Fashion Friday's Florals

I picked up this beautiful skirt on the Anthropologie sale this last trip. They do the most gorgeous prints. The pencil skirt is a great cut, and this fabric has a forgiving stretch.

The vintage brooch I found in a vintage store in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. It's a place you could get lost in – rows of vintage jewelry, crockery, glassware, furniture... This one is vintage Kramer – also known as Kramer New York, known as a leader in making fine costume jewelry. They first used the Kramer mark around 1943, and produced jewelry using quality rhinestones until they went out of business in 1980.

Ribbons and bows

This gorgeous large black and cream rosette (from Dorothy Perkins in the UK) can be worn as a brooch or a hair accessory. I wore at the collar of a sheer, black, button-up shirt-blouse.

Proudly African

Porcelain African continent on brown felt ribbon, courtesy of Keyna-B. More like a trophy pin – I love that!

Button Up

I love how quirky button brooches can change and develop an outfit by adding a new facet. These are some from Skinny Laminx that I added to a formal, tailored grey wool blazer.

Featherweight

Simple, classic, elegant – all the things that make a gorgeous accessory.

Owl City

An unusual tiered owl brooch, courtesy of colleague, occasional blogger, day-dreamer and fellow brooch-lover, Keyna B.

Beautiful Brooches

I love, love brooches. I especially love brooches in the shape of birds and hearts – my favourite motifs. Lucky for me, I work in an office with a handful of women (we are seriously outnumbered by high-fiving, in-joke sharing, sport-talking blokes) who like brooches too. I so appreciate every brooch I spot – the often simplified, iconic shapes and patterns, the use of colour and sparkle, how it's been combined with an outfit and how every brooch usually has its own story and journey. This one is real vintage, a hand-me-down from mother to daughter, striking on a turquoise coat.