# Women: Jewelry on men? Yes or no? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 5, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995 "2005-06-05T13:40:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995/21 "2005-06-06T01:59:29Z")
Watch = I would expect it Something along the lines of a class ring = all right Anything else, especially earrings = urgh ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995/22 "2005-06-06T02:22:00Z")
I like jewelry on men, but not too much of it. Wearing five or six necklaces is not a good look for anyone, male or female. Same thing with rings on every finger. Earrings, either singly or a pair, can really look great on a man. However, I don’t like to see piercings other than ear piercings, on men or women. Eyebrow and lip piercings make me wince. ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995/23 "2005-06-06T03:38:56Z")
I like jewellery on men. I am ecstatic that my husband has just got into making chain mail and is wearing simple chunky chain necklaces. (Partly because he used to steal mine.) ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995/24 "2005-06-06T06:12:46Z")
I’ve always found a simple chain on a main to be quite sexy. A watch? A necessity. A wedding ring? Of course! A simple bracelet? Okay. Pinky rings are definitely OUT and any more bling is too much. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995/25 "2005-06-06T07:23:53Z")
I like jewelry on young (or young-looking) men, but not so much on older guys. I find hemp, shells (ya, frat boys can be hot - from a safe distance) and chunky yet sleek silver and black items like [this](http://www.ilmondodielena.it/buffy/spike/JM%20Buffy%20Mag%2057.jpg) really hot. But they don’t really work well when you’re into the suit and tie strata of life. Chains I find off putting at nearly any age, although the figaro ones aren’t too bad. Bling? Never! Wedding rings are always sexy. I have a thing about hands, so I find rings really alluring. But gemstones have to be chosen very carefully, if at all. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995/26 "2005-06-06T07:32:27Z")
I swear that link worked on preview. Ah, well. [Here’s something similar.](http://www.headtilt.com/spikehair.htm) ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995/27 "2005-06-06T14:08:30Z")
I wear my wedding ring and watch on my left hand, and my father’s gold class ring on my right hand. I also wear a very slim sterling silver necklace that my wife gave me for Xmas. All very tasteful and completely “bling-less.” ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995/28 "2005-06-06T14:57:43Z")
As others have said, as long as it’s tastefully done. My SO wears a thin platinum chain that has a jade circle on it; he’s Chinese and jade is good luck. His mother gave it to him, and it looks good on him. I don’t think rings would look particularly good on him, but I think rings look good on some guys. And an earring looks dashing on the right kind of guy. I don’t even like when girls wear too many rings, though, a good rule IMO is one per hand, unless you’re talking engagement & wedding rings. I do agree with this, though: > [@Sattua](#): > > . I _am_ sorry that cufflinks are so out of favor. And stickpins. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995/29 "2005-06-06T15:06:24Z")
When I go to buy a car and the salesman who approaches me has a lot of jewelry on it’s usually a deal breaker for me. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995/30 "2005-06-06T15:13:00Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > I _am_ sorry that cufflinks are so out of favor. Are they? I see a few pairs of cufflinks just about daily. And no, I’m not a shopgirl stationed behind the cufflink counter at a department store. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995/31 "2005-06-06T16:15:35Z")
I had a nice pair of cufflinks on this weekend. Of course I was wearing a tuxedo, but the cufflinks are mine. I would have had my pocket watch instead of a wrist watch too except the vest I had on had no pockets. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995/32 "2005-06-06T16:18:59Z")
> [@Madd Maxx](#): > > I had a nice pair of cufflinks on this weekend. Of course I was wearing a tuxedo, but the cufflinks are mine. I would have had my pocket watch instead of a wrist watch too except the vest I had on had no pockets. Cufflinks \*and \* a pocket watch (almost)? I like you. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995/33 "2005-06-06T16:28:27Z")
I was the best man. I couldn’t go wearing a tuxedo-silk-screened t-shirt, black jeans and Chuck Taylors. Alas, I rarely get the opportunity to wear my pocket watch these days, and the cufflinks only a little more frequently. I think I may need to attend some of those black tie fundraiser affairs, if only to give me the chance to look sophisticated-ed more often. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995/34 "2005-06-06T21:23:37Z")
As long as there’s not too much of it, and it’s not over the top then I think it can look good. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995/36 "2015-08-25T14:29:30Z")
If graverobbers don’t take the jewelry off of the dead, then you’ve got blinged zombies! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Angry\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b38774/32.png) [@The\_Angry\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Angry_Badger)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995/37 "2015-08-25T14:35:01Z")
mmm, ten year old zombie spam. 🙂 Reported. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995.md?page=1)