When you hear the word novelty, you may recall the gag gifts you bought one of your buddies. However, there’s been a lot of novelty being thrown around in the fashion world and not in the forms you’d think. As we’ve seen with men’s micro bags, novelty fashion pieces have made huge waves lately, whether we like it or not. 

One of the biggest trends we’ve had our eye on is novelty designer bracelets. For instance, this Ambush zip tie bracelet stopped us when we saw it, but the price kept us moving along. What is the appeal of such exorbitantly priced baubles? Well, saying you own it of course.

What these novelty designer pieces lack in functionality they make up in fashion street cred. While majority of the population might have zero clue what you’re wearing, what it costs, or who makes it, the people that can spot these pieces in a crowd know those exact details.

Part of the fun of wearing these pieces is how outlandish and outrageous they can be. Especially knowing that these steeply priced pieces of arm candy usually start at $400-$500+ - prices reserved for the daring and dripping in cash. 

Brands notorious for novelty pieces fall within the realms of JW Anderson and Balenciaga, both of which we know rally at the crossroads of avant-garde and luxuriously eccentric. But when luxury comes at a price, and so does the world we choose to be a part of, wrapping your head around the absurdity and sticker shock becomes easier with each season. 

As we start to wrap our minds around the true price of novelty designer pieces, we decided to share our three favorite novelty bracelets as an inspiration.