight the grace of a woman's hand. One of the best options for such an accessory is a chain for your hand. It is elegant and versatile, because it fits any hand and any occasion.
Manufacturing material
The classic materials used to make chains are precious metals. Most often it is gold or silver. Jewelry made from these metals look elegant and never go out of fashion.
Other metals also occupy a worthy niche here, as well as their alloys: copper, titanium, tin, zinc. These budget options will also look great. If you still want to see the brilliance of precious metals on your hand, you can choose an accessory from an inexpensive metal with a coating. Gilding, silvering, platinum coating is in demand.
But modern designers do not know the obstacles in choosing the source material, which is why you can meet chains of materials such as plastic. Thus, they get inexpensive jewelry that is easy to beat in certain styles.
Types of weaving
Currently, the market offers customers a huge selection of chains: narrow, wide, thick, thin, classic, extraordinary. This diversity allows each woman to choose an ornament that matches her style, age, taste, but one of the main criteria when choosing jewelry is the type of weaving.
There are only three main types of weaving of chains: “Anchor”, “Armor”, “Bismarck”. Possessing their own characteristic features, each of them is constantly being improved and complemented by small nuances, it is overgrown with new and new variations.
Anchor
The simplest type of weaving is anchor. It received its name for the external similarity with the real anchor chain. It is characterized by the location of links perpendicular to each other. The classic form of the links is oval, however, in such varieties of anchor weaving as Garibaldi or Rollo, the links are round. And in the weaving “Double anchor” links are double. Products of this weaving have high durability and unpretentious care.
Armored
The links in the armor weave, like the links of the warrior's mail armor, are mounted on one plane with each other. Due to the single, double or triple number of fastened rings in the link, as well as various shapes and sizes, this technology allows you to create the most unusual and original chains. Such varieties of armor weaving as “Nonna”, “Figaro” are very popular.
Bismarck
Weaving "Bismarck" is the most difficult and massive, so women rarely choose it to decorate their delicate delicate handles.
Masters of weaving are constantly looking for all the new original and unusual forms and methods of weaving, use various combinations of weaving to pleasantly surprise those who love to decorate their bodies.
Often weaving is called by a special type of links: "Love" - hearts, "Rose" - the flower of the same name, "Snail" - a spiral, "Diamond" - diamonds and others. "Snake", "Serpentine", "Kolos", "Venice", "Byzantine", one of the most popular today "Singapore" and "Korda" - you can list them for a long time, but you can say one thing about everyone - they are all elegant and unique in their own way.
Models
It would seem, what a simple decoration is a chain. A classic decoration on hand that does not require any decorative elements.You may be surprised to learn that even it can be complemented by a wide variety of elements.
Perhaps the most popular addition to the chain on the hand are inserts. They can be located on top of the links: as a rule, these are miniature stones. But between the two links of the chain can be placed stones, pearls, metal inserts in the form of words, figures, etc. The decoration can accommodate several small additions, the same or alternating different ones. This method of insertion involves complete freedom of imagination for designers, because anything can become a small addition to this accessory.
Chain with suspension is suitable not only for the neck, as is commonly believed, and for the hands. You can choose for yourself such a kit, or you can choose a suspension separately. This jewelry will look on the hand very gently and gracefully.
For lovers of extraordinary models, there is a very original solution - a chain in which two or more types of weaving alternate. Such a decoration will definitely not leave the owner’s hand without attention.
If you want a decoration with a twist, but do not like to move away from the canon, the best solution for you will be a combined chain on your hand. Made from two types of metal, this accessory will look bright and elegant at the same time.
Clasp, oddly enough, can also become a decorative element in the chain. After all, there is a considerable number of their types, and some of them can be turned into a whole composition, or simply a large piece of jewelry against the background of a modest thin chain. But in no case does it affect the convenience. To fasten them is as simple as a regular fastener.
How to choose?
- When choosing a chain for a hand, it is first necessary to determine the size. To do this, it is enough to measure the girth of the wrist with a centimeter and add 1–2 cm to this length. So the decoration will not tightly embrace the arm and, if necessary, will not slip off it.
- The next thing you should pay attention to when choosing - how harmoniously this or that chain looks on your hand. For a fragile young girl, a large chain can be cumbersome, and for a respectable woman to become an elegant piece of jewelry. At the same time, a thin elegant chain may look lightly on a large hand, but for a gentle girl's wrist it fits perfectly.
- Harmony should be maintained in style. To do this, your accessory must match the image, as well as successfully combined with other details.
- If you definitely want to add new jewelry to your collection of jewelry, pay attention to the sample. On a chain made of several precious metals, the sample must be on each of them.
In addition to these tips, you can be guided by whatever you choose: fashionable tips, personal preferences, or even the fact that the stars are
How to wear?
The women's chain on the hand is a rather universal ornament. And there, however, there are several tips on how to properly wear it.
The main question - on which hand should the chain be worn? As a rule, it is worn on the right hand, since it is often in sight, which will advantageously make the decoration more noticeable. But if the chain is massive, it can cause inconvenience, for example, when writing. In this case, it should be put on the left hand, and left-handers, respectively, on the right.
- You should not wear a chain on one hand with a watch, if they are made in different styles. Classic chain will look unprofitable on the background of sports watches.
- Also, the decoration should be combined with rings on the same hand. They must be in harmony in style, and also be made of one metal.
- As you know, fastening the chain itself is extremely inconvenient. To facilitate the task, there is a trick. You just need to take a clip, bend it in the shape of the letter S, thread one end to the extreme link of the chain, and take the other end with the same hand. Thus, it is easy to fasten the decoration.
Following these tips, you can make a chain on your hand a spectacular addition to your image.