The Comeback Bauble

Brooches made a big statement on fall 2015 runways. Left to right: A graceful adornment at the collar from Chanel, oversize plexiglas at Prada and a bevy of brooches from Dolce and Gabbana.

Pin it on: Jones New York hummingbird with colorful glass ($25, macys.com).

Imagine your fedora with a dash of whimsy from Carolee’s elephant pin ($65, bloomingdales.com).

Instead of splurging on the Prada jacket, splurge on the designer’s crystal and sapphire brooch ($505, prada.com) for one of your own lapels.

Got a new cape? Fasten it with Kenneth Jay Lane’s anemone flower brooch ($75, saksfithavenue.com). Functional and decorative.

Watch the Nordstrom video for “nine ways to get stuck on” brooches. This vintage-looking faux pearl and crystal brooch is $44 at nordstrom.com.

More is more this season. Tap the trend with Saint Laurent’s gold and silver-plated brooch set, including a star, crown, a four-leaf clover, crystal-embellished ‘YSL’ letters. $995, netaporter.com.

Alexis Bittar’s broken heart brooch in lucite and crystal is mended with a goldtone safety pin. ($295, alexisbittar.com).

Oscar de la Renta’s starburst crystal can be worn as a brooch or as a necklace (chain included in $490 price). saksfifthavenue.com.

A tiny Chanel backpack hung from a mountaineer’s pick (makes a witty choice of a brooch on a purse. $825, chanel.com.

For fall, forget restraint. It’s the more the merrier for embellishments. Think adornments like the ubiquitous fringe (most recently showing up on sweaters), studs on shoes, charms on handbags and glitter and gems on everything. Which brings us to those bejeweled pins and brooches beloved by our mothers and grandmothers. They resurfaced briefly when First Lady Michelle Obama began flashing them in 2009, but fell back into the category of stodgy. Now they’re baaack again, seen on fall 2015 runways at Prada, Chanel, Suno and Dolce & Gabbana.

You’ve probably got some stashed way and forgotten in the back of your jewelry drawer. Dig them out.  Or, see out our picks above. And, for some clever ways of wearing them, watch this video from Nordstrom.

–Janet Kelly