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Nowadays one can see many school going kids and teenagers sporting a trendy silicon band or as they are mostly referred t as a silly band! They have become on of the most in demand fashion must haves for this season. The most amazing part is that these silicon bracelets come in unique designs and no matter how much stretched they are they always go back to there original positions. Some of the trendiest bands include Disney princesses, marvel super heroes, rock band, sea creatures, and Justin bieber. Thanks to its growing demand everyone is buying it in bulk. Fact most of them has one to match with each dress they wear. However just like everything else these bands also have some pros and cons attached to it. Let's have a look at them in detail.
There pros include that they are fun to wear and are almost hassle free to carry around your wrist. They come in various designs and shapes. Infact you can see that these bands cater to almost all age groups. However basic market segmentation is based on children of different age groups which include marvel superhero's, sea water animals, comic book hero's for young boys and for girls they can be found in the designs of hello kitty, rock band guitars, drums, Walt Disney princesses etc.these have become that big a rage among children that they are not even collecting them but infact trading them to match there respective needs. Each pack of such bracelets contains 12, 24 or 48 bracelets.258. However the new addition to the list of these bands is the Justin bieber collection that has already become a hit among both girls and boys.
A major con of these bands is that there is always a new addition in there list. As a result of which the designs are continuously changing resulting in the fact that each trend is there for a limited period of time and it doesn't take much for one to become un trendy.
For someone whose aim is to just to collect such bands this is a major disadvantage as it becomes difficult for him to get his hands on to something which come and go within very short time period only. These bands have also distracted the students in the classrooms to such an extent that the teachers often complaint that the students are interested more in trading them rather than paying attention to what's happening in the class.
