What is a lanyard??!! Some guys may ask this question, you know. Well, I’ve written a post on Coach cellphone lanyards before, so you can hop over there to read and check out what a lanyard is. 
But really, do you know how lanyard came about, what’s the history, etc? This is what I came across on the internet, some interesting story about lanyards.
Throughout the last few hundred years, the lanyard has been known and used in modern societies. Made of a simple chord, and secured with a knife, it was actually used in times of war as a weapon. Typically worn on the left shoulder, the ends with the knife was simply tucked into the breast pocket. Usually kept near the bandolier, the knife was later completely removed and became an ornamental item that was used as part of a mundane dress code. Now dethroned as somewhat of a dangerous object, the snout decorative colorful item is now found in a store near you.
Lanyards in our contemporary time are made of a variety of different materials. Cotton and nylon are used in a type of a braided tubing matter that allows people to place things on them such as logos or even their names and are used by businesses when promoting their particular product lines. The popularity of lanyards in this venue are because of the relative inexpensive nature of the item and the limitless possibilities that can be used in regard to the styles, winks, and colors that may be used to represent the company itself.
Instead of a knife being used, lanyards can now hold things such as key is, cell phones, and many other small items indicative to our modern technological society. Along with our eyeglasses and smaller objects such as bottle openers, the lanyards can be easily lost unless they are worn consistently around your neck or your wrist. This ability makes them a staple item to hang the things from that can typically be lost very easily.
If you were to make a lanyard yourself, this would be something I tend to a friendship bracelet taking only a few minutes of the day to make it once one becomes adapts at weaving and twisting cords of material into the proper length and size that is wanted. The lanyards have come a long way in regard to their purpose and use. Despite their ugly and dark history, lanyards have become a prominent piece of ornamental attire that is an everyday staple in our modern society.
So now you can tell this story to your girlfriend when presenting her a lanyard as this Valentine’s day gift. 
