A Bevy of Beauties Styling Assignment: Brooch or Pin

  A bevy of beauties styling assignment: A brooch. 

The Brooch Is Back, so say the Magnificent 8 blogger group

Some fashion accessories keep circling until they land on the fashion radar. The brooch is having its moment. Perhaps you’ve noticed the resurgence of this jeweled adornment.

Staud Wally Knee High Suede Olive Boot

As a child, I recall my Nana’s dresser drawers filled with brooches, or perhaps they were pins. And some of you are mature enough to remember the power suit of the nineties, usually adorned with a lapel pin or a clip. I have a small collection from that time.

Monotone - Green
According to online sources, the history of brooches dates back to the Bronze Age (2000-500 BC), when metal was adopted as a shared resource.

Cynthia Rowley Midi Feather Skirt

Early societies such as the Greeks, Romans, and Celts found ways to secure and clasp their clothing together, introducing early forms of the decorative brooch.

A Brooch in Time


Noteworthy Statement Brooches

A Rare Pair of Gem-Set and Gold Brooches, by Coco Chanel, Fulco Do Verdura
A rare pair of gem-set and gold brooches by Coco Chanel, Fulco di Verdura (1898 – 1978) circa 1930.

Fulco di Verdura, the renowned jeweler for Coco Chanel, designed costume pieces for fashion designers.

Former Secretary of State, Madeline Albright wearing a Brooch

Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright’s collection of more than 200 pins featured in a 2010 Smithsonian exhibition.

Fenty Reimagined Cameo Brooch
Singer, composer, and fashion designer Rihanna reimagined the classic cameo brooch embellished with “family portraits” by Nigerian photographer Ruth Ossai.

Caroline Brehman Image of Lady Gaga at Biden Inauguration wearing Schiaparelli Brooch designed by creative director Daniel Roseberry
Lady Gaga is at Biden’s Inauguration wearing a Dove brooch by Schiaparelli’s creative designer, Daniel Roseberry.
Image credit: Caroline Brehman

How about Lady Gaga’s showstopping Dove brooch at Joe Biden’s 2020 Inauguration?

Brooch or Pin?

My question is, what’s the difference between a brooch and a pin?
All brooches are pins, but not all pins are brooches.

Magnificent 9 Blogger Group

Remember to check out the brooch styling assignment from the other bevy of beauties, AKA the Magnificent 8. If you don’t remember, we come together quarterly to style a fashion item or theme.
It’s eight generations of style:

Grace of Graceful Rags represents teenagers.
Mica of Away From the Blue represents the 20-somethings.
Roxanne of Glass of Glam represents the 30-somethings.
Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge represents the 40-somethings.
Rena of Fine Whatever represents the 50-somethings.
Moi is representing the 60-somethings.
Lesley of Jodie’s Touch of Style represents the 70-somethings.
Charlotte of Jodie’s Touch of Style represents the 80-somethings.

We are showing that you can’t put a number on style!

Thank you for stopping by The Age of Grace; I appreciate you.

Eugenia, Age of Grace