The fashion for wearing silicone gel wristbands started in 2004 with a yellow 'anti-cancer' band, whose charity launched it?
Gel bracelet Gel bracelet Gel bracelets, or jelly bracelets are an inexpensive type of wristband often made from Silicone. They come in a variety of colors, and several can be worn on each arm. They have been popular in waves throughout the Western world and elsewhere since the 1980s. One style of these wristbands, known as "awareness bracelets", carry debossed messages demonstrating the wearer's support of a cause or charitable organization. The silicone wristband first became popular in 2004 with the Livestrong yellow band which was set up by American cyclist Lance Armstrong to raise awareness of cancer. A larger, 1" wide
Bracelet May 2003. Their success has led to the silicone bracelet becoming a high cost tool for various awareness, information, and charity campaigns. This can be likened to the use of awareness ribbons for similar purposes. These bracelets are also known as "baller id bands", "baller bands" or "wristbands". They can also be referred to as rubber wristbands, silicone wristbands or gel wristbands. During the 1987 U.S. Open, Chris Evert's diamond line bracelet fell off onto the court. She stated about this, "I dropped my tennis bracelet", and since then diamond line bracelets have been called tennis bracelets. Bracelet A bracelet