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CELEBRATING OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY
20 years of music
you can wear.
A guitar string. A good idea. Twenty years of turning a connection to music into something you can hold onto.
This is the story of Wear Your Music.
BEFORE THERE WAS WEAR YOUR MUSIC
It started with strings
left behind.
In the summer of 2004, jeweler Hannah Garrison began transforming discarded guitar strings into bracelets. What started as jewelry for the people around her would become the seed of Wear Your Music.
New York City · 2006
The Craigslist ad
that changed everything.
Steve Bernstein, then publisher of Relix Magazine, posted an ad looking for creative ways to repurpose guitar strings. Hannah answered with an idea she already knew by hand: bracelets.
They met in Manhattan and agreed to start a company that very day. The idea took shape: use strings played and donated by famous musicians, turn them into jewelry, and support charities chosen by those musicians.
Music. A second life for used strings. A way to give back.
OUR STORY, THROUGH THE YEARS
A small idea.
A lasting connection.
2004: The first bracelets
Hannah's early guitar string designs find their first fans among local musicians, friends and families.
2006: Wear Your Music begins
Hannah and Steve bring jewelry, musician-donated strings and charitable giving together in one company.
2009: The Garageband Bracelet is born
We introduced the Garageband Bracelet—a colorful, one-size-fits-all design made from new guitar strings. Available in multiple colors, it gave even more music lovers a way to wear their love of music.
2012: The Wrapped Musician Bracelet arrives
We introduced a new style of musician bracelet, carefully hand-wrapping each artist’s donated strings with silver wire to create the Wrapped Musician Bracelet.
2014: A more precise fit
The Musician Bracelet was redesigned with a stainless-steel tube clasp, allowing us to offer more custom sizes for a more comfortable, precise fit.
2015: The Guitar String Pendant
Noticing the smaller pieces of string left over from making bracelets and cuffs, Hannah created the Guitar String Pendant—a new way to transform those remnants into meaningful jewelry while eliminating even more waste.
2016: A new chapter
Hannah becomes sole owner, continuing to shape Wear Your Music around sustainability and giving back.
2019: Small business, recognized
Wear Your Music is selected as a FedEx Small Business Grant winner.
2020: Pandemic: Keeping the Music - and the Mission - Alive
When the pandemic forced so many small businesses to close, Wear Your Music closed its studio and moved into the basement of Hannah’s home. Our small team took turns safely creating, answering emails, and shipping orders—keeping the business going and continuing to support charities through the sale of musicians’ strings.
2026: Twenty years, thanks to you
We celebrate the musicians, fans and stories that have made these twenty years possible.
BEHIND THE SCENES
The places we've called home.
Wear Your Music has grow through more than a few studios, offices and unexpected detours. Each space - no matter how large, small or temporary - became part of our story.
New York: Where it Started
Hannah's first studio - the small space where guitar strings first began finding a second life.
Woonsocket: Our First Rhode Island Home
The next chapter as Wear Your Music began growing beyond its New York beginnings.
Providence: Small but Mighty
Our tiny studio in the heart of Providence, RI. How did we ever fit everthing inside?
Providence: Room to Grow
A spacious studio - until a water heater upstairs brought this chapter to a soggy end.
The Providence Storefront
A place where customers could step up inside and see our work up close.
Rooms & Works: Cozy and Creative
Our co-op studio was cozy, collaborative and filled with creative energy.
Pawtucket: Our Biggest Space Yet
A huge studio with room for strings, inventory and a growing team.
To the Basement
When the pandemic arrived, Hannah's basement kept the team creating, shipping and supporting charities.
2026: A New Studio an a New Chapter
Twenty years after the first bracelets were made, Wear Your Music begins its next chapter.
THE COLLECTION EVOLVES
One string. More ways to wear it.
What began with one bracelet grew into an entire collection of ways to keep a connection to music close.
Where it began
The original Musician Bracelet.
A more precise fit
The addition of a tube clasp allowed us to offer more sizes for a comfortable, customized fit.
That's a wrap
Each Wrapped Musician Bracelet featured artist-donated strings carefully secured by hand with silver wire.
A second life for every piece
Each Wrapped Musician Bracelet featured artist-donated strings carefully secured by hand with silver wire.
A new way to wear strings
The Musician Cuff brought a little more edge and rock-and-roll attitude to the collection while keeping the design timeless and easy to wear.
Custom creations
Over the years, we’ve partnered with incredible musicians and companies to create one-of-a-kind pieces that pushed our creativity and gave guitar strings an entirely new life.
Nothing goes to waste
Looking for a way to use even the smallest string fragments, we created Guitar String Earrings—keeping more materials out of landfills.
One of a Kind
THE ARCHIVE
Remember your first one?
Different styles. Different strings. Different stories. A connection to music—and a commitment to giving materials a second life—runs through them all.
The original Musician Bracelet
The design at the heart of the founding story: a bracelet made from strings played and donated by a musician.
A colorful new direction
The early One-Size-Fits-All bracelets brought a broader range of colors to the collection.
Trashy Bracelets
Made from recycled plastic shopping bags, these bright, friendship-style bracelets gave hard-to-degrade plastic a colorful second life—and quickly became a fan favorite.
The Rock Recycled Bracelet
Made from locally donated guitar strings, these one-of-a-kind bracelets featured colorful wire wrapping that held each design securely together—giving discarded strings a bold new life.
Rock Recycled Flannels
We transformed thrifted flannel shirts into one-of-a-kind band merchandise by adding custom embroidered logos—giving existing clothing a second life and keeping more materials out of landfills.
Upcycled Bracelet
Made from new guitar strings that didn’t quite make the cut for a guitar, this bold bracelet gives unused materials a second chance—finished with an edgy screw-on clasp for a secure fit.
THE REASON WE KEEP MAKING
The music means something.
So should the piece.
For twenty years, Wear Your Music has brought fans closer to the musicians they love while giving used strings a new life and supporting musician-chosen charities.
To every musician who donated strings, every fan who shared a story, and everyone who has worn a piece of ours: thank you for being part of this.
Here’s to the next chapter.
