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<p>[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 10003438, member: 649"]Bronwen asked me in the cameo thread if I ever wear my cameos and directed me here. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I do occasionally wear them and would do so more often if I wore the right type of clothing for such accessorizing. I'm typically in jeans and a T-shirt or, lately, a Liberty print blouse. Neither lends itself to cameo brooch-wearing as T's are too casual, and both are too easy to create permanent holes in the fabric. And as a healthcare worker, rings/necklaces/brooches are impractical and discouraged, and fancy earrings look odd with scrubs. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>But when I do wear a cameo brooch, I typically use a soft plastic earring back on the pin. Then the brooch won't fall off if the clasp fails.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Is that the one you wore when we met at the Met? I remember how beautiful it was! I sometimes think of it and browse the net looking for similar... a pipe dream, I know! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 10003438, member: 649"]Bronwen asked me in the cameo thread if I ever wear my cameos and directed me here. :) I do occasionally wear them and would do so more often if I wore the right type of clothing for such accessorizing. I'm typically in jeans and a T-shirt or, lately, a Liberty print blouse. Neither lends itself to cameo brooch-wearing as T's are too casual, and both are too easy to create permanent holes in the fabric. And as a healthcare worker, rings/necklaces/brooches are impractical and discouraged, and fancy earrings look odd with scrubs. :hilarious: But when I do wear a cameo brooch, I typically use a soft plastic earring back on the pin. Then the brooch won't fall off if the clasp fails. Is that the one you wore when we met at the Met? I remember how beautiful it was! I sometimes think of it and browse the net looking for similar... a pipe dream, I know! :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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