Brooches, baby

The 2025 Oscars proved the brooch is very much here to stay

Working in the jewelry industry gives you a unique appreciation for the polarizing, time-bending brooch. I’m dedicating a lot more of my 1stDibs/Etsy scrolling time to vintage brooches. I’m obsessed with these right now:

1. Vintage ‘70s letter C brooch

2. Braided letter C brooch

3. Vintage cameo brooch

4. Double knot stick pin

5. Crescent moon brooch

6. Art Deco onyx brooch

7. Blue enamel Georgian-style brooch

8. Modernist sterling silver brooch

9. Swallow pin

And based on the Oscars this past weekend, I’m not the only one with the obsession. A man in a brooch on the red carpet used to signal he had taste, and a supreme sense of style. He knew the power a small little accessory held. It gave life and a voice to his look. Don’t get me wrong—a perfectly tailored tux is superb in its own right (hello, Andrew Garfield), but you add a custom Kwiat and Fred Leighton pin a la Kieran Culkin and now you have something special. This year, however, it seems like every stylist got the memo: No brooch? No good.

Kieran Culkin in a custom Kwiat and Fred Leighton jabot-style brooch made of a pear-shaped Colombian emerald, a cushion-cut natural purple sapphire, and a square-cut peridot—the birthstones of his wife and 2 children—set in platinum.

Brooches galore! Enjoy some of my faves:

On the hunt for the perfect brooch? Text me, I probably have it in a cart somewhere…

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