In 1987, jeweler Paolo Gensini designed the first Italian charm bracelet, called the composable charm bracelet, in effort to create a piece of jewelry that could be worn by a woman or a man.
Gensini developed a stainless steel modular bracelet that could hold a series of removable charm links and later founded the Nomination jewelry company, which specializes in Italian composable charm bracelets.
In the 1990s, other jewelry manufacturers in Italy and the United States started designing composable charms and modular bracelets similar to Gensini's model, and they called them Italian charm jewelry.
