Instantly recognisable to jewellery enthusiasts, a band of diamonds or pavé zircons tied around the wrist denotes a certain status - on or off the field.
Often worn many together, the tennis bracelets are essential to any fine jewellery collection, as is the slightly less famous version of the tennis necklace.
Classic jewellery that make wonderful gifts and are always distinguished by the word "timeless".
But how does a bracelet connect to a world famous athlete who launched a new jewellery fashion in the sports world, inspiring their name through the journalistic tabloids of the time?
We are in New York City, Flushing Meadows area, summer of 1978 at the United States Open Tournament, when the famous tennis player Chris Evert was destined, unwittingly, to become the cause of a bracelet with a series of diamonds and gold, to be named "tennis bracelet".tennis bracelet“.
In one of the first rounds of the tournament, suddenly the bracelet she was wearing on her right wrist "flew off", forcing the referee to temporarily stop the match to find her diamonds on the red court.
It was the moment that the most iconic style in sports and in a tennis match was established, and that Evert changed the hand she wore her bracelets on.
In one of the world's most prestigious sports, that of tennis, a bracelet known since the 1920s as a diamond line bracelet or "eternity bracelet" has just gained a name and character as a tennis bracelet,
with different precious stones adorning it ever since by different houses and jewellery makers. A new fashion trend has been reborn, and today the tennis bracelets shine more than ever, they are more affordable and very often women and men complete their style with their classic beauty and timeless elegance.
