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Posts Tagged ‘ bracelet ’

Apr 02
Friday

About Tennis Bracelets

Filed under Gemstone Jewelry, Teen Jewelry, Women's Jewelry, diamond jewelry
Diamond Tennis Bracelet

Diamond Tennis Bracelet

Created Ceylon Sapphire and Diamond Tennis Bracelet

Created Ceylon Sapphire and Diamond Tennis Bracelet

There’s s a neat story that explains the origin of the term “tennis bracelet” that I’m not sure whether is fact or fiction. They (whoever “they” may be is unclear) say that Tennis great Chris Evert was competing in the 1987 U.S. Open, when the diamond link bracelet she was wearing broke apart. Chris was reportedly so upset that she halted the match and had everyone stop what they were doing to help her look for the missing diamonds. There may be some truth to the legend because there are a lot of details such as the one giving George Bedewi credit as the bracelet’s designer. The incident reportedly drew a lot of attention to the jewelry with its in-line strand of sparkling diamonds and brought the idea of the tennis bracelet into instant popularity. Today, tennis stars such as Serena Williams and Gabriela Sabatini are seen wearing tennis bracelets.

Originally, the term tennis bracelet meant a flexible row of diamonds, generally set in square shaped gold or silver settings, linked, then held together by a safety latch. Today, the term has expanded to include gemstones other than diamonds in settings with a variety of shapes and metals. The basic design concept holds, defining the modern tennis bracelet as a flexible bracelet, with linked rows of gemstones or fashioned metal of similar size and shape, that circumvent the wrist and meet at a safety latch.

 

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