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Writer's pictureAbigail Alvarez

Should Silly Bandz Come Back in Style?


Remember when colorful rubber band bracelets took over the world? Nobody could get enough of Silly Bandz. They were fresh, fun, and funky. However, there’s a good chance you haven’t heard about this fad since 2010. Now, more than a decade after the Silly Bandz phenomenon, let’s ask an important question: Should Silly Bandz come back in style?


This trendy accessory rose to fame in the early 2010s, popularized by children and teenagers across America. Silly Bandz came in all different sizes, shapes, and colors, they found a way to appeal to a diverse range of interests and audiences. Essentially, everyone could find a collection of Silly Bandz to represent a part of their identity.


Silly Bandz released bracelets in six-band packs each with a distinct theme. These themes featured just about everything, ranging from sports, animals, adult themes, pop icons, you name it. However, what made Silly Bandz so unique and impactful was their interaction with pop culture at the time. Silly Bandz worked as the ideal snapshot into the early 2010s. The creation of Angry Birds Silly Bandz, Justin Bieber Silly Bandz, Marvel Silly Bandz, and other notable themes illustrate the primary images of the era.

As for the aesthetics of these bracelets, they possess a certain kind of irresistible whimsicality. Something about decorating your wrists with tons of multicolored rubber bands just brings pure delight. Silly Bandz add a vibrant pop to an outfit. Although they may not be the most conventional accessory, they continue to be an appealing oddity.


Bringing Silly Bandz back into style would introduce the element of playful nostalgia. After years of disappearing from the public eye and fading from people’s minds, I think that they deserve to have a comeback. If styled correctly, Silly Bandz hold the potential to reenter the fashion world. I believe that incorporating Silly Bandz into outfits nowadays would be an interesting challenge. By pairing Silly Bandz with the right accessories and clothes, they can transcend beyond being just another outdated fad.

While we may opt to leave the cringy pop culture related Bandz in the past, I think we should still take some of the magic of Silly Bandz into the future. They deserve a second chance. Transforming these rubber band bracelets into bold new fashion statement reimagines the modern possibilities. On the surface, they may only appear as colorful rubber bands, but in reality, this bizarre early 2010s trend supplied us with an accessory that will forever linger within our childhood memories.


As we enter our adulthood, I think it's worth revisiting this core piece of our youth. Incorporating Silly Bandz back into our style pays homage to simpler days when nothing but a funky rubber band bracelet could bring us joy.


If you want to grab a pack of Silly Bandz, you can still purchase them online .

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deborajjavier
04 feb 2022

I really enjoyed this article, it brought back memories.

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