Nowadays, we find that there is more to jewelry than meets the eye, jewelry does not just consist of beautiful sets of bracelets, necklaces, earrings and rings. Jewelry also includes such useful items as belt buckles, broaches, watches and tie pins. There are many items of functional jewelry that people wear, though it may not be outwardly obvious to others, it is serving a very useful purpose as well as just looking pretty.

Belt buckles are used to secure a belt around ones waist, we are seeing what used to be very simple metal buckle becoming a very varied and stylish item. People will spend a lot of money choosing different buckles with encrusted jewels, words, statements and sizes which add more individuality and style to an outfit. Other items of functional jewelry that are used in clothing are tie pins and pins that are used to hold blouses together. These can also come in a variety of designs with a choice of gem stones, designs, sizes colors and styles to choose from.

As technology is developing in leaps and bounds, people have started to use jewelry to hide pieces of electronic equipment such as microphones, recorders and cameras. These are now able to be hidden in broaches and necklaces which can be used in police operations and undercover work.

One of the most obvious and traditional types of functional jewelry would be military id tags. These are used to identify soldiers and contain all the information you would need to know about the soldiers personal details and medical information.

Rings and lockets have been created which allow people to keep medication in small compartments attached to them. Medical id bracelets have been around for many years now and these new rings and lockets all people who have allergies and certain illnesses which may require an emergency tablet which can be carried on them at all times.

There are many more obscure types of functional jewelry that are available, for example, new mothers are able to wear special necklaces that are made out of substances that help their babies teethe. These necklaces allow the baby to use it as a teething ring, though it is attractive for the mother to wear at the same time. There are also bracelets that mothers can wear which will remind them when to feed or nurse their infant through an automatic counting and alarm system.

All these modern, new and innovative uses for jewelry that are arising allow people to carry very important and functional information, as well as tools and medication with them wherever they go, while at the same time wearing their usual array of jewelry and adorning themselves in an attractive, yet purposeful way.