Vintage Gold Plated Bird of Paradise Brooch from Arabella Bianco
And so the Vintage Brooch adventure continues, and today we are joined by Arabella Bianco, who is sending us some vintage brooch-inspiration from the golden days of Hollywood:
Hedy Lamarr wearing a beautiful brooch just below the collar of her blouse
Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr’s Hollywood-career spanned the 1930s, 40s and 50s. She was discovered by Louis B. Mayer – film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) – and Louis and the studio cast her as “the world’s most beautiful woman”. In the photo above she is wearing a spray brooch, which sits beautifully just below the collar of her blouse. This is a lovely way of wearing a brooch, as it adds a sweet little detail to a blouse that might not be so exciting to start with!
I wore a cameo brooch in a similar way the other day in the antique shop:
Vintage cameo brooch worn on the collar of a blouse
Joan Crawford wearing a brooch
Above we can see another imaginative way of accessorising an outfit with a brooch; in this instance an LBG worn by Joan Crawford. She signed a motion picture contract, also with MGM, in 1925, and starred in many successful movies during the Great Depression – often portraying hardworking women who eventually found success and love. Her career took a few hits after a strong start, but recovered an reached an all time high in 1945, when she won an Academy Award for Best Actress in Mildred Pierce.
We simply love the way the brooch becomes a part of her outfit. Brooches with a prominent centre stone set in an beautifully designed mount just have such a classic look to them.
Vintage brooches from Arabella Bianco, Grays Antique Centre
… and here is a selection of Arabella Bianco‘s beautiful brooches, so that you can recreate your favourite iconic styles of these Hollywood starlets!
Decades of Elegance 