The Pandora Charm - a Fashion Accessory

In the tremendously diverse world of fashion jewelry, the Pandora charm offers an approach so novel that it is patented. The Pandora charm differs from traditional dangling charms and contemporary Italian modular charms in that it is round in a beaded style. What really differentiates it from others, however, is its unique assembly system.

First established in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Pandora Jewelry design firm quickly gained in popularity after entering the North American fashion market in 2002. Illustrating the special way each Pandora charm bracelet can be customized, each celebrity recipient of the 2005 Glamour’s Women of the Year Award –

This pestigious list includes Goldie Hawn, Catherine Zeta Jones, Petra Nemacova, Melissa Etheridge, Mary Robinson, and Mukhtar Mai – was presented with a Pandora charm bracelet that had been crafted to commemorate her unique accomplishments.

The easy-to-use Pandora charm system comprises a bracelet that has been divided into three sections by two partitions, your choice of clasp or clip closure, and beaded charms that twist into place by way of a specially designed threaded interior.

The first step in designing your Pandora charm bracelet is to define your style. With all of the Pandora charm styles that are available, this will help ensure that your jewelry maintains a consistent tone. For similar reasons, although mixing metals is currently quite fashionable, you may also want to select between a predominant base metal of gold or silver to ensure that your bracelet remains timelessly in vogue.

Next, choose a theme – or you may decide to make the bracelet a reflection of the many aspects of your personality, preferences, and experiences. Pandora offers more than 600 different varieties of beaded charms in myriad materials, including handcrafted sterling silver and 14k gold. The company releases new charms four times each year, ensuring plenty of variety for even the most enthusiastic collector.

The Pandora charm symbols and shapes are categorized into such themes as baby, children, religious, sports, food and drink, interests, seasonal and holiday, flowers and nature, and hobbies. Their animal collection includes stylized insects and reptiles, popular pets, and sea life creatures.

You can also personalize your Pandora charm bracelet by spelling out your name or another significant word or phrase with their gold- or silver-finished alphabet letter beads. If you prefer, you can choose Asian symbols for happiness, peace, love, friendship, eternity, and harmony.

Many of the Pandora charm varieties feature the sparkling addition of precious and semi-precious fancy stones, pearls, and cubic zirconia in a variety of hues. Another special style of Pandora charm is crafted of Murano glass; these charms come in swirly ribbon, polka dot, stripe, zigzags, and some even contain miniature flowers encased in the colorful depths. Pandora birthstone charms are crafted as dangle beads, as are many other shapes, symbols, and sparkling gems.

After selecting a number of Pandora charm designs, measure your wrist carefully and select a bracelet that will allow for a comfortable fit. Pandora offers a variety of starter bracelets in more than half a dozen styles.

You may choose to fill your bracelet with charms, or set each one apart by using decorative spacers in between. Pandora offers spacers in both silver and gold metal tones, and they come in such diverse finishes as smooth, flat, rounded, ribbed, bubbled, bows, hearts, and floral.

The beaded charms have an interior thread that allows you to screw them into place on the bracelet. Once all charms are in place, simply cover each of the two dividers with a decorative clip designed especially to finish the Pandora charm bracelet. Like the other Pandora components, the clips come in both silver and gold finishes, and styles range from sleek and simple to ornately embellished.

You can also secure your Pandora charm bracelet with one of their lovely safety chains. Additionally, Pandora offers toe rings, earrings, rings, and necklaces that coordinate with their beaded charms.

To ensure lifelong beauty for your Pandora charm bracelet, clean it with a soft, clean cloth after each wearing. You may want to purchase a jewelry cleaning cloth designed specifically for cleaning silver or gold especially for this purpose. Do not use jewelry cleaning liquid, as these products are designed to remove oxidation and will harm the special finish that gives character to each Pandora charm. Store your bracelet where it will not be scratched or otherwise damaged by other pieces; some people put theirs in a zip-loc plastic bag.

With their unique assembly construction and expansive variety of components, the Pandora charm system offers fashionable shoppers a beautiful way to express their personal sense of style through bracelets and coordinating accessories.