Men Ethnic jewelry In our occidental society we are used to women wearing jewels, but not so much about men wearing them. In any case, men's jewelry nowadays is discreet! It has not always been like this. In medieval and modern times men of higher classes wore much more ornaments than now, including pearls, gemstones or, later on, gold and silver applied to utilitarian objects, like watches and buttons. In other regions of the world men still used a number of ornaments. Some of them are worn to tell us something about the wearer: showing their power; as a way of telling other people about their ethnic origin and social group; to store wealth; to protect themselves [...]