Ageless jewelry: your favorite brooch

In order to give your appearance extravagance and a highlight is enough for a single accessory, preferably placed on clothes. Such a product is brooch, whose popularity is gaining momentum every day.

The word "brooch" is French and means decoration attached to your outfit. In addition to its main function - aesthetic, the brooch also has an applied meaning: with its help we can fasten or fasten individual parts of a coat, dress, blouse or jacket.

From brooches to ornaments with fantasy design

Originating at the dawn of human civilization, brooches have come a long way evolutionary development and, as a result, external transformations. According to archaeological finds, first brooches appeared in the Bronze Age, reaching its heyday in the 17th century. In the original - In the utilitarian sense, the brooch was a clasp that held clothes together. Only later, in the late Middle Ages, the brooch began to be used as jewelry. The peak of popularity of the brooch came in the 18th-19th centuries - the court nobility of the reigning dynasties of many European countries began to use jewelry very wide, for example, by attaching pendants to the base brooch. Over time, new materials of manufacture, types of fasteners, the design of the accessory was modified.

Among the most common types of brooches, we highlight:

- fibula-hairpin, which is one of the first types of brooches;

- an agraph that has a more complex fastener design;

- sevigne - jewelry in the form of ornate decorated bow with pendants;

- a corsage brooch that is attached to the bodice of the dress, in the middle of the chest;

- a pin that appeared in the second half of the 19th century, with various additions (inserts, pendants, chains, etc.) are widely is still used today;

- icon - a small plate with a clasp, decorated with a thematic image;

- a boutonniere that contains flowers collected in bouquet;

- chatelain - a brooch decorated with one or more drop chains;

- dress clip with flip-up clip;

- cameos - brooches with raised patterns, etc.

Where can I buy a handmade gold brooch?

Elitegold handmade gold jewelry studio jewelers offer stylish and original brooches - you can select accessory to your liking and your pocket. If you think that a brooch is exclusively women's jewelry, then you are deeply mistaken. On our website brooches are presented, both for the fair sex, and for men.

At all times, brooches have been considered universal and a practical gift that does not require knowledge of anthropometric parameters!

When choosing a decoration, note:

1) on the material of manufacture;

2) jewelry size and shape products;

3) brooch design (presence or absence inserts, jewelry enameling, filigree, openwork pattern, etc.);

4) target destination.

brooch V wolf head shape . The original accessory will emphasize the taste of your the owner and will attract the attention of others: is he really as aggressive, what about its decoration?

The brooches for women are more widely represented. Looks very romantic author's Ruby's Dream brooch decorated with insets. Stones of different colors and sizes harmoniously fit into the openwork frame of the model.

Here you can buy a brooch from gold or order decoration by own sketch, photo, Internet link, etc. It is the brooch that is the the final touch to your image, which will give it a unique zest and charm, will allow you to be “in style”, raise your status in society: always remember - they meet "on clothes"!