Wearable electronic device having ornamental and deployment modes

A wearable electronic device having ornamental and deployment modes, comprising,

• a flexible loop that allows for at least partial conformal contact with a surface of an individual or the individual's clothing, or both;
• a first ornamental component physically associated with the loop;
• at least one flexible cable segment, extending from the loop or the ornamental article, each segment terminating in an electronic component;
• an electronic interface wired to each electronic component for electronic communication therebetween;
• a second ornamental component, physically associated with the first ornamental component, the loop, or the at least one cable segment;
• and
• a third ornamental component,
• wherein the first and third ornamental components serve as modules that together form a unitary pendant physically associated with the loop, and
• further wherein
• during ornamental mode, the interface is partially or wholly hidden due to immobilization to the first or second ornamental component, and the at least one electronic component is partially or wholly hidden due to immobilization to another of the first or second ornamental components, and
• during deployment mode, the at least one electronic component is placed in substantially immobilized contact to a surface of the individual that is not contacted by the loop.