People seem to have very mixed feelings about jewelry for guys -- some feel like it's an absolute don't, while others are unabashedly all about it. I'm interested to hear your thoughts on the topic, especially if you have some advice to dole out to the guys about wearing jewelry properly.
Personally, I'm not a huge fan of jewlery on guys, though I think a bold statement watch is an essential style element for any man. What do you think?
Yea, as long is it's classy. When I'm not at work, I'll wear a dragon earring and sometimes a ring or necklace. No gems, no bright colors, nothing dangling.
Incidentally, I refuse to wear wristwatches. Someday I'm gonna buy a nice pocket watch, but normal watches don't work for me at all. I can't even explain why.
For my man, I like to see him wearing essential accessories like wrist watch, ring and bangle or bracelet white gold or silver material with simple (preferably small and very little white diamond). The design should give him masculine look.
I'm old and this will show, I prefer a watch and a wedding ring or cufflinks/tie tack.
I find earrings in the lobes of my kids 20 to 30 year old male peers a bit over the top, but it seems to be just fine with in that age group.
When I deal with someone in the bank or in a situation where I need to be able to trust them, I'd prefer not to be distracted by an earring, or some nose jewelry or a belly button stud hanging out on display but then again, my kids find that perfectly ok.
So it depends. In a work environment, jewelry should be quiet but in a social scene it may be a perfectly ok statement. My daughter's husband wears a watch and his wedding ring as does my son. But friends of theirs wear all kinds of adornments including dreadlocks so it depends on the age group.
My husband wears only his wedding ring, and he wasn't even planning on doing that, but when we were newlyweds, he wore the ring to work for fun, and found that he was comfortable with it, so now he wears it all the time.
I have to admit that I'm somewhat conservative about this one. I think it's OK for a man to wear a watch and his wedding ring, but if he's going to wear anything else, it should be super-subtle.
I don't like it when a man wears any jewelry that's remotely feminine: if it's a ring it has to be a wedding ring or something big and chunky like a class ring. Necklaces are okay as long as they're "surfy" or bohemian. I don't like chains on guys, nor any earrings. Finally, bracelets are fine as long as they're hemp or a silver cuff. Sounds specific, but there are fine lines when it comes to jewelry on guys.
I'm conservative as well...wedding ring, class ring, tie tacs, cufflinks (love them), wristwatch...but I LOVE a pocket watch with a great chain! For me, earrings on men are a distraction from their lovely and mysterious eyes. Necklaces just don't seem right (unless they are wearing their dog tags).
I don't know if it's just me but when I see a guy with a lot of gold chains I think of those guys that live off the proceeds of crime, the ones who have a stable of prostitutes or the kind that are involved in drug dealing etc.
The nose ring/belly belly or lip or tongue stud doesn't bother me as much but it's because I see a lot of nice young kids my kids age playing around with that and tatoos and it doesn't mean what it used to.
But a guy with a chest full of chains and a lot of metal flashing about just makes me think gangster, pimp or drug dealer.
