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Fashion
Crime and customisation: how the phone wrist strap became this year’s most unexpected cult accessory
By Rebecca Cope
4 months ago
6 min read
If you’ve noticed increasing numbers of women attaching small beaded loops to their phones this year, you’re not imagining things. Maybe you’re even the proud owner of one. Driven by a desire for customisation and a rise in phone snatching, fashion writer Rebecca Cope explores how phone wrist straps became this year’s most unexpected breakout trend (and what their ascent can tell us).
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