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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4334054, member: 2844&quot;]Several of us here are, or were, jewellery sellers. I sold jewellery until a few years ago, and what you describe is not my experience. We sold designer, antique and vintage jewellery both locally (Continental Europe) and on international platforms.</p><p>I have also a been a jewellery collector for over 40 yrs.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was indeed a dip in the interest in brooches. But &#039;the brooch&#039; has been making a comeback recently, thanks in part to people like Madeline Albright, and overhere former EU politician and &#039;over-50s fashion icon&#039; Neelie Kroes.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/style/lady-gaga-brooch-brooches-pins-gucci-schiaparelli.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/style/lady-gaga-brooch-brooches-pins-gucci-schiaparelli.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/24/style/lady-gaga-brooch-brooches-pins-gucci-schiaparelli.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/jewelry-and-watches/a36421765/brooches-jewelry-trend-2021/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/jewelry-and-watches/a36421765/brooches-jewelry-trend-2021/" rel="nofollow">https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/jewelry-and-watches/a36421765/brooches-jewelry-trend-2021/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/fashion/brooches-are-back-gucci-a3788896.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/fashion/brooches-are-back-gucci-a3788896.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/fashion/brooches-are-back-gucci-a3788896.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.invaluable.com/blog/how-to-wear-a-brooch/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.invaluable.com/blog/how-to-wear-a-brooch/" rel="nofollow">https://www.invaluable.com/blog/how-to-wear-a-brooch/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Madeleine Albright and Neelie Kroes. Both women use brooches to express themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]356889[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]356890[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Detail with Neelie&#039;s question mark brooch, which signified that it was uncertain if she would remain EU commissioner:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]356891[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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