Showing posts with label mens jewelry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mens jewelry. Show all posts

Saturday, October 26, 2013

This is men's world...

Well, actually, it's not! At least when it comes to jewelry.

I was thinking about it the other day while I was trying to sort pictures into albums on my Facebook and Google+ pages. I had some doubts with cathegorizing men's jewelry as such, because I can clearly see those pieces on women as well. And that picture looks good. So, is all men's jewelry actually unisex?

I have several pieces that I think of as men's jewelry. At least I did in the moment of their creation. But by the time they were done, I realised it's something I would wear too.

Stretchy Copper, boys or girls?
It's kinda logical because, hey, I make those. I have some picture of them in my mind before I start. During the process I put them against my wrist to see how they look, I try them on to check how the weave behaves, to estimate the length etc. I wear prototypes for a few hours or a day to examine if everything is OK under normal usage conditions. Then I take pictures, I model them to show how they look on the wrist... So I finish the process with unisex piece of jewelry instead of men's, if you get me.


Ok, this one is maybe too chunky
for my whrist...
For example, I love these stretchies, I even made the brass one for myself and I wear it regularly. Before them, there were some copper bracelets and mixed metal bracelets. Strong, simple, macho... until I put them on. Magically, they turn into a bit chunky but feminine piece of jewelry.

This magic works even with my chainmaille neckties, the ultimate men's accessory I have. I love men who love chainmail ties and are ready to wear them. My modern knights. But when I finished the one below, I put it around my neck and took a picture of myself in the mirror to send a mms to my girl friend. Then there was 'wow, let's see how it looks on a silk dress!', 'wow, and how about black tight top?', etc. Pictures were flying from phone to phone and two girls messed everything up. I still love my chainmaille knights, though. And I restrained myself from modelling the tie for my shop pictures. No real man would ever buy that.

So, talking about dilema from the beginning, I resolved it by defining a category as 'Chainmaille for him (that girls can borrow to wear)'. So far, so good.

Honey, your tie is just perfect for
my corset!
But I wonder, is there a men's jewelry or it's all unisex? Or is it just me, overrelating with my trinkets? Do you borrow your man's stuff? And turn them into something unrecognizable feminine?

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