hi. i’m antonio centeno. i’m the founderof real men real style. today, gentlemen i’ve got a question foryou. should a man wear a bracelet or bracelets? go ahead and let me know down the commentsbelow. i would love to hear from you guys what your opinion is.now, i’m going to give you five reasons why you should consider wearing a braceletespecially if you’re a man that doesn’t and i’m in that camp. so, on a daily basisi do not wear bracelets. i grew up conservative west texas where you do not wear a bracelet,otherwise, yeah, you’re just going to – people are just going to look at you just very, verystrange. but, over the last twenty years, i’ve hadthe privilege to travel the world to be able
to see some amazing things and i’ve developedfriendships with men that are running amazing companies. and one of them, hamed over athelix cuffs and carlos over at the collaterals. these two guys, two amazing companies andthey both make bracelets and they approached me and say, antonio, like you should – youshould look at this you should try it, look at what we’re – and i see these guys veryamazing companies, they’re taking two very different approaches.let me show you, this is what carlos has over at the collaterals and this can actually beworn. i’ve seen pictures of men with suits wearing this and, i’ll talk about how they’redoing that. and then, hamed and his partner, they’ve been building this in colorado hand-made.but, the point is is i normally wouldn’t
wear bracelets. i wouldn’t have consideredthem. and these five points i’m about to sharewith you hopefully they get you thinking about it and i love for us to have a constructive,you know, conversation about this down the comments. and if you decide to purchase fromthose companies, go check out on the comments, i’m going to give you guys some discountcodes so that you can get a great deal when you decide or if you decide to start wearinga bracelet. all right? so, number one reason why maybe you wouldwant to consider start wearing – to start to wear a bracelet is it’s a great conversationstarter. i find that conversation is something of a lost art and part of it is getting itstarted. we pass people all the time, we,
you know, everyone almost looks the same,but if you’re wearing a bracelet especially in an occasion, maybe it’s formal and you’vegot something just attracts a bit of attention. and, not necessarily in a bad way or maybeyou’re on the beach and you don’t really have much else in style, you don’t wantto wear a watch, and this is something that allows you to talk and to be open with anotherperson and to who knows where this could go. it could be start of a beautiful relationship,maybe it’s that woman that you’ve wanted to be engaged with and she just asked you,where did you get that from? and you’re able to tell her about your appreciation for,you know, artistry and, you know, hand-made things or it’s a business acquaintance.and it’s almost like, wow, you know, i know
you – i knew you were a creative person,but – and you’re in the jewelry, but please tell me more about this. so, who knows whereit can go, but i love the idea that it starts a conversation.point number two, it’s practical. maybe, and some of you guys may say, oh, antonio,how is it practical? let’s look at id bracelets, let’s look at health bracelets, let’slook at the paracord bracelet. yes, okay, that last one maybe a bit of a joke, but,hey, if you’re going off and you’re getting – you’re jumping out of a c130 and intothe woods of alaska or i don’t know, wherever you’re going, it may be something that,hey, just having that paracord bracelet is useful. but, for some men, it is a – it’sa practicality.
so, on to point number three, wealth and status.so, it has been shown, when people look at others with jewelry, there’s an instanttrigger in the back of their mind that this person has a bit of money. and, maybe we don’tsee it in north america so much, but i know i travel over to east europe, i’m goingto see a lot of more jewelry in the part of the world. i’m going to see jewelry andgold over in china and other parts of india is a clear sign that this person is well.so, yeah, we’ve tried to push down that there aren’t class and divisions of people,but in other parts of the world, it isn’t always that clear. and even here in the unitedstates, when we see someone driving a bmw, we see somebody driving a, you know, a mercedes,we have something, oh, that person has to
be pretty successful. when we see them or,you know, they’re living off credit card debt, but in any case, you don’t have thatwhen you’re walking into starbucks and you’re talking to somebody, but if we see that theywear a little bit of jewelry, oftentimes you could be something, hmm, this person is alittle bit different. so, let’s get into point number four, specialmeaning and perhaps signifying your culture. so, i was talking about and we’ve seen someof the bead bracelets out there, perhaps that’s something that comes out of your culture.now, hamed i don’t actually know so much about his background, but it may – i knowfor him wearing jewelry was something that was bit more common. and where – whereveryou’re from the world whether it’d be
the middle east whether it’d be northernafrica, maybe it’s parts of india maybe jewelry wearing and bracelets are a part ofyour culture and you want to bring that into your normal dress.point number five, you actually like it. now, there was a gentleman that actually came outto our style con event, he purchased a bracelet from hamed and i saw him leave -- mike, youknow who you are and he left a comment. and this is a – this a marine veteran and hesay he just loves the bracelet how it reminds him of something, so it has meaning. but,how he just started to love actually the attention he got and how he felt wearing it and so,he wears it now with pride and people come up and start to talk to him about the bracelet.so, he wears it because he likes it.
guys, what do you think of those five pointsand i would love to hear from you in the comments about the two companies that i talked aboutabout wearing bracelets in general. take care. see you in the next video.[0:05:46] end of audio
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