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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Lucianne Tonti

‘Don’t feel like you have to stop at one’: the shiny, thrifty brooch revival

Model Bernad Ngendakumana wears a vintage black suit with brooches
Model Bernad Ngendakumana wears a vintage black suit with brooches at Melbourne fashion week in March. Photograph: Naomi Rahim/WireImage

The white gold and diamond brooch set like a moving snake was not the first time Zendaya wore the jewellery category most associated with grandmothers. But, due to its placement, it might have been the most talked about. When she attended the Met Gala, the Dune star pinned the Bulgari brooch to the back of her white Louis Vuitton suit.

“The Met Gala really was prime time for brooches,” says Stuart Walford, a Melbourne stylist.

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