Brooch

Jewelry comes in different varieties. Some of them decorate our body, but there are also those that can transform the appearance of clothing. For example, a brooch. It has been known to people for hundreds of years, but is still quite popular.

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Story

The first such products appeared in the Bronze Age, but then they served as a kind of fasteners for clothes. Thus, in the ancient period and in the early Middle Ages, such fastenings were called brooches. At that time there were two types. The first ones are as simple as possible, made from scrap materials. The latter were considered objects of jewelry; precious metals, stones, and pearls were used to make them. However, brooches as jewelry long remained rare luxury items and were not in great demand for most of the medieval period.

Everything changed with the advent of the 17th century. It is believed that the brooch was first created in a close to modern form by the Frenchwoman Marquise de Savigné. During the Baroque era, various pendants were in fashion. They were sewn or tied with ribbons to clothing.Madame Savignier attached a decoration made of a pendant and a satin ribbon skillfully folded into a bow to the corset. This was the first real brooch. The fashionable Frenchwoman's contemporaries appreciated her invention, and already in the 18th century, society ladies began to wear corsage jewelry.

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The 19th century was the heyday of jewelry craftsmanship. Then the world looked at many jewelry in a new way, and therefore brooches began to be decorated with a variety of elements: ornaments, unusual floral patterns, and animalistic motifs were also popular.

Today this decoration is not only precious. It is made from different materials, so every woman can choose the right model.

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Peculiarities

The word “brooch” is French and translates as “long needle.” Today it is exclusively a women’s accessory, when creating images with which many nuances should be taken into account, for example:

1. It can and should be combined with earrings (preferably small in size), but not with a necklace, beads, necklace, that is, with those items that also decorate the décolleté area.
2. This decoration can be attached to the waist, hip area, shoulder, belt or chest area. Remember that a brooch is a fairly noticeable item, it attracts attention, and therefore its task is to emphasize advantages and hide shortcomings.
3. The best solution is a brooch on plain clothes, since a bright decoration in combination with a motley, multi-colored dress will overload the image and make it tasteless.

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Kinds

Today the choice of jewelry is huge, you can choose an option for every taste and budget. Brooches differ not only in the materials from which they are made, size and cost, but also in the design and form of attachment to clothing.

The following options are known:

1. Needle. This decoration can be seen on a hat, scarf or jacket lapel. It is attached to clothing using a long, sharp needle.
2. Pin. This brooch has the most convenient fastening for everyday use. The pin is often additionally decorated with a pendant in the form of a thin chain, stones, and rhinestones.
3. Barrette. With this decoration you can not only refresh your look, but also fasten the details of your clothing, and sometimes even fix your hair in your hairstyle. The needle of the brooch-clip is not sharp. Sometimes a kind of metal clothespin is used as a fastener.

In addition, when choosing such jewelry, you need to focus on age. There are options that are suitable for very young girls, or, conversely, for ladies of advanced age. But universal brooches are also often found. They look great on women of any age category.