11 Ways Brooches can Improve Fashion Items

I love brooches and the beauty they add to outfits; just clip a brooch to a dull outfit; you will see an instant improvement. However, I got to find out that brooches don’t only improve the looks of outfits, or hold clothes together; they can be also be used to complement or style other fashion items.

Here are some ways brooches can improve the looks of fashion items stylishly:

1. Brooches on Hats: a brooch can beautify a hat by simply clipping the brooch to an obvious location on the hat. For instance, people can clip brooches to the ribbon part of a hat. There are so many types of hats that brooches beautify; from fedoras to berets, to beanie hats, to pillbox hats, and so on.
2. Brooches on Belts: adding a brooch to a belt can also give the belt a different and more beautiful look. This will work better for belts that have plain designs.
3. Brooches on Clothes’ Necklines: be it a top or a dress, brooches add details to clothes’ necklines. It even makes the clothes look more stylish.
4. Brooches on Lapels of Coats, Blazers, or Suits: this is one of the common ways of styling a cloth with a brooch. By simply clipping a beautiful brooch to the lapel of a coat, blazer, or suit; the brooch improves the look of the fashion item.
5. Brooches on Clothes’ Waist Bands: some clothes have waistbands and adding a brooch to a side of the band can also improve the look of the outfit, be it a dress, jumpsuit, or skirt, etc.
6. Brooches on Collars of Shirts: you can also use a brooch to style your shirt by adding it to the collar of the shirt. E.g. you can add a brooch to the side of a collar.
7. Brooches on Scarfs: adding a brooch to a scarf too can be stylish; either it is a silk scarf, wool scarf, etc. E.g. you can use the brooch to pin both ends of a scarf together.
8. Brooches on Necklaces: adding a brooch to a necklace too can give the necklace another beautiful look. However, there are some types of necklaces that you can fix a brooch on, while there are other types you can’t because of different weights of necklaces. And so, before fixing a brooch on a necklace, check to see if the weight of the necklace can accommodate the brooch.
9. Brooches as Hair Clips: a brooch can also serve as a hairpin or hair accessory.
10. Brooches on ‘Gele’: for those that tie Nigerian ‘gele’ such as ‘aso oke’, adding a brooch to an obvious section of the gele can beautify the gele.
11. Brooches on Bags: for some plain bags or purses, you can add a brooch to it to beautify the bags. However, make sure the material of the material of the bag has a weight that can accommodate the brooch.

With all these tips in mind, care should be taken as to when to style a cloth or fashion item with a brooch because clothes or fashion items that already have so many designs or too many details might not need a brooch.

Are there other ways you style your brooches or how do you style your brooches with your fashion items? Please comment below, we will like to know.