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.
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I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.'
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.
Add a touch of fierce
Lightning Bolt earrings and pendants in a host of colours and sizes. Glitter or mirror, you choose!
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 being MALADJUSTED
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.
Let customers speak for us
These earrings are such a statement, they are even more gorgeous in person! So lightweight to wear, and comfortable to, so you don’t have to take them out before the night is over. So many compliments on them, just a joy to wear!
Sarah is fabulous, such a great company of unique pieces. Excellent quality in all the pieces. Love the many choices of designs & colour options too.
Love it, get so many compliments! Such a lovely lightweight design, great on its own or layered with other pieces. It gets the attention it deserves. Delivery was super quick, well packaged and it looks exactly as pictured. Great to support so many worthy charities, along with a growing business.
Got to be honest and say I saw the ‘fuck yeah’ earrings after I’d had a quantity of vino and thought, fuck yeah I’m having them!! They did not disappoint. Love them and will definitely be ordering more - thank you Sarah!
These were also a present for my wife and are amazing would definitely recommend to family and friends great product and service.
These were a present for my wife who loved them said they were lush and very comfortable and has added them to her collection. I would definitely recommend.
Unbelievably cute with necklace Sarah is amazing
So cute and delicate perfect wedding pressie
It is hard to express what a wonderful little shop this is with such big ideas and vision of hope
I love wear and resist! Have multiple pieces of jewellery from here and it’s beautiful. Always good quality, arrives quickly and is good service. Thank you!
I bought the earrings because of the fantastic colours on the advertisement in facebook. 5he colours (i got the green and the blue) are just as amazing in person as they are on pictures.
