Wear and Resist is an independent brand of empowering jewellery, founded by Sarah Day, raising awareness and money for women's charities. Everything is made in her Oxfordshire studio. Her daughter, Eliza, is her inspiration, muse and model.
'Listen I love you joy is coming' bracelet
Taken from the last lines of Kim Addonizio's incredible poem. This bracelet, etched with glowing words, is yet another design I madof those designs I made to wear myself. A brilliant gift and an even better gift to self.
GOOD TROUBLE bracelet
'Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful. Be optimistic. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.'
John Lewis - a founding member of the American Civil Rights movement.
'The darkest hour is just before the dawn' - moon bracelet
They are now crashing things into our moon. Bring on the new dawn.
Add a touch of fierce
Lightning Bolt earrings and pendants in a host of colours and sizes. Glitter or mirror, you choose!
50% off small star or heart earrings with any necklace
The discount will be applied automatically and they will come in the same box.
I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy and free' Wuthering Heights necklace
Shall we all go back to our roots?
Exactly what I wanted, makes me feel empowered
Love this !I bought this for myself and I love it (and what Wear and Resist is all about). It looks good with my other jewellery, it’s nice quality, the swapable charms are a great idea and I liked it so much I got the necklace too!
Excellent reactions to these… Every woman I meet loves these. They cause great reactions and conversations wherever I wear them. They’re also comfortable and light. Cannot recommend highly enough. PS: my husband hates them. I. Don’t. Care.
What a company! These necklaces are awesome, never seen anything quite like them and all support one charity or another! Go to the website and buy one, or two! You won't regret it!!
Female-founded and fiercely independent
I started Wear and Resist because I wanted to wear jewellery that said something, while supporting women's charities. It remains a very small sustainable business. I design and make what I want, and I don't answer to investors or work with charities that don't allow me to voice my own opinions.
Solar-powered
Wear and Resist is running on solar power, and we are in the process of making our home and workshop self-sustaining.
Perspex is an acrylic made of Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA), which has 100% recyclability. It is made from monomers that it can be broken back down into and does not release chemicals at normal temperatures or break down into micro plastics. It is considered a fully recyclable circular product. I have very little waste as I make in small quantities and design each sheet as tightly as I can for cutting. I recycle all of my offcuts.
Female-founded and fiercely independent
I started Wear and Resist because I wanted to wear jewellery that said something, while supporting women's charities. It remains a very small sustainable business. I design and make what I want, and I don't answer to investors or work with charities that don't allow me to voice my own opinions.
Solar-powered
Wear and Resist is running on solar power, and we are in the process of making our home and workshop self-sustaining.
Perspex is an acrylic made of Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA), which has 100% recyclability. It is made from monomers that it can be broken back down into and does not release chemicals at normal temperatures or break down into micro plastics. It is considered a fully recyclable circular product. I have very little waste as I make in small quantities and design each sheet as tightly as I can for cutting. I recycle all of my offcuts.
Blog posts
On mindset and why I've been feeling more than a little feral (and ideas for the future)
‘I honestly don’t know if you can help me,’ I wrote recently to a very lovely and well-meaning business coach, who had contacted me about joining her programme. I then proceeded to type out a cascade of worries about the state of my business in this climate.
Her answer was that a lot of what I was saying sounded like a mindset problem. And in many ways, she is right. The way we look at things, the way we choose to interpret how external information affects our lives is always through the filter of our own mindset. Our thoughts control our emotions, and we can think different thoughts if we want to feel certain things etc. etc.
Rantings on a f*cked up world
We don’t have to buy into the world they are creating out of the world they are destroying in the process. It’s time to untangle ourselves from their webs, to return to the things that make us truly content. Not 'happy', because happy is an emotion that comes in bursts, the light that balances the inevitiable grief and and sadness that we all must feel. Happy was never supposed to be how we went about our lives 24-7. It is another marketing construct, a way to sell you shit. At its most basic level marketing works on pain points: pointing out to you what might be wrong with you or making you unhappy and then selling you something to solve it.
The W.I.T.C.H. movement of the 1960s
WITCH is an all-women Everything. It’s theater, revolution, magic, terror, joy, garlic flowers, spells ... It’s an awareness that witches and gypsies were the original guerillas and resistance fighters against oppression… There is no ‘joining’ WITCH. If you are a woman and dare to look within yourself, you are a Witch…Whatever is repressive, solely male-oriented, greedy, puritanical, authoritarian – those are your targets. (Witch Leaflets)
Let customers speak for us
This has been my favourite purchase of the year so far. It took me only a few minutes between discovering this brand had a customisable ‘what does that say?’ necklace option before starting my order.
I was delighted with the quality of the necklace and wore it to a social mingle event. It achieved the desired goal of causing lots of folk to approach me wanting to read it. Definitely a conversation starter!
I got the flame/bronze earrings because they match so many of my outfits! Also they are phoenix colours and I love that imagery.
Beautiful necklace. Very colourful and eye-catching. Very good for days for these days when I feel done with conforming and playing nice!
Such a lovely place to buy from with great ideas and super friendly communication
I am slowly but surely collecting all of these heart charms…I have the chunky necklace and wear it pretty much every day so it is fun changing up the charms depending on my mood that day!
These are not the first of the Vintage Stars I've had and they won't be the last! They are a perfect dinky size and gorgeous colours. They catch the light beautifully and I love wearing them for work to zhush up an outfit. I'd love them in a size up too if you ever think about that - the other drop earrings are amazing but just too long for my short neck 😂
Gorgeous colourful bracelet that makes a statement in several ways! Also despatched quickly in sustainable packaging. Please support this wonderful enterprise!
Absolutely love these earrings with an 'apt for these times' message.
Good quality, look stunning, get lots of compliments, prompt delivery and in a proper box!
