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I wish brooches would come back

P: 3/9/2007 7:27:36 AM
justjulia Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,303 Last Post: 7/23/2009 Member Since: 4/4/2006	I've been thinking lately about having a signature piece brooch. Something that I would wear daily on a blazer. A few well placed little diamonds here and there. Has anyone seen any interesting sites with them? I know I could always go custom, but I don't have a clue what I want it to look like, yet. I just think they are so "romantic" and well, romantic. Timeless and classic. Anybody think similarly? "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." J Keats
Posted: 3/9/2007 7:27:36 AM

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P: 3/9/2007 9:55:21 AM
Sundial Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,590 Last Post: 7/14/2009 Member Since: 3/14/2005	I totally agree Julia. I think a nice brooch looks so classy on a blazer. Tiffany's has some wonderful ones in all price ranges. Of course I am partial to this one from the Swing collection since I have the matching ring and bracelet.
Posted: 3/9/2007 9:55:21 AM

P: 3/9/2007 11:04:01 AM
kenny Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,817 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 4/30/2005	Oh, just wear them. Be a trend setter. People will admire you for it.
Posted: 3/9/2007 11:04:01 AM

P: 3/9/2007 11:08:47 AM
canuk-gal Ideal Rock Total Posts: 9,195 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 4/19/2004	HI: I love brooches--especially antique filigree ones. And as Kenny states....be a trend setter..... cheers--Sharon "People who possess great qualities, do not need to show off".
Posted: 3/9/2007 11:08:47 AM

P: 3/9/2007 12:30:57 PM
crown1 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,373 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 11/22/2006	i don't think brooches are out. i see them worn on blazers on tv quite frequently. sorry to highjack but kenny now that you are back may we see your ring? the next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are c.s. lewis
Posted: 3/9/2007 12:30:57 PM

P: 3/9/2007 12:46:15 PM
widget Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,254 Last Post: 12/20/2008 Member Since: 11/12/2004	Art Nouveau has a wonderful collection of brooches...maybe she'll jump in with some pictures! I think they're elegant, and look wonderful on blazers, etc... I think AN wears hers frequently..and she certainly is elegant! I agree that we don't see them as much as we should. I think Madeleine Albright and Queen Elizabeth have tried, but they aren't a trend...yet. widget
Posted: 3/9/2007 12:46:15 PM

P: 3/9/2007 12:55:28 PM
Pricescope Administrator Total Posts: 8,265 Last Post: 1/5/2008 Member Since: 1/1/2000	Date: 3/9/2007 12:46:15 PM Author: widget I think Madeleine Albright and Queen Elizabeth have tried, but they aren't a trend...yet. widget They are still trendy just lower on a body, which gives sometimes too trendy look. Madeleine Albright has quite a collection, she was a note speaker at GIA symposium and told the stories about them and got a new one as a gift. I will shot my Dandelion brooch later today. Pricescope
Posted: 3/9/2007 12:55:28 PM

P: 3/9/2007 1:00:44 PM
Nicrez Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,230 Last Post: 10/21/2009 Member Since: 1/21/2004	I am an avid brooch fan, but mostly as a nice elegant close for a Cashmere wrap in the spring or a a cheaper silk scarf or wrap in the summer... I think it's the pattern and look that determines trend. Ahhh...I hate trends, why look like everyone else? As a matter of fact if I see one more trendy jewelry piece I will scream. i love epople with cool and interestingly different tastes! Take a risk! "Sometimes it's OK to throw rocks at girls...as long as they sparkle! " Nicrez, G.G., A.J.P.
Posted: 3/9/2007 1:00:44 PM

P: 3/9/2007 2:02:58 PM
Kaleigh Ideal Rock Total Posts: 25,905 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 11/18/2004	I love brooches!! Nanny gave me a beautiful sapphire and diamond one. It looks amazing on a black suit. I say wear what you want. To me they are classic, and a great way to dress up a suit, etc... ____________________________ Piece of cake and a candle. ng gift
Posted: 3/9/2007 2:02:58 PM

P: 3/9/2007 2:18:34 PM
justjulia Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,303 Last Post: 7/23/2009 Member Since: 4/4/2006	Thank you for all of your responses. I would LOVE to see some pictures. I have a small diamond "circle of life" brooch, about the size of a dime, which I get compliments on all the time when I wear. I'd like something a little larger, maybe a floral shape...I dont know yet. I'm ready to be inspired. I guess it is spring time that's doing it. "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." J Keats
Posted: 3/9/2007 2:18:34 PM

P: 3/9/2007 2:20:13 PM
justjulia Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,303 Last Post: 7/23/2009 Member Since: 4/4/2006	Date: 3/9/2007 9:55:21 AM Author: Sundial I totally agree Julia. I think a nice brooch looks so classy on a blazer. Tiffany's has some wonderful ones in all price ranges. Of course I am partial to this one from the Swing collection since I have the matching ring and bracelet. That is just beautiful. I will have to get over to Tiffany's downtown Atl. to browse. "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." J Keats
Posted: 3/9/2007 2:20:13 PM

P: 3/9/2007 4:40:37 PM
Nicrez Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,230 Last Post: 10/21/2009 Member Since: 1/21/2004	FYI, browse the Skinner Auction House (Boston) catalogue online for some cool brooches. They have oodles of Art Deco pieces, and who knows... ;) If not, it's fun to see styles! http://www.skinnerinc.com/asp/search.asp I WANT that lizard skin Heremes cuff...except I can't really wear cuffs! I have two and I NEVER like them on... Happy hunting! If you do bid, you can bid by phone! "Sometimes it's OK to throw rocks at girls...as long as they sparkle! " Nicrez, G.G., A.J.P.
Posted: 3/9/2007 4:40:37 PM

P: 3/9/2007 4:50:38 PM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Date: 3/9/2007 1:00:44 PM Author: Nicrez I think it's the pattern and look that determines trend. Ahhh...I hate trends, why look like everyone else? As a matter of fact if I see one more trendy jewelry piece I will scream. i love epople with cool and interestingly different tastes! Take a risk! I absolutely agree. I refuse to buy trendy stuff, unless I fall madly in love with it, then I buy it, but not because someone's telling me to. I love brooches too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State John Swinton [1829-1901] Chief Editorial Writer of the New York Times (Considered "the Dean of his Profession" by his peers), when asked to toast an 'Independent Press' in a gathering at the National Press Club, circa 1880 "There is no such thing in America as an independent press unless it is in the country towns. You know it, and I know it. There is not one of you who dare express an honest opinion. If you express it you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid... for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for doing similar things.... The business of the New York journalist is to distort the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and sell his country and race for his daily bread, or for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this, and I know it and what foolery to be toasting an 'independent press.' We are tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, all are the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."
Posted: 3/9/2007 4:50:38 PM

P: 3/9/2007 5:14:29 PM
Pricescope Administrator Total Posts: 8,265 Last Post: 1/5/2008 Member Since: 1/1/2000	Promised dandelion on my dogs neck (not pinned) Pricescope
Posted: 3/9/2007 5:14:29 PM

P: 3/9/2007 5:21:26 PM
Pricescope Administrator Total Posts: 8,265 Last Post: 1/5/2008 Member Since: 1/1/2000	The whole sad picture called "I love you mom but you are inadequate..." Pricescope
Posted: 3/9/2007 5:21:26 PM

P: 3/9/2007 5:38:50 PM
Miranda Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,042 Last Post: 9/24/2009 Member Since: 2/18/2006	Date: 3/9/2007 5:21:26 PM Author: Pricescope The whole sad picture called 'I love you mom but you are inadequate...' Nice 'flower'! I think your dog has more than a little bit of Ridgeback in it!!! What a sweetie pie! ETA: OMG!!! Is that an actual brooch????? I was so busy looking at the dog that I thought it was an actual dandelion. We need colser pics of that. I cannot believe the detail!!!!
Posted: 3/9/2007 5:38:50 PM

P: 3/9/2007 5:51:20 PM
justjulia Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,303 Last Post: 7/23/2009 Member Since: 4/4/2006	Date: 3/9/2007 5:21:26 PM Author: Pricescope The whole sad picture called 'I love you mom but you are inadequate...' Oh I just LOVE your picture!!!! Here's mine...she's like, "hi mom!" (and where's that hotdog you just had?...) "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." J Keats
Posted: 3/9/2007 5:51:20 PM

P: 3/9/2007 5:52:57 PM
justjulia Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,303 Last Post: 7/23/2009 Member Since: 4/4/2006	Date: 3/9/2007 5:38:50 PM Author: Miranda Date: 3/9/2007 5:21:26 PM Author: Pricescope The whole sad picture called 'I love you mom but you are inadequate...' Nice 'flower'! I think your dog has more than a little bit of Ridgeback in it!!! What a sweetie pie! ETA: OMG!!! Is that an actual brooch????? I was so busy looking at the dog that I thought it was an actual dandelion. We need colser pics of that. I cannot believe the detail!!!! Ditto--PICTURES PLEASE! "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." J Keats
Posted: 3/9/2007 5:52:57 PM

P: 3/9/2007 5:57:48 PM
justjulia Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,303 Last Post: 7/23/2009 Member Since: 4/4/2006	Date: 3/9/2007 4:40:37 PM Author: Nicrez FYI, browse the Skinner Auction House (Boston) catalogue online for some cool brooches. They have oodles of Art Deco pieces, and who knows... ;) If not, it's fun to see styles! http://www.skinnerinc.com/asp/search.asp I WANT that lizard skin Heremes cuff...except I can't really wear cuffs! I have two and I NEVER like them on... Happy hunting! If you do bid, you can bid by phone! Wow, I enjoyed the eye candy there! Thanks "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." J Keats
Posted: 3/9/2007 5:57:48 PM

P: 3/9/2007 6:50:10 PM
Sundial Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,590 Last Post: 7/14/2009 Member Since: 3/14/2005	Date: 3/9/2007 5:21:26 PM Author: Pricescope The whole sad picture called 'I love you mom but you are inadequate...' Irina your brooch is just exquisite and such an unusual piece! I also adore your dog and yours too Julia - what sweethearts!!!
Posted: 3/9/2007 6:50:10 PM

P: 3/9/2007 7:48:23 PM
Madam Bijoux Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,053 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 7/15/2005	Some of my best friends are brooches. "I never met a diamond I didn't like." No jewel is as beautiful as a cat's eyes. Madam Bijoux (Gabrielle)
Posted: 3/9/2007 7:48:23 PM

P: 3/10/2007 7:15:25 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Date: 3/9/2007 5:38:50 PM Author: Miranda Date: 3/9/2007 5:21:26 PM Author: Pricescope The whole sad picture called 'I love you mom but you are inadequate...' Nice 'flower'! I think your dog has more than a little bit of Ridgeback in it!!! What a sweetie pie! ETA: OMG!!! Is that an actual brooch????? I was so busy looking at the dog that I thought it was an actual dandelion. We need colser pics of that. I cannot believe the detail!!!! LOL! Irina, I know you had said you thought your pooch had some RR in him, and I think you are right! And lol at your pic title. That brooch is really cool too. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State John Swinton [1829-1901] Chief Editorial Writer of the New York Times (Considered "the Dean of his Profession" by his peers), when asked to toast an 'Independent Press' in a gathering at the National Press Club, circa 1880 "There is no such thing in America as an independent press unless it is in the country towns. You know it, and I know it. There is not one of you who dare express an honest opinion. If you express it you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid... for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for doing similar things.... The business of the New York journalist is to distort the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and sell his country and race for his daily bread, or for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this, and I know it and what foolery to be toasting an 'independent press.' We are tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, all are the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."
Posted: 3/10/2007 7:15:25 AM

P: 3/10/2007 8:13:07 AM
wifey2b Ideal Rock Total Posts: 767 Last Post: 9/24/2009 Member Since: 8/3/2006	I always thot brooches were always in - giggle - guess I am not one that follows trends - giggle My brooches are not anything expensive - just costume brooches - but some are pretty and some are just fun - but if you wanna wear brooches - then by all means - wear them :} Wifey2b :} I get to wear strmrdr's insanias :}
Posted: 3/10/2007 8:13:07 AM

P: 3/10/2007 11:13:26 AM
justjulia Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,303 Last Post: 7/23/2009 Member Since: 4/4/2006	Another thing I wish was back in style is mens' hats. The kind you wear with a suit. I just love the old movies with all the hats! "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." J Keats
Posted: 3/10/2007 11:13:26 AM

P: 3/12/2007 4:30:03 AM
Art Nouveau Cut Rock Total Posts: 470 Last Post: 10/26/2009 Member Since: 12/5/2004	Widget, Thanks for your kind words. I do have quite a few brooches. I have been collecting brooches for years. I wear them all the time. I don't care whether they are in or not. A nice brooch can definitely dress up a blazer or jacket. I have posted a few before previously. I do not have photos of all my brooches, but I will try to take some next weekend. My avatar is a genuine Art Nouveau period iridescent enamel brooch. The enamel is not in percfect condition, but I love the colors of the enamel and the soft flowing lines of the piece. AN
Posted: 3/12/2007 4:30:03 AM

P: 3/12/2007 4:43:08 AM
Art Nouveau Cut Rock Total Posts: 470 Last Post: 10/26/2009 Member Since: 12/5/2004	Here's a Buccellati like hand engraved flower pin made in Italy:
Posted: 3/12/2007 4:43:08 AM

P: 3/12/2007 4:46:43 AM
Art Nouveau Cut Rock Total Posts: 470 Last Post: 10/26/2009 Member Since: 12/5/2004	Gold lily made by the same company that made the anemone flower pin:
Posted: 3/12/2007 4:46:43 AM

P: 3/12/2007 4:51:21 AM
Art Nouveau Cut Rock Total Posts: 470 Last Post: 10/26/2009 Member Since: 12/5/2004	Plique-a-jour enamel butterfly. This one is a reproduction made in Istanbul.
Posted: 3/12/2007 4:51:21 AM

P: 3/12/2007 8:23:53 AM
Catmom Ideal Rock Total Posts: 5,756 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 4/6/2005	Oh Art Nouveau, your brooches are stunning! And Irina, I love your dandelion brooch. It's so unique and detailed. I love brooches. I live in cold, windy Chicago area so turtlenecks in winter are a must. Since it's hard to wear pendants with a turtleneck, I often wear brooches. Count me in as a fan. Michelle *****************************So many sparklies.....So little time!
Posted: 3/12/2007 8:23:53 AM

P: 3/12/2007 9:01:04 AM
widget Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,254 Last Post: 12/20/2008 Member Since: 11/12/2004	Oh, Art Nouveau! I'm so glad you found this thread and posted some of your brooches! I can't wait to see some more. The butterfly brooch knocks me out. Absolutely stunning. I think the use of bi-colored tourmaline in the wings is SO COOL!! widget
Posted: 3/12/2007 9:01:04 AM

P: 3/12/2007 9:14:33 AM
fire&ice Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,827 Last Post: 3/30/2009 Member Since: 7/22/2002	I've always worn brooches. I don't think they are ever out of style. I love to give or receive pins. It's a compliment to honor a strong, independent, stylish women. Since Arts & Crafts pins tend to be geometric and more masculine, many of my guy A&C collector's wear them on their lapel.
Posted: 3/12/2007 9:14:33 AM

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