[Jewelry making - Article 00356] - Re: [Orchid] Wearing your jewelry creations

[Helen Hill]

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>     I soo get tired of seeing the gangsta bling on normal everyday
>     men. 

    Yes I couldn't agree more! I don't know what it's like in the US but
    over here in the UK we have teenaged school kids wearing very
    chunky, solid gold chains just like their gangster pop idols - it
    sickens me. It's usually those who live in what I think you call
    project housing (council housing) and with supposedly no money! They
    are also the ones who buy designer clothes and designer everything
    and walk around in designer sports clothing and matching designer
    sneakers (trainers). We have a name for them over here. They're
    called Chavs. There are various theories as to the origin of the
    label Chav. Although he denied it vehemently, my 21 year old son was
    a Chav for a long while and is only just growing out of it. He can
    now be seen to wear more normal clothing such as jeans and even real
    shoes! ;-) And his musical tastes are veering away from the chav
    culture too - there's hope for him yet! 

    Anyway I digress. We do seem to have some middle of the road man
    jewellery in the UK but as someone pointed out the other day, it
    seems to be sold in the gentlemen's outfitters (men's clothing shops)
    more than in the jewellers. When my then fiance and I were shopping
    for cufflinks for our wedding for the groom, best man and my two
    sons, we trawled the high streets looking in all the jeweller's and
    men's clothing stores and we found nothing suitable or within budget
    in the jeweller's stores but in the clothing stores we were more
    spoilt for choice. I think (IMHO) the jewellery stores need to catch
    up with what's going on in the clothes shops. So as Rae says, perhaps
    we need to come up with something in between the two extremes. 

    Jewellery designers/makers of men's jewellery who I really admire
    are Todd Reed, James Binnion, Chris Ploof, Trevor F (touchmetal.com)
    and Pat Pruitt. I reckon they're going in the right direction. 

    As Orchid seems to represent the jewellery industry, especially in
    the States, maybe it's up to members of Orchid to set such trends
    rather than wait for them to happen and follow them? 

Helen
UK
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