https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pinsbrooches Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:25:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pinsbrooches#post-2413246 Mon, 18 May 2026 20:48:24 +0000 Lisa 2413246@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pretty collection! It's no surprise that the horse and knight is my favorite. I hope you'll share how you sport these pieces come fall when the weather cools. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pinsbrooches#post-2413245 Mon, 18 May 2026 20:28:45 +0000 Sal 2413245@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love these Janet - both the old and new! I hope you can mix them in to some outfits. You have inspired me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pinsbrooches#post-2413238 Mon, 18 May 2026 18:59:41 +0000 Carol 2413238@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, that is a great collection. I think it's great you kept your own choices to silver--I never do deliberate things like that. Also, so many of these, even your mom's, are different from the typical loud, baubly, sparkly brooches.</p> <p>I think this would be a great theme: "let's show our collections of ___." I have no brooches right now! I just did a Google search to find something clever I might pick. But honestly, I would wear all of them.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pinsbrooches#post-2413235 Mon, 18 May 2026 18:09:41 +0000 Ginger 2413235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are lovely! Very nice collection. In picture 2, the two floral ones at the top center look distinctly Art Nouveau. The Dutch boy and girl set are charming, too. And the flower basket is a very classic design. The late Queen Elizabeth II had a flower basket brooch that was given to her by her parents on her 18th birthday; she continued to wear it regularly throughout her life. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pinsbrooches#post-2413199 Mon, 18 May 2026 12:48:58 +0000 RobinF 2413199@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Nice collection. So fun to have some from your mom. I wore pins way back in my early working days but not since then. I think I saved them though, I'll have to dig them out and see what I have.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pinsbrooches#post-2413189 Mon, 18 May 2026 08:19:15 +0000 Sisi 2413189@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What&nbsp; a pretty collection. I also like the ginko leaf . Your Mom's brooches are beautiful! The tiny kitty is adorable.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pinsbrooches#post-2413188 Mon, 18 May 2026 06:46:01 +0000 Jenni NZ 2413188@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So great Janet, thanks for photographing. I can really see your style in the first group! Some are similar to your rings?<br /> I do enjoy the connection to family when I wear Mum’s brooches. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pinsbrooches#post-2413184 Mon, 18 May 2026 02:05:14 +0000 elke 2413184@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’ve always liked pins, and have quite a few. &nbsp;They can be too heavy for some fabrics, but i’ve read that a solution is to put a piece of felt inside the garment and pin through it and the garment. &nbsp;Haven’t tried it myself, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pinsbrooches#post-2413183 Sun, 17 May 2026 22:52:43 +0000 Jaime 2413183@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a nice mix of sentimental favorites and your own picks! Now you have me thinking of how they could be worn in summer but I do see how the weight does not mix well with summer fabrics. Maybe on hats! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pinsbrooches#post-2413182 Sun, 17 May 2026 22:09:09 +0000 JAileen 2413182@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the leaves and of course the darling little bird. &nbsp;I wear my pins on a coat. &nbsp;I can’t put any on tees because they often wreck them. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pinsbrooches#post-2413180 Sun, 17 May 2026 21:24:48 +0000 Irina 2413180@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful collection! Wish I had any. I used to have a couple like in your photo #3 but it wasn’t my style, too. I have silver earrings in a shape of a ginkgo leaf like one of your brooches.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pinsbrooches#post-2413179 Sun, 17 May 2026 17:53:01 +0000 Suz 2413179@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So cool! You have quite a collection. I like bj's idea to use one to add a waist to an oversized tee, though I fear mine are not substantial enough to hold very long and would probably pop off and get lost!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pinsbrooches#post-2413163 Sun, 17 May 2026 15:19:38 +0000 bj1111 2413163@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great collection! The organic shapes in the first set are so appealing and the bejeweled ones in the second are extra in just the right way.</p> <p>I can see you take some of your band tees paired with au courant jeans and pin one or two or three on the waist band</p> <p>Been using one to add a waist to an oversized tee instead of a gathered half tuck. </p> <p>And such a great way to remember your mom. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pinsbrooches#post-2413162 Sun, 17 May 2026 15:05:35 +0000 Angie 2413162@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are especially perfect to pull out and look at in the month of Mother's Day, <b>Janet</b>. Loving their vintage integrity, and meaningful memories. Such beautiful nostalgia and sentimental feelings!</p> <p>Aesthetically, I think the appeal in the collection. So pin a group together on a garment when it feels like the right accessory :)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pinsbrooches#post-2413159 Sun, 17 May 2026 14:03:01 +0000 Roberta 2413159@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I love the ginkgo leaf! My mother had a maple leaf dipped in gold (she was Canadian) that I loved as a child. Having your mother's jewelry is a wonderful way to keep her with you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/pinsbrooches#post-2413158 Sun, 17 May 2026 13:43:36 +0000 Janet 2413158@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Inspired by Ket’s recent post, I pulled out my little collection of brooches/pins as I was straightening up my jewelry yesterday. Thought I’d take a pic of the collection just for fun.</p> <p>It’s getting very warm here, and I think pins lend themselves to more cool-weather fabrications, so I probably won’t put these into play until the fall, but still it was good to look at these with a fresh eye to see possibilities. Many of them need a good polishing! </p> <p>Pic 1 - various ones I purchased myself, ranging from about 1990 to 2015ish. The ginkgo leaf is the newest. A couple of them can be worn as pendants as well.</p> <p>Pic 2 - these were all my mom’s, ranging from the 1940s-90s. I wear some of these occasionally. I Iike the sword and the knight for a little unexpected detail — those were from when my mom was very young. I never saw her wear them in person but there are photos of her as a teen wearing them. And remember how popular marcasite was? She had a whole collection of those! I remember giving one of those to her as a gift. The tiny cat was mine as a child. The round one on the bottom right is actually a scarf clip. </p> <p>Pic 3 - also inherited from my mom, these are more whimsical and not really fitting my style, also because I don’t wear much gold, but they make me smile and bring back childhood memories. I would wear the owl! The little Dutch boy and girl are articulated, which is a charming detail. </p> <p>Ket, thanks for the inspiration! </p>