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Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: forget the church fete vibes, the brooch is now fashion’s badge of honour
In an unexpected turn of events, brooches have escaped from Granny’s jewellery box, climbed out the window and gone clubbing I have arrived in my brooch era about two decades ahead of schedule. I had brooches earmarked for a later life stage, accessories that would chime with The Archers, gardening, possibly solving the odd crime in the village, that sort of thing. But in an unexpected turn of events, I am already the correct age to wear a brooch. Not because I’m old, but because brooches have changed. They have cast off their church fete vibe and become cool. Zendaya wore a diamond serpent brooch pinned to the back of her white jacket to last year’s Met Gala. At a press conference before the recent Mexico City premiere of The Devil Wears Prada 2, Meryl Streep added no fewer than six brooches to the lapel of her pillarbox red Dolce & Gabbana suit. Pedro Pascal wore a silk C
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: forget the church fete vibes, the brooch is now fashion’s badge of honour, In an unexpected turn of events, brooches have escaped from Granny’s jewellery box, climbed out the window and gone clubbing I have arrived in my brooch era about two decades ahead of schedule. I had brooches earmarked for a later life stage, accessories that would chime with The Archers, gardening, possibly solving the odd crime in the village, that sort of thing. But in an unexpected turn of events, I am already the correct age to wear a brooch. Not because I’m old, but because brooches have changed. They have cast off their church fete vibe and become cool. Zendaya wore a diamond serpent brooch pinned to the back of her white jacket to last year’s Met Gala. At a press conference before the recent Mexico City premiere of The Devil Wears Prada 2, Meryl Streep added no fewer than six brooches to the lapel of her pillarbox red Dolce & Gabbana suit. Pedro Pascal wore a silk C
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- Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: forget the church fete vibes, the brooch is now fashion’s badge of honourThe Guardian - 2026-05-13T13:00:00+00:00
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