Glow bracelets are just one of the many glow products you can now buy Originally glow items were restricted to glow sticks themselves – the original and still popular trend-setter – and a couple of other items like glowing necklaces and wands

Glow in the dark bracelets are the kind of useful little gizmo that you might think are too expensive to use routinely You may have seen other people wearing them, and you may even have picked up some yourself once in a while from one of the ubiquitous glow vendors who frequent any kind of big night-time gathering

It may come as some surprise that the trend in glow bracelets has been in motion for around thirty years, making it one of the longest lasting fashion trends in recent history Glow bracelets, for those not in the know, are typically made up of a flexible plastic cylinder a few inches long, designed to wrap around the wearer’s wrist and glow in the dark as a funky, modern fashion accessory

The rising popularity of glow necklaces is due to a number of factors Primarily, they’re a great, cost-effective way of displaying your personality and standing out in a crowd

The history of glow bracelets stretches back into the beginnings of rave culture, which is generally used to describe the emergence of acid house parties in the early 1980s Electronic dance music was popular at early raves, as it still is, with dubstep, drum and bass, techno, jungle and house music being popular