Sovereign ring
A sovereign ring is a ring which typically has a gold sovereign as a primary decorative feature, with the obverse face as the visible detail. The coin may be either genuine or replica tender, and may be either a sovereign or half sovereign. Sovereign rings are associated with chav culture in the UK,[1][2][3][4] or more broadly with emulating the look of a mafioso.[5] In the United Kingdom it is also common to use custom coinage bearing such motifs as the 'Three Lions' or other similar imagery such as Saint George, or a Welsh Dragon.[citation needed] Celebrities who have been observed wearing a sovereign ring include Brad Pitt,[5] Ghislaine Maxwell[6] and the English rapper Louise Amanda Harman, hence her stage name of "Lady Sovereign".[3][7]
References
- ↑ "How to Spot a Chav". mirror. 2004-02-22. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
- ↑ Maxine Frith, "High fashion's debt to the lowly Chavs", The Independent, 1 February 2004.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Aileen Dillane and Martin J. Power, "Hard Hats and Hoodies: The Songs of Two Working-Class British Protest Singers", in: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music and Social Class, ed. Ian Peddie, New York / London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020, ISBN 9781501345364, p. 282.
- ↑ "Setting the Scene: Overview", in: The Oxford Handbook of the Psychology of Appearance, ed. Nichola Rumsey and Diana Harcourt, Oxford: Oxford University, 2012, ISBN 9780199580521, p. 12.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Murray Clark, "Brad Pitt, Your New Don Corleone", Esquire, 17 September 2019.
- ↑ Hope Coke, "Ghislaine Maxwell to make first court appearance remotely after transferring to Brooklyn detention centre", Tatler, 7 July 2020.
- ↑ "Meet Lady Sovereign: A One-Woman Grime Wave", The Herald Scotland, 29 October 2005.
