Gold brooch and how to choose it
A special role in the image of a person is performed by various decorations and accessories made of expensive metals and stones. With their help, you can place accents in the ensemble, emphasize the individuality of a person, his excellent taste and sense of style.
Skillfully selected gold jewelry, for example, a brooch, serves as a kind of "highlight" that not only complements the image, but also carries the additional function of a fastener for scarves, cardigans and other clothes.
Features and benefits
Gold brooch is an elegant and multifunctional detail of the wardrobe, which performs a decorative function. Brooch perfectly adorns the shawl, collar blouses, dresses, jackets without buttons. This adornment is created for those who wish to make their image complete, put an accent and add a refined zest to it.
Especially prized accessories in white gold, perfectly emphasizing the brilliance of the stone, which they cut and its purity. Moreover, white gold is ideally combined with any other materials, and this property of the precious metal is successfully used by modern jewelers and designers who create incredible beauty of jewelry.
Fashion models
Gold brooches differ in many variations. Based on the style they are divided into such models:
- Barrette
- Pin;
- Needle.
Due to the diversity of decor, these decorations are divided into groups:
- Gold brooches with diamonds. As in the old days, these days are a sign of the refined taste and status of a person. The cost of such products is very high, therefore, as a rule, they are bought by wealthy people. Outwardly, they are rather restrained, often in the form of colors, weaving ribbons, fantasy patterns.
- Gold brooches with stones. Suitable for young, energetic girls who love to amaze others. Such brooches will be a bright accent of the image, will attract attention. Gold brooches with emerald, ruby, sapphire, chrysolite, cubic zirconia, garnet, turquoise, amber, topaz, pearl, amethyst and other precious and semiprecious pebbles look magnificently. Such brooches are still antique and are of historical value.
- White gold brooches. An amazing shade and deep shine is achieved by adding palladium to gold. Famous jewelers like to use such gold to decorate their collections with them. Products made from this material are characterized by conciseness, and the decoration of precious stones successfully emphasizes the unusual color of the product.
It is worth noting the taste preferences of customers. Especially in honor of the ladies and often bought jewelry in the form of representatives of the flora and fauna: butterflies, bees, dragonflies, owls, peacocks, scorpions, cameo flowers, chamomile, roses. No less popular pendants, brooches in the form of the sun, the crown.
How to choose
Before buying a gold brooch, you need to decide which image you want most: flowers, animals, birds, geometric symbols, brand logos, insects, numbers, letters, or something else. The range of the modern market is very large, so finding the right thing is not difficult. Having found suitable options for yourself, you can safely “try on” them to your own outfits.
Colour
Color plays an important role in the choice of jewelry. If you want to make a spectacular emphasis on your appearance, you should choose a brooch to match the color of your eyes or hair.
With one-colored things you need to wear bright brooches, and on multi-colored things - on the contrary, monochromatic.
The form
The round shape of the brooch is perfectly combined with smooth lines (round collar, flounces, ruffles). Accordingly, the peaked products will look good with asymmetrical wardrobe details or rectangular.
Large brooches are good on outerwear, and for dresses and blouses, for example, flowers are suitable, that is, small size jewelry.
Before buying a gold brooch, you need to know about the design features of this product. Check the health of every detail, whether everything works and whether there is a marriage, which, in principle, is excluded with branded products.
But it is worth knowing that:
- The lock-needle is attached just above the center of the brooch;
- In small jewelry, as a rule, there are the simplest fastener-needles;
- In large broaches should be strong and reliable locks, preferably with a movable sleeve;
- The mount at the openwork brooch should be in a place where it is least noticeable.
What to wear
The precious metal brooch can be called the most feminine and variable model of jewelry. With this accessory, various compositions are easily created, because the brooch can be attached to different items of clothing. With what to wear and how to use a brooch to always look original and fashionable?
Classic duet
Tandem brooches with a dress is considered the most popular - the traditional. More impressive than an elegant feminine dress and a beautiful brooch can not look anything. There are several variations of this combination:
- A thing that resembles a shirt in a cut, robes with a cut A-shape, or a dress with a smell can be added with a brooch in the traditional way, that is, attach the accessory on the side 10-15 centimeters below the chin. This option is suitable for any ensemble.
- Dress with a collar speaks for itself. The brooch in this case is attached to the collar.
- In the center of the bodice is to attach a brooch, if you decorate it should sundress or dress with a deep neckline. The product will focus on the neckline, so the chest will look dazzling.
- A brooch is attached to the closed part if its owner chose an asymmetrical fit of the dress.
- There are also non-standard places for a brooch - these are bags, hats, trouser belts and even shoes.
Stylist tips
Modern stylists offer a myriad of options for attaching a brooch. They are versatile, so they will easily fit a nice lady of any age.
On a blouse, shirt, sweater
This option is the easiest. So you can wear any brooch, and even the famous couturier Versace said that this is a win-win way of wearing a brooch. It is enough to attach your gold item in a convenient place, and any fashionista will look original and more feminine. Most often they wear large-sized brooches, for example, in the form of butterflies, a bouquet of flowers.
- On the collar
This version of wearing brooches has become very popular in recent years. It fits perfectly into the office style of this century, emphasizes the elegance of its owner, her grace, excellent taste and sense of style.
- On the lapel of the jacket, coat
The classic, from the point of view of specialists, way of wearing a brooch, but meanwhile, is very stylish. In the warm season, the brooch can be attached to the jacket, and in the cold - to the coat. It is only necessary to take into account that a small brooch can be lost in the ensemble, however a large one will take a worthy place in the image.
- On the sleeve
Perhaps this is the most unexpected version of where to wear a brooch, although it was for this situation that small brooches were created in the form of an animal, a leaf, twigs, etc. White or red gold brooches are perfectly combined with white shirts. This delicate combination will not leave indifferent any admirer of this jewelry.
Stylish images
Different events require a specific dress code and there are rules for jewelry. Brooches are no exception. Before you attach a beautiful accessory on your clothes, you need to be sure that the brooch fits the upcoming occasion.
Holidays with your family
Usually, family celebrations are an emotional burden on each person, so for such special occasions you need to choose vintage brooches or a design that causes only positive emotions.
Office Style
An elegant small size brooch is ideal for business-style clothing. Not too catchy, inlaid with precious stones of white, pale blue or pink color. Also, office style allows the use of gold brooches with pearls. In addition, you can choose a ring with pearls or a bracelet, a neat pearl necklace.
A party
At the party where friends will gather, you can wear large jewelry - a large brooch, a cocktail ring. A party is an ideal time for experiments, because you can attach a brooch even to a swimsuit, if the event is held on the beach.
First date
There is a belief that in order to make a positive impression on the elect, you need to complement your image with an image of an animal. Brooches in this case can be quite radical, in the form of a snake or a spider, but it is better to choose a bird or a nice representative of the cat family for the first date.