A blog about vintage fashion, vintage jewels and art.....
Showing posts with label pins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pins. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Brooch Bonanza


As winter creeps closer, we're all aiming to wear heavier jackets and coats with lapels large enough to hold all those brooches and pins which have been waiting patiently for the reason to exist. I mean, most pins and brooches are way too heavy to wear with the lightweight fabrics which spring and summer and often autumn clothes are made of. 


I especially love picking up vintage brooches and pins when these come my way and some of the prettiest I have handled have been pre-owned and well-respected. Sometimes, discovering a beautiful brooch which has lost its pin is dismaying but I tend to keep special ones which have been created with an eye-catching design. One never knows what use might be made of it.


Some of the loveliest pins and brooches to come my way have been passed on to others, some others are still waiting patiently for the right person to come along and make them her/his own.


Here is a Brooch Bonanza for you to enjoy...








Floral Brooch with Pearl available here


Hand-painted bone pin available here

Pink Rhinestone Brooch available here


Thursday, January 28, 2010

Pins

Speaking of coats the other day, I got thinking about things that help give a coat distinction. I mean, not all coats are stunners. Some are so very plain simple and drab... until you give them that little magic touch. Here is some inspiration.....it's all vintage by the way.








(this is not Maltese filigree)