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Stack 'em up: Bangles are big
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published April 12, 2007
NEW YORK - You can't really say that bangle bracelets are back since they never completely went away, but this season they're a full-fledged fashion trend. The way to wear them is in stacks, so get used to hearing that jingle-jangle or clickety-clack they make as a cluster shimmies up and down the arm. The sound they make depends on the materials they're made of, and right now anything goes, says Kim Renk, co-founder and co-designer of jewelry company Sequin. There are bangles to be found in all price ranges, from Candie's kelly green ribbon bangle for $16 at Kohl's to the $625 Frank Gehry Tube bangle made of sterling silver and ebony wood for Tiffany & Co. Bangles made their biggest splash in the 1960s as the kitschy complement to mod miniskirts and then resurfaced in the '80s and today, another period that borrows from the '60s. What makes a bracelet a bangle is that it's circular, stiff and without links, says Silvio Hidalgo, who is president and designer of the Miami company (www.hidalgojewelry.com) that claims enamel and diamond jewelry as its specialty. The trend right now is to wear a mix of widths at the same time, though Hidalgo says he personally likes the look of a single bracelet type in a variety of colors.
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