Rubber Wristbands

Wear a rubber wristband to support a good cause!

Despite being pronounced dead by the fashion gurus, rubber wristbands are the hottest wearable around.

Wearing rubber wristbands cannot be written off as a passing fad. They are still selling like hot cakes and are the hottest wearable around. People around the world continue to wear them despite being pronounced dead by the fashion gurus.

It is interesting to find who first wore rubber wristbands. The tennis wristbands were always there. But the person who first wore rubber wristbands was Lance Armstrong who fought and survived cancer and went on to win seven Tour de France championships. Wearing yellow rubber wristbands, he cycled to his sixth straight Tour de France win.

When Armstrong was 25, he had been diagnosed with testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs and brain.

As a symbol of support for those battling with cancer, the ‘Livestrong’ rubber wristbands were brought out by the Lance Armstrong Foundation. When Oprah Winfrey had Lance Armstrong as a guest on her famous talk show, and encouraged her viewers to order the bracelets, the LiveStrong wristbands shot to fame .

The funds raised through selling LiveStrong wristbands at $1 a piece go to support the Lance Armstrong Foundation’s efforts to help young people with cancer and their family.

Even though Armstrong started off the trend with awareness bracelets, they now come in all colors imaginable -- blue, pink, yellow, striped.... The blue rubber wristbands stamped with the words ‘Beat Bullying,’ was launched by BBC Radio One and are highly popular among football stars. The ‘Support our troops’ wristbands is currently one of the most popular rubber wristbands around in America. These rubber wristbands come in many colors and with many messages on them, and are worn by family members of American servicemen. The second most popular ones after Armstrong’s yellow rubber wristbands are the pink breast cancer awareness bracelets.

The rubber wristbands can be silicon or rubber, or even paper or leather. Even metal ornamental bracelets are also available.

People wear rubber wristbands as an easy and cost-effective way of announcing their support for a worthy cause. You can surely spare a dollar for a rubber wristband even if you cannot donate a billion dollars for cancer research. Your own custom message can be stamped on the rubber wristbands.

More than just a fashion accessory, rubber wristbands are about attitude, a reminder about one of the many causes that drive human civilization forward. Without burdening your pocket, they fulfill the human need to show solidarity to those fighting against mighty odds.

Yes even if the fashion gurus may consider rubber wristbands a transient phenomenon, they are a civilizational need and are here to stay.

Show your support for a good cause by wearing rubber wristbands.