When choosing jewelry, most girls like to focus on earrings, rings and necklaces. But if you pay attention to the jewels of the royal family or famous politicians, you will find that they always wear brooches.
Austrian writer Stefan Zweig wrote in his first novel Erica? Waldlov wrote: The chest is more symbolic to women than decoration, because it is the only special case of all ornaments that don't touch women's bodies. Even if you are as noble as a queen, wear a brooch and bow humbly. At this time, there is often a slight dizziness, because what you see in your heart is yourself.
Such a simple sentence tells the special and moving place of brooches in various jewelry categories.
At first, brooches were only worn by men. In fact, at the beginning of its birth, the brooch was a special weapon for male soldiers. They fixed these little things on their robes with needles to protect the dignity of the brave at all times.
Even in Greek and Roman times, brooches were the exclusive jewelry of knights or kings. Although they are decorated with gorgeous gems, their real function is only to tie a cloak that flies with the wind. At that time, women could only simply tie their shawls with clotheslines.
It was not until the Middle Ages that women in Italy began to wear brooches. Because the nobles in the palace liked to wear beautiful long skirts cut with oriental silk, they felt that simple hairpin flowers could not set off the elegance of this fabric, and only jewelry made of precious stones and gold could match it, so women officially occupied brooches.
If you know a woman's brooch, you can read a woman's story.
Don't underestimate the information revealed by the brooch. The Queen of England never leaves the huge brooch because she tries to show the majesty of the royal family. Coco chanel designed the feather brooch because she missed the feathers flying on the brim of the Russian Grand Duke's lover. Margaret Thatcher likes irises and bow brooches because she wants to add a feminine side to her tough political image. ...
Mrs. Iron Lady Thatcher
The brooch story that impressed me the most was a fleeting scene in The Thorn Birds: during the war, Fiona's only jewelry was a brooch with two gold stars on it, which meant that she had two sons working in the army. Just a shot and a flash tell a complicated story full of affection. You see, brooches are so magical.
Legend has it that a woman who loves brooches is never simple.
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French Queen Eugenia pioneered the fashion of wearing brooches. Queen Elizabeth's brooch is dazzling. The brooch of Albright, the first female secretary of state in the United States, is her diplomatic spokesperson ... Did you find it? Women who love brooches are not simple.
Queen Eugenia: the first person to set off the trend of brooches
Eugenia, Queen of Charles Louis Napolé on Bonaparte, is one of the founders of modern brooch trend. It was she who carried forward the brooch, an ancient jewelry form, and became an indispensable jewelry choice for aristocratic women in the19th century.
Most of her brooches are Spanish style, inlaid with pearls and diamonds, and cleverly designed relief figures as brooches. Fashionable girls like to wear "brooch-buckle necklace" because of her creation, which later became popular in Queen Victoria's court.
The famous "empress brooch"
Among her two thousand brooches, the most famous one is the "Queen's brooch", 1855, the famous jeweler Fran? Kramer designed a diamond belt for Queen Eugénie and skillfully connected it with an bow buckle. However, Queen Eugénie was not very satisfied with this belt, so she added five diamond chains and two diamond tassels under the bow, and later wore it to see the then Austrian Queen Sissi. This brooch inlaid with 14 1 carat diamonds became an instant hit, hence the name "Queen's brooch".
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Queen Elizabeth II: You must wear a brooch on any occasion.
How many brooches does this "grandma" who is loved by the whole world have? Except for the royal jeweler, I'm afraid there will never be a definite figure. I only know that as the queen's favorite jewelry type, she is used to wearing brooches on almost any occasion.
Queen Elizabeth II
And these brooches are all famous products handed down from ancient times at the royal level. According to the reporter's statistics, Queen Elizabeth II wore more than 120 brooches in various news photos alone.
A brooch made of Cullinan No.5 diamond.
The Queen's brooch collection contains a large number of diamonds, pearls and emerald brooches, most of which are treasures left by her ancestors. The most famous diamond brooch is Cullinan No.5, which was originally a part of her grandmother Queen Mary's diamond brooch. Now Queen Elizabeth is used to taking it down as a heart-shaped brooch. The main stone weighs 18.8 carats, which is her favorite on formal occasions.
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Duchess of Windsor: She is famous for wearing a Cartier cheetah brooch.
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor
The most romantic memory about brooches belongs to the Duke of Windsor, who loves beauty instead of mountains and rivers. In all biographies about Madame Windsor, Cartier's "Cheetah" brooch will be mentioned without exception.
1936 65438+In February, King Edward VIII of England, who had been on the throne for less than a year, gave up his hot imperial power and abdicated to become the Duke of Windsor in order to marry Mrs Simpson, an American citizen who had been divorced twice.
After marriage, the Duchess of Windsor was not tolerated by British society. In order to comfort his wife, 1937, a jewelry box containing 57 Cartier jewels was given to the Duchess of Windsor. Among them, the duchess couldn't put it down: a platinum cheetah with bright diamonds. It holds a huge pillow ruby in its hand, weighing 18.29 carats, and its emerald-inlaid eyes are deep and mysterious.
Duchess of Windsor and Cartier Cheetah brooch
From then on, the Duchess fell in love with this cheetah brooch and wore it as a personal symbol. Later, Cartier made various cheetah brooches for her, including a guard brooch made of diamonds and Kashmir-cut sapphires, which became one of the most famous works in Cartier's history.
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Albright: The brooch is the secret weapon of her diplomacy.
As the first female secretary of state in American history, Albright is famous for her tough and non-nonsense mediation skills, and her famous "brooch diplomacy" also shines because of her name.
She even published a book entitled "Reading My Brooch", boldly exposing the fact that the brooch is her secret weapon, because she can be invincible in the diplomatic battlefield.
Albright
Albright started wearing brooches on 1994. 1997 after she became secretary of state in Clinton administration, she collected more and more brooches because she imitated her predecessor, Margaret Thatcher. This lady Amy has collected more than 1000 brooches, some of which are precious jewels, most of which are ordinary fashion brooches.
Albright wears the Statue of Liberty brooch.
In the eyes of diplomats, her "brooch diplomacy" is a fascinating landscape with far-reaching political influence-for example, when she met with South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, she wore a sun brooch to show Kim Dae-jung's sunshine policy. After the Gulf War, the Iraqi media described her as an "unparalleled snake". Albright, then the American ambassador to the United Nations, fought back when she met with Iraqi officials. She wore a brooch wrapped with a golden snake. In order to clearly convey her disapproval of the Russian government's attitude towards Chechnya, Albright chose the "Three Monkeys" brooch with Buddhist meaning when meeting Putin, which means "Don't listen to evil, don't say evil, don't see evil".
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Brooch is the darling of fashionista circle and the magic weapon for women to dress up. If they "don't" new things, they will be doubly attractive, and they will outline thousands of customs with a brooch. A brooch, don't live in the wanton years, condense a woman's most beautiful years with a transparent attitude. From then on, your self-confidence, self-knowledge and domineering have room for manoeuvre.
Every jewel's shining brilliance has its historical inheritance and transformation, and the jewels we see today are presented in the constant evolution and choice of history. Fashion is a kind of reincarnation and a kind of creation. It always follows the fashion of the past, but lingers about more creative mysteries in the present.
These brooches let you breathe freely, as if you were in nature! You are lifelike, and you know the decorations of life. It is not as expensive and luxurious as jewelry, but it is a representative of spiritual pursuit. Each brooch represents a woman's heart and a well-woven dream. The elements of nature, with exquisite craft design, exude the breath of life.