Young Americans Cigar Band

A love letter disguised as a very good ring.

The Young Americans Cigar Band from I Like It Here Club is a substantial 9mm half-round band inscribed with three tiny symbols:  an eye, a heart, and the letter U. You can probably crack the code. Designer Jessie Yeager based it on the wedding band worn by her parents, two young Americans who fell in love and got married in 1977, which gives the whole thing considerably more emotional credibility than jewelry invented during a Friday afternoon marketing meeting. Thick, simple, and slightly mysterious, it carries its message without announcing it to everyone in the room. Some people will see a great cigar band. Someone else will know exactly what you mean.

The Details

• Young Americans Cigar Band by I Like It Here Club
• Substantial half-round cigar band silhouette
• 9mm wide band
• Inscribed with an eye, heart, and the letter U: “I love you” in code
• Inspired by designer Jessie Yeager’s parents’ 1977 wedding band
• Handmade in the USA
• Due to the width of the band, sizing up may provide a more comfortable fit

About the Brand:  I Like It Here Club

I Like It Here Club was founded by designer and goldsmith Jessie Yeager in Wilmington, North Carolina, but the name goes back a few generations. The name is inspired by the morale-boosting club started by her grandfather, Fred, in WWII, which is both unusually wholesome and a pretty compelling philosophy for a jewelry company decades later. Today, Yeager makes jewelry inspired by memory, travel, old objects, and the strange way certain things become more valuable simply because we refuse to stop carrying them around. The pieces are handmade in the USA and designed to age into something more personal than what you originally bought. Eventually, if all goes according to plan, someone else will call it “my grandfather’s ring” or “my mother’s necklace,” and the whole process starts over again.