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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
Graduate's safety bracelet aims to stop harassment
A university graduate has designed a bracelet with a series of secret features aimed at keeping the wearer safe from harassment. Inspired by her own experiences, Nahla O'Rourke said the bangle included a hidden button linked to an app capable of initiating a fake phone call or sending location details to a contact. The 22-year-old created "the Venus project" as part of her product design course at Sheffield Hallam University in hopes of giving wearers "discrete confidence" while out in public. Ms O'Rourke, from Lincoln, said: "Harassment can happen to anyone, anywhere, and I wanted something people could have on them all the time that doesn't look like a big red safety button." She said she wanted the device to look like "a piece of jewellery, not ruin an outfit, and be something women can actually wear day-to-day". Therefore, she said, when it appeared the wearer was just scratching their wrist, they could actually be "alerting loved ones, and getting yourself out of the situation". "If I'm at a bar and I'm uncomfortable or some is being creepy, I can get a discrete phone call from tapping a hidden button and they wouldn't know," she said. "But if I was trying to send a text to my friend on an Apple Watch, it would be immediately obvious to the person who's making me feel that way." Ms O'Rourke said she was working to refine the design beyond university standard and hoped to have it on the market by the end of 2025, with more than 100 people on a waiting list. Around one in eight women have been victims of stalking, sexual assault or domestic abuse in the last year, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics. Meanwhile, reports of violent crimes against women and girls on public transport rose by 20% in the year to August 2024. According to a report by the UK's spending watchdog, government efforts to tackle violence against women and girls had so far "not improved outcomes". Georgia Theodoulou, a senior campaigner for Our Streets Now, said technology, well-lit streets and other measures can help make people feel safer, but more needs to be done to address the root causes of the issue. She said: "To be safe, rather than feel safe, we must focus on early intervention and prevention of public sexual harassment so women, girls and people of marginalised genders can exist safely in public, without feeling the need to change their behaviour." Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North More on this story 'I'm a woman walking to work – leave me alone' A tiny tool Indian women use to fight sexual harassment Further delay in enforcing sexual harassment law Related internet links Our Streets Now Venus Project
BBC News
3 days ago
- Science
- BBC News
Sheffield graduate's safety bracelet aims to stop harassment
A university graduate has designed a bracelet with a series of secret features aimed at keeping the wearer safe from by her own experiences, Nahla O'Rourke said the bangle included a hidden button linked to an app capable of initiating a fake phone call or sending location details to a 22-year-old created "the Venus project" as part of her product design course at Sheffield Hallam University in hopes of giving wearers "discrete confidence" while out in O'Rourke, from Lincoln, said: "Harassment can happen to anyone, anywhere, and I wanted something people could have on them all the time that doesn't look like a big red safety button." She said she wanted the device to look like "a piece of jewellery, not ruin an outfit, and be something women can actually wear day-to-day".Therefore, she said, when it appeared the wearer was just scratching their wrist, they could actually be "alerting loved ones, and getting yourself out of the situation". "If I'm at a bar and I'm uncomfortable or some is being creepy, I can get a discrete phone call from tapping a hidden button and they wouldn't know," she said."But if I was trying to send a text to my friend on an Apple Watch, it would be immediately obvious to the person who's making me feel that way."Ms O'Rourke said she was working to refine the design beyond university standard and hoped to have it on the market by the end of 2025, with more than 100 people on a waiting list. Around one in eight women have been victims of stalking, sexual assault or domestic abuse in the last year, according to figures from the Office for National reports of violent crimes against women and girls on public transport rose by 20% in the year to August to a report by the UK's spending watchdog, government efforts to tackle violence against women and girls had so far "not improved outcomes".Georgia Theodoulou, a senior campaigner for Our Streets Now, said technology, well-lit streets and other measures can help make people feel safer, but more needs to be done to address the root causes of the said: "To be safe, rather than feel safe, we must focus on early intervention and prevention of public sexual harassment so women, girls and people of marginalised genders can exist safely in public, without feeling the need to change their behaviour." Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
The Sun
4 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
Why the 3-minute rule is essential when shopping on Vinted & how woman made £475 using it
A WOMAN who made £475 profit selling one bracelet on Vinted has shared the three-minute rule she swears by. Shannon is a pro at snapping up items she can then sell on for more money on the app. 6 6 6 6 Among her recent finds are a Bulgari bracelet and a Dior one - both of which are worth over £1,000 each. She spent £25 on the Bulgari one - the bracelet made from stainless steel and 18 karat yellow gold. "When I received the bracelet, I took it to the jewellers immediately in my area and yes, it's 100% authentic," Shannon explained in a video on her TikTok page. While it wasn't in the best condition when she bought it, she "gave it some TLC" and polished it up, and it sold for a whopping £500 within 24 hours. The Dior bracelet, which she got for £20 on Vinted, is currently still for sale. Following her own success on the site, Shannon is putting together an eBook of top tips so others can do the same. But one of the biggest things she swears by is sticking to a three-minute rule. "I've been buying and selling for many years now so I've got lot of experience when it comes to getting designer bargains from Vinted," she told Fabulous Online. "But the best tip of all is to be quick as a lot of items sell within three minutes on Vinted. "So if you see something then buy it straight away and authenticate it later." I've made £5.6k on Vinted and here are the 7 items you need to upload now to make cash quick - white maxi skirts will sell instantly for a start She also said that another way she secures such impressive bargains is by using Google Lens, which she called her "best friend". She's now hoping to get a similar profit margin with the Dior Rose des vents bracelet - made from "18 karat gold with a single round brilliant cut diamond in the centre". Upon receiving the bracelet from the Vinted seller, she "had it authenticated straight away" by LegitGrails, who provide "expert digital authentication for designer items with over 99.3% accuracy you can trust". "Sometimes I buy jewellery from @Vinted and when I do I get amazing pieces!" Shannon captioned her TikTok video. "That's insane!" one person commented on the clip. "No one does Vinted like you," another praised. "Really impressive," a third praised. "I got a £290 Frederic Malle perfume from Vinted last week for £107 inc p&p," someone else wrote. "I was worried about it being fake but it was authenticated by the manufacturer, what a STEAL." 6 6
Times
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
New diamonds please — the invention of the tennis bracelet
Summer is the season for tennis with its green lawns and strawberries and cream. And if rain happens to pause your Wimbledon viewing, why not take a moment to consider your sporting jewellery? Tennis bracelets are a classic option — slim lines of gemstones to wear on tanned tennis-playing arms. According to a 1923 advert for 'Bracelets for bare arms' — 'when fashion dictates the short sleeve, it is a good opportunity to display a dainty bracelet'. Line or eternity bracelets became inseparable from tennis in 1978 when Chris Evert's diamond bracelet fell off during a match, halting play while it was retrieved. When she was asked what had caused the delay, she explained, 'It was my tennis bracelet', giving the jewel its new name. This article contains affiliate links that can earn us revenue The classic line bracelet, now marketable as a tennis bracelet, took off in style. In 2022 Evert collaborated on a modern line of tennis bracelets with the jeweller Monica Rich Kosann. One design joined different diamond cuts to represent the white lines of the court with a rectangular green emerald or tsavorite for the grass. A diamond drop adds a glamorous representation of the player's sweat (£800 to £20,000, Cartier's current version of the tennis bracelet can be found in its Essential Lines range, including a pretty example with alternating diamonds and sapphires (from £26,000, Boodles' tennis bracelet features a diamond and gold ball attached to a line of diamonds (£13,000, while Tiffany's Victoria collection has a little floral detail, forming the clasp (£20,500) or encircling the wrist (£56,500, Chris Evert wasn't the first to connect tennis and jewellery. In July 1877, The Times noted that lawn tennis was 'the most recent pastime which has lately been adopted as an outdoor amusement'. Tennis became the sport of choice for fun-seeking young Victorians and 1920s flappers. Not only did it offer the pleasures of exercise and competition, it was also a way for young people to socialise in mixed-sex groups, with the appropriate clothes and jewels. Many a love affair or marriage started on the tennis court. Tennis players and fans could buy racket-shaped brooches decorated with jewelled balls or charm bracelets with tennis-themed accessories to show off their hobby. In 1893, the Fleetwood Chronicle's list of Christmas jewellery for men stated that 'the latest cufflinks have each side of a totally different design; for instance, a jockey cap is combined with a whip, a horse shoe to a hunting crop, a tennis racquet to a ball, all highly appropriate if presented to lovers of the various sports thereof'. Fans of vintage jewellery could look out for Tiffany's green and white enamel cufflinks with racket detail or tennis rackets set with diamond balls, originally retailed by Hennells of Bond Street. Sport has been an inspiration to fashion designers from the early 20th century. Coco Chanel's beach wear and comfortable sports inspired clothes turned away from the corsets and laces of the prewar years and caused a sensation. The New York Herald, June 4, 1916, claimed they were 'so smart that the women must have them at all costs'. Chanel continued to explore sporting fashions in their 2024 Haute Joaillerie Sport collection with clean graphic lines united to fabulous coloured gemstones. Aluminium tube chains become necklaces and snap hooks turn into sporty brooches. Yachting is also a summer pleasure, both a sport and a social occasion, particularly at competitions such as the Cowes races. Yacht owners and visiting sailors in the early 20th century liked to wear little pins and brooches in the shape of the triangular burgee flag. Colour could be added through enamel or gemstones. Nautical styles appealed to the British royal family, especially Edward VII, Queen Victoria's society-loving oldest son. Jewellers like Cartier and Fabergé created fantastic nautical jewels, like a lifebelt-shaped brooch enamelled with the name of the Russian Imperial yacht and an iconic egg with a model of the Standart Yacht. Nautical jewellery was also available for less exalted wearers. The Daily Mirror told its readers in August 1912 that 'few people living on board a yacht go away without purchasing some piece of yachting jewellery. […] Bangles adorned with little jewels and enamelled port and starboard lamps are one of this year's novelties, and jewelled burgees set in circles of diamonds are also to be seen'. Benzie of Cowes has supplied these yachting novelties since 1862 and continues to do so. In the 1960s and 70s, Cartier took inspiration from naval life with its gold anchor-shaped brooches and chains shaped like the links of an anchor chain. A 1960s Bulgari necklace used a fully functional carabiner to connect golden links of ship's chain. Messages at sea, before the invention of direct ship to ship communication, were transmitted through a system of flags. This nautical language was deployed to send jewelled messages of affection or to spell out the initials or name of the wearer. But, caution was required, according to a newspaper of 1895, which warned its readers that the flag brooch or bracelet might convey an unexpected message, noting that — 'one sees a saucy little brooch with three flags, which to the yachting man plainly says 'come alongside'.' Perhaps not quite the intention of the wearer. Golf offered the same opportunities for socialising and stylish dressing as tennis and also inspired jewelled accessories. Golf-themed jewellery was particularly popular around the end of the 19th century, with tie pins and brooches in the shape of niblicks, drivers, golf bags and balls, sometimes enamelled with the apt motto 'Far and Sure'. Today Aspinal of London has a range of sterling silver sport-themed cufflinks, including these featuring a little golf bag (£220, Sport offers healthy exercise, a feeling of independence, freedom to socialise and even the opportunity for romance, but through history, it has also inspired jewellery firms to create the perfect themed objects for their customers.
Daily Mail
31-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
SPOT THE DUPE: Which of these bracelet stacks totals £143, and which is worth nearly £74,000?
The key to perfecting the bracelet stack is to steer clear of anything too matchy-matchy. Opt for a mix of metals, sizes and textures à la Meghan, Gigi Hadid and Sarah Jessica Parker. YOU's social media editor Kanika Banwait shows how it's done. Answers below... HIGH STREET: (Kanika's pick) Total £142.97 From top: bangle, £16 (for two), link bracelet, £3, tennis bracelet, £28, watch, £19.99, and link bracelet, £4.99, flat bangle, £16, river bangle, £54.99, LUXURY: Total £73,888 From top: gold, pavé diamond, £28,400, 18ct gold, diamonds and amethyst, £3,088, 18ct gold, diamonds, £11,900, gold, diamond watch, £5,100, gold, diamonds, £25,400, SUSTAINABLE: Total £1,284 From top: recycled silver, £110 each, and recycled gold bangles, £150, vintage tennis, £75, and Nina Ricci vintage link bracelet, £275, susan CO2 neutral watch, £269, 18ct gold-plated recycled silver, £105, recycled silver, £300,
