| ext">Jewelry for men is not as popular and | | | | The times of baroque and rococo featuring |
| widespread as the one for women. Moreover, in | | | | pompous clothing and embellishments gave a new |
| business world it is considered unacceptable to | | | | birth to men’s rings. They were decorated |
| overdo with these accessories, however | | | | with large gems and it was common to wear |
| understated rings add somewhat courage to the | | | | several of them on one hand. Almost every rich |
| look of the man. This is why a lot of married men | | | | person possessed a ringstone with his family coat |
| still prefer to wear this part of jewelry on their | | | | of arms and used it for putting signatures on the |
| fingers. As for the rings, most men wear wedding | | | | documents. Royal rings at that time were |
| rings. And because classic wedding rings are long | | | | considered to be ruling regalia and were inherited |
| gone out of the fashion, more and more jewelers | | | | by the royal offsprings. |
| tend to come up with new styles and models to | | | | The 20th century has brought a new fashion for |
| suit the taste even of the most demanding | | | | men’s rings and ringstones, the jewelry |
| jewelry enthusiasts, both men and women. In this | | | | houses and designers started to use famous |
| article jewelry experts will tell about the history | | | | faces for advertising their products. Of course, |
| and evolution of a men’s ring. | | | | nowadays no one puts signatures with the |
| Rings are considered one of the most ancient | | | | ringstones, but massive pieces of gold still impress |
| types of jewelry worn by men and women | | | | people. By the ways massive class rings |
| thousands of years ago. In the antic culture, | | | | resembling rocker knuckles are in the fashion |
| according to the ancient beliefs, the ring was used | | | | again and even girls adopt this men’s ring |
| to unite body and soul together and it became a | | | | fashion. |
| link between them. This is why at that time the | | | | KTD Group s.r.o. stylists say that in modern world |
| ring was put off from a person’s finger | | | | a ring is almost the only jewel accessories en can |
| only after he or she passed away and only after | | | | afford in order not to look vulgar. The most |
| special rituals, conducted to help the soul leave the | | | | famous designers are working on the |
| body and meet the spirits of its ancestors. | | | | development of extraordinary ringstone models. |
| Nowadays archeologists find rings made of | | | | It’s much more difficult to come up with |
| various materials — bone, stone, metals | | | | an elegant solution for men, than to think of |
| and suspect that thousands of years ago rings | | | | something new for women. They use all possible |
| were also made of wood and leather. | | | | materials: gold of different colors, silver and |
| Men’s ringstones symbolizing the signatures | | | | platinum, white and black diamonds, color enamels |
| of their owners became popular thanks to the | | | | and precious stones. The most popular stone in |
| development of jewelry in Ancient Greece. These | | | | the following season is black onyx, accentuating |
| ringstones had unique presswork and were too | | | | the depth and the courage of the man’s |
| expensive to be afforded by ordinary people. The | | | | nature. |
| finer and the more unique was the presswork, | | | | The new designs of men’s rings gaining |
| the richer and the nobler was the person wearing | | | | popularity nowadays may include nuts and blots |
| the ringstone. As the jewelry production advanced | | | | (the so called loft style), retro-style elements like |
| the jewelers started to decorate ringstones with | | | | clocks, extraordinary art combinations of fine |
| pearls and gem stones. In Roman Empire the | | | | wires and massive, almost unprocessed stones. |
| metal the ring was made of indicated the social | | | | The real fashionmongers choose the jewelry |
| class to which its owner belonged. Thus, the city | | | | designer solutions according to their outfits, mood |
| residents wore irons rings, the gold ones could be | | | | and style, however most men are a bit |
| worn only by senators and knights. This rule was | | | | conservative when it comes to accessories. This |
| cancelled in III century A.D. when all free people | | | | is why, unlike women, they prefer to choose one |
| were allowed to wear golden rings and former | | | | ring to match with all kinds of clothes. KTD Group |
| slaves — silver ones. | | | | s.r.o. |