A few of you have asked how I store my jewelry, and I do show my system in my closet tour video from a while back, which you can see here: ruclips.net/video/Emq_2UmxVbM/видео.html if you would like! The velvet trays I use are from Michaels crafts, but are very similar to these ones on Amazon amzn.to/2jXPvkK
Good Golly!! What an impressive collection! It was impossible to pick a favorite. That being said, my favorite category are the insects. I really, really like the ones you made.
Your eye make-up is fabulous. Love all the brooches in those different materials. I've got a good few brooches myself in different plasticky materials and some jewelled ones (well, fake gemstones). I particularly like animal and bird brooches. I'm envious of that little boat with the flags, though. 💚
Your collection is astoundingly great; You have an array of whimsical pieces that are all unusual but ties together with joy. I am really impressed. I felt like I had seen it all in the past -- you wowed me. Great job! My mother collected only scottie brooches. THANK YOU!!!
I love the coral colored one with fall leaves and bells, oh the semi circle one is very interesting,aww the fancy cat, also the fan, oh the navy blue flowers are gorgeous ❤️ Thank you for sharing ❤️
So many beautiful pins! I look simply wrong, as one of my friends put it in any yellow metal, but the first pin - wow! And I love the red cellulite circle with flora. Just adored the straw hat collection. I LOVE a good hat! ❤️👏🏻💋
Thank you Jo! That is a harsh friend there ;) I would think a brooch can be far enough away coloring doesn't matter right? I dunno, I never follow the rules ha!
Thank you Melili! I think it looks very art deco too, but it can be hard to know if they are later versions of when a style gets popular again, I can see it as art deco, as sleek 1950's, later 1970's deco revival, it's hard to say for sure!
Yes to all the novelty brooches!! 😍 You look gorgeous as always. Totally understand why you do videos this way. Makes perfect sense. Still wonderful to watch
Yes, I'm rather obsessed with brooches! I found your channel because of your gold and silver jewellery collections. I second a video about the stories behind some of your pieces.
This did make me look up the Etsy sellers specially for vintage with goth style brooches. I have lots of bugs :) I will check out how you store your jewellery video too. Great eye makeup 👍🏻
Wow! I am amazed that you actually made some of them! Do you have any tips on how to wear your lovely brooches without adding holes or damaging your vintage clothes?
Thank you! I have never had a brooch damage any of my clothing, as a pin back is tapered just like a sewing pin would be, and hypothetically is only ever pushing threads in a fabric weave aside, not tearing them. If a small pin hole is left by a heftier pin, it should go away with steaming the garment. For heavier pins and lighter weight fabrics, I always pin the brooch over where my bra strap or slip strap are underneath and pin the brooch through that too to help hold the weight! Other than that it's just making sure the pin doesn't get caught on anything I suppose, as I would think only a good yank would allow a pin back to tear clothes.
I do have a tutorial for them over on my blog if that may be of any service theclosethistorian.blogspot.com/2015/12/diy-1950s-kitschy-holiday-brooch.html :)
The word for the 'life story of an object in a collection' is provenance (pronounced like it's French), regardless of the kind of object or the type of collection.
Ah, see, this is where I get jealous. I'm actually pretty indifferent to gold/silver brooches, my style is more fun colourful 30s/40s plastics so all those in the beginning were just * insert a drooling Homer face here *
When you have 2 similar or the same brooches, do you wear them together, at the same time? I have several small brooches and am unsure how to wear them.
I do usually wear them together! I usually just stagger them a bit like I had them pinned in this video, one a bit higher than the other. I'll wear them separately too sometimes, but mostly as a set :)
I love the eyeshadow. How do you pick a brooch for your outfit? Your collection is so vast, can you remember what you have? Or is it a quick scan of your storage unit and what stands out that day gets worn?
Thank you! I do mostly remember what I have, and sometimes I will select an outfit based on wanting to wear a particular brooch, but usually I just choose a dress/suit or whatever and then go through my jewelry to decide what to pair with it. I like to plan outfits in advance, so I will decide what I want to wear soon, and then spend a fun evening choosing accessories to go with each too, and then the ensembles are all ready to go and wear over the next few days or whenever. I do that for packing for travel too, so I only pack what I need!
A longform unscripted video showcasing items that come along with personal anecdotes would be fun! I would watch it - but that's coming from someone who watches pretty much all of your content, so maybe that doesn't mean much, lol.
Adored this!! Particularly love your bugs - and love the fact that humans, throughout time, have apparently enjoyed pinning giant bugs to ourselves. Kind of a funny habit considering how most of us feel about encountering giant bugs in real life. :)
Thank you! I am absolutely terrified of bugs in reality, but I loved the jeweled ones! Trying to harness the power of the thing feared most or some such perhaps ;)
Amazing collection! I love celluloid brooches for some crazy reason, I’d say i have at least a dozen but some of my brooches I call “plastic” might be celluloid , do you have any special way of tell them apart? Also I went back to watch your other 2 brooch collection videos (I somehow missed sadly) Fabulous job displaying & describing each. Can you also in the future show how you store them? At the moment I have each bagged in plastic bags & stored into an archival box. (Its a pain trying to find the one I want to wear & not sure if plastic bags are good to store them in. Love your channel! Thank you for sharing I was drooling over all your beautiful brooches! 💗💗💗
Thank you! I don't really have a way to tell the different types of plastic apart, other than the vintage dealers I buy from having labeled something in the listing and agreeing with their assessments. Celluloid does seem to have almost something waxy about the finish of it sometimes that seems a bit of a give away, but I am not an expert! I store my brooches in velvet lined trays in my jewelry drawers of a standing dresser, you can see this in my closet tour video if you would like :) ruclips.net/video/Emq_2UmxVbM/видео.html
TheClosetHistorian I watched the storage video this morning, it seems I watched it before noting the red time line was at the end. I must have forgotten watching, you have an incredible collection my friend. My issue is wanting all my brooches in one spot I’m not too sure how to do that since my walk-in closet (which was once one of the guest rooms next to my room & my dad/bless his heart converted into a huge walk-in for me) is jam packed, I have a coat obsession too 🤪 (purses, shoes, boots ugh! I’m out of control) I’m thinking of an armoire perhaps. So what is your views on my storing each piece in plastic baggies? Thank you for the reply sorry I get long winded Love the shadow can you tell me whom it’s by & shade it’s called? It truly brings out your amazingly beautiful eyes. Thank you again 💖
You should do an "Items With A Story" video where you invent the stories for different items and the people that owned them first, and then base the characters of the original owners on the sense of style and personality that is communicated through the items! That way you'll have lots of material for an "items with a story vid" AND we could get to hear your authorly voice, which we haven't had the chance to hear yet, its a double win :)
I was never that interested in jewelry in general, but there's something really charming about vintage plastic and celluloid. I've just discovered lucite recently through vintage jewelry and I just love it. Funnily enough, I've actually seen some modern barrettes and earrings in store that look like vintage lucite, it's wild. I'm on the search now for a confetti lucite and mother of pearl compact set and I think I might be waiting a while, haha.
Beautiful collection, loved them all! Did you ever read Madeline Albright's book, "Read My Pins?" Her collection of pins while she served as Secretary of State.
Thank you Gwen! I have not read that book, it sounds quite interesting. I was lucky enough to see Madeline Albright speak once, as she spoke at my younger brother's university graduation ceremony, which was lovely!
Can you do a video on caring for costume jewelry? I unfortunately have messed up some of mine so I know at least I need that lesson. Maybe others do as well.
Hmm I suppose this may be bad but I don't think I really care for mine exactly, I don't clean anything at least, or do anything to them really! I simply store things in some velvet lined trays from Michaels craft store when not in use.
Loved this! I started collecting vintage brooches about 6 years ago, most of mine are from the 50s and 60s and I’m always on the look out for fun pieces. I now realize I have a distinct lack of dangling brooches which must be remedied immediately. I would love a video that has some stories behind some of your finds. Thanks as always for an awesome video.
Such fun! You sure have a love for bugs and creepy crawlers! Do you have any Bakelite purses? My grandma had so many wonderful ones. Maybe she had 2 or 3 but I remember her having lots! She’d square dance with my grandpa Saturday nights. She’d be all decked out in her costume with matching purse. The handles, the fabrics inside, the clasps!
Thank you Brenda! I do quite like a bug/insect brooch :) I don't have any Bakelite purses, but I do have two Lucite ones, one clear and one pearl white with pierced silver toned metal. I don't use them much because they seem easy to break and don't fit much! They were gifts from my grandparents
Thank you! This look is using Colourpop's Uh Huh Honey palette (I'll have a tutorial for it on my beuty channel next week). I would say most of the time I use Colourpop, and sometimes Morphe or Sugarpill!
I have brooches from the 80's and 90's. My cousins see this as a rather embarrassing eccentricity on my part but I don't care. I love brooches and your collection is making a little green with envy!
I'm shocked to hear that your straw hats video didn't get traction. I absolutely loved it. Does the saying "there's no accounting for taste" apply? Cheers, Ardith
Thank you Ardith! I never know which things will do well or not on here really, but hauls always do well...unfortunately I can't constantly be shopping, as much as I would enjoy that ha!
Wow! You must have hundreds of brooches. How do you store them? I watched a documentary style movie about YSL a while ago, and he stored his in open, padded, gold frames. Like artwork. I thought it was a pretty cool idea. Do you catalog your accessories?
Thank you Darnelle! I store mine in little velvet trays, you can see exactly how in my closet tour video here if you would like to ruclips.net/video/Emq_2UmxVbM/видео.html I don't catalog them in any way other than doing these videos now, it's the best I've got for now!
A "wonderful" and an "extensive" Brooch Collection there" Miss B"" love it from here "Down Under" as they say it around the world but really i like to call us " Lil New Zealand" or "KIWI'S" or WEETBIX KIDS any hoo you're content is wonderful.
The hand fan motif was used a lot in the 1980s In fabrics for clothing fashion and home decor. Vases, wall hangings, pillows etc etc etc! Some of your brooches look like the corsages worn I the 1960's !!!!!! Wooooow. They were pretty much out of Vogue by the late 60's. I'm going to wear a Christmas corsage this year. Yessss. Thanks for taking me back there.
What! Not many watched the hat collection? I did watch it twice though and took notes. Beautiful video! My favourites from this video are the sailboat pin, the black and silver horn, the paint palette in diamonds, and the blue-ish cherries from Luxulite. I would love to hear more about your speical items with a story. Thank you very much, Bianca!
Beautiful collection,I'm not fond of .the insect,snake or .the one with .the tail,but That's just me😀😀.would love to see how you made .the handmade ones.they are lovely!!I have a small collection,15 and growing😀
Thank you Susan! I do have an old blog post on making the holiday corsage ones theclosethistorian.blogspot.com/2015/12/diy-1950s-kitschy-holiday-brooch.html
I know I'm late, but I'd love an "items with a story". I'll search in case it's been done 🤞🏻. I can't imagine having your full collection of brooches and having to choose only one to wear!
I had a shell brooch I bought in Fiji, on a flight refuelling stopover.on honeymoon. Sadly I wore it, and heard a crunch, it had fallen off and was in pieces, irreparable. Rocking the eyeshadow, I had a lot of lovely colours like that when I was younger. I did rainbow stripes.
I find it hard to believe that some of these don't have more interesting stories than "I just wanted an AIRPLANE pin and looked it up" I'd love to know your brain thoughts behind these decisions! But if you insist, alright then, keep your secrets *insert Frodo meme here* :)
I was fortunate in that my aunt would let us look through her costume jewelry boxes. I looked forward to my visits with her. My favorite pin was an old plastic(I think) pheasant. I would find a nice sweater in her closet and a scarf to go with it and ask her to please put them on. She looked Chic and outdoorsy at the same time! She made a little girl very happy.
SO DANGLY! Your earring game continues to be on point :). I can't see Bakelite without smelling that awful, yet distinctive, smell you get if you wash it :S. More things need to smell weird when you wash them, Bakelite and Dogs are not enough things to put on that list! As an, actually possibly relevant comment, do you have any retro fancy dress/costume jewelry? It's almost spooky season after-all!
Thank you! I have a lot of vintage costume jewelry, by fancy dress do you mean the more sparkly stuff? I show some of my rhinestone things in my video showing all of my jewelry sets :) ruclips.net/video/uJfAelcw_Dc/видео.html
@@TheClosetHistorian I guess I meant more like, super holiday specific vintage items? So like black cats, skeletons and such. I know these days you can get all manner of plastic pumpkin earrings and such, or those plastic skull broaches with the flashing LED eyes, that are probably designed for maybe one Halloween parties' worth of use. I imagine that's become a lot more common in the modern era of more throw away items?
That was quite interesting. Cherries and insects seemed very popular. That lucite dagger really stood out but I was really drawn to the spiders too for some reason lol. I need to look for this stuff at thrift stores and yard sales!
I LOVE the buggy pins! Sorry if you've already mentioned it elsewhere, but what is that bright golden eyeshadow you're wearing? I noticed it in the side husselin video where you just barely introduced it on the inner corners of the eyes and it was a certified LOOK! If I'd have seen that color in the pan I'd have been skeptical that it'd be so impactful and gorgeous on its own but it really pops beautifully on your complexion.
Thank you! The eyeshadow I have on here is from the Uh Huh Honey palette from Colourpop, but my inner corner from the look in that other video is actually the shade "Mary Jane" from Colourpop's Just My Luck palette! I did a tutorial fro that side husselen look on my other channel if you would like to see everything I used, and this yellow look will be up over there next week! ruclips.net/video/g2qZ4vti6Ec/видео.html
beautiful collection! Some of that plastic/bakelite stuff from the 30s and 40s is awesome. Love viewing your videos.....thanks for sharing your knowledge and passion for beautiful things. And love the eye makeup!!!!
Oh my yes these are awesome 😎 Your bug collection is perfect...but always in need of further expansion...😎😎😎 Thank you for sharing your wonderful collection with us...🦋🐌🐝🐜🐞🕷🕸
Your storage for so many brooches much be H U G E ! I have a large collection of pins, costume jewelry from years of shopping at random garage sale and my husband has purchased me some fabulous finds over the years. Also prices range from $.25 to $2.00 but one of my favorite necklaces is a opal about size of half dollar (but oval) and white 18 kt gold for $.75, he had appraised , it was $2000.00 yep and I love it. I also like the rhinestone pieces.
I actually don't have a ton of storage space, you can see how I have my jewelry stored in my closet tour video here if you'd like :) ruclips.net/video/Emq_2UmxVbM/видео.html It sounds like you've made some excellent finds!
Lovely collection! I really like the plastic and rhinestone and the Scottie dog of course! I'm big on Scottie and poodle pins even though I'm part feline 😽 As far as other collection videos, I'm always a fan of one- item-multiple ways videos. Have you done anything like that with your favorite/staple or basic pieces? Also, off topic but I'd be interested to see a style diary or lookbook of your non-vintage (or less vintage?) style. Not sure there's a demand but I love those earrings your wearing and I really love black lace like what you're wearing here. I'm always curious about whatever else you might be wearing!
Thank you Melanie! I do have a video where I talk about my vintage style essentials and style them a few different ways throughout the video here: ruclips.net/video/udxUeMQ_2o8/видео.html And the video where I style the one Hawaiian shirt many ways too of course. The lace top I have on here is an old one from H&M (back several years ago when I used to shop there, perhaps even from like 2013?) and is like a tee shirt with a lace top. I try to always wear black on my beauty channel to let the makeup shine, so since I filmed this eye look I had that on. I do wear retro style 90% of the time I leave the house for anything other than work. For my day job I am required to wear a uniform/branded tee and denim. At my most casual I wear my high waisted mom jeans and a shirt tied at the front like can be seen in my thrift hauls mostly! :) To be honest though, I work from home a lot, and when I'm just writing or editing all day I wear pajamas or loungey clothes around the house. Not glam but true!
This was fun! Bianca you have a truly fabulous collection! You asked which were our favourites in this collection. Hard to choose, but here were mine: the celluloid nautical theme, the red celluloid maple leaves (I'm Canadian, of course I would love this!), the MCM boomerangs and the rhinestone artist's palette were real standouts for me. I always look out for brooches and beads when out thrifting, and am a fan of Luxulite on etsy (but haven't purchased from her yet). As for future video ideas, have you ever considered a "shop your closet" or outfit idea theme? This would be you putting together new outfit ideas from items you already have. It's easy to get stuck in a rut and always wear say, a certain blouse with the same skirt each time, but I try to challenge myself to mix it up occasionally.
Thank you Heidi! I do think that red brooch is perfectly Canadian with those red leaves, I'll wear it if I ever get to visit. :) I would love to do more videos mixing and matching things from my closet, or just making outfits in general, but unfortunately they don't tend to do nearly as well as videos with the word "haul" or "thrift" in the title. Even my lookbooks get barely half of the views my hauls do, and while that doesn't mean I won't do styling videos (as I do enjoy making them!) it does mean if I want to grow my channel and make a bit of a part time income here online I have to be strategic about when I upload videos that I know won't do well by the numbers. It's an unfortunate truth!
OMG those were all wonderful!!! I also have a bit of a brooch collection. I'd love to see how you organize/store them. (Edit: read the pinned comment...)
That was so fun and talk about eye candy!! Stunning collection! I don't know why I missed your hat collection I think you're right the algorithms are a little bit off and I'm not always getting your notifications.😪.. you look stunning your makeup and your hair absolutely gorgeous!!
Superb collection and a great video presentation to show them! The Trifari white strawberry pin looks quite similar to my Originals by Robert red strawberry pin which I think dates to the 60s. Thank you for sharing your wonderful pieces with us!
Recently stumbled upon you because the last haft year I started collecting brooches and you have such a quality content, also really sparked my cooling interest in vintage stuff and antiques. Keep up the good work! I always learn more about dating and figuring out materials by watching your videos, in my search for quality stuff.
I remember playing with that flamingo brooch as a child. It came from my great aunt I think. So I know it was made before the early sixties. You used to buy these kinds of brooches at the local five and dime.
That particular brooch was inspired by one created by Cartier for the Duke/Duchess of Windsor in 1940, and then knocked off ever since I suppose! www.cartier.com/en-us/maison/living-heritage/cartier-collection/1/5.html
So many great brooches... I need to up my game haha as most of mine are repro or I don't knows from the op(thrift) shop. An item with a story would be good then again I pretty much watch all your videos.
Thank you! I try and remember to put music credits in the description, and usually it is copyright free stuff from a website called Epidemic Sound that many online creators use. This video's music is from an old record of mine, I think it was a Benny Goodman one?
I love your novelty collection of brooches. I have been collecting for years mine are mostly Mexican silver, victorian agate or Danish pieces. I always enjoy your video content.
I loved the straw hat video! And this one😃 also random-ish tip, but you can take a lighter and melt the ends of the green ribbon on your handmade brooch- it'll finish the ends and keep them from fraying
I liked the Christmas brooch you made, and I'm a sucker for insects and acorns. These may be the "lesser materials" brooches, but the colors and shapes are so fun and happy that I prefer them to their more lofty silver and gold counterparts.
Very nice and eclectic!! I’m fairly new to the channel but would like to see your handbag collection if you haven’t already done this in a previous video.
Firstly, the yellow-gold eyeshadow is popping. Your novelty’s brooches are beautiful and unique. The one’s made by you are beautiful. I loved this video. I wear brooches all the time to church. They make you look so elegant and refined.
What an awe inspiring, wondrous collection! I was waiting for the snake, of course. My favourites are the little scotty dog and all the insects. I love embroidering insects. I live in South Africa and travel all over the continent, so I see a lot of them. I collect African textiles because the are easy to travel around with. Oh, and I would have loved to have you talking about them. The wording on the left top was a little bit small.
A few of you have asked how I store my jewelry, and I do show my system in my closet tour video from a while back, which you can see here: ruclips.net/video/Emq_2UmxVbM/видео.html if you would like! The velvet trays I use are from Michaels crafts, but are very similar to these ones on Amazon amzn.to/2jXPvkK
) have several branches myself and have no way of dating them. I do enjoyed your collection.
You are the only one I know who can rock yellow eyeshadow 😉
Well thank you! I love yellow eyeshadow ;)
I agree. Together wit the hair and the kimono robe, you have a very edgy Geisha/ Cleopatra vibe goin' on.
Personally I loved your straw hat collection video. Lovely video as always!
Thank you!
Oh, I’d love that “items with a story” video. Stories are my favourite part of buying/wearing vintage. :)
L Yess! I always love my pieces with super specific stories behind them, makes them that much more dear to my heart💖
I ABSOLUTELY agree!
Good Golly!! What an impressive collection! It was impossible to pick a favorite. That being said, my favorite category are the insects.
I really, really like the ones you made.
Your eye make-up is fabulous. Love all the brooches in those different materials. I've got a good few brooches myself in different plasticky materials and some jewelled ones (well, fake gemstones). I particularly like animal and bird brooches. I'm envious of that little boat with the flags, though. 💚
Thank you Pamela! I don't often get many nautical occasions to wear that one :)
Your collection is astoundingly great; You have an array of whimsical pieces that are all unusual but ties together with joy. I am really impressed. I felt like I had seen it all in the past -- you wowed me. Great job! My mother collected only scottie brooches. THANK YOU!!!
Thank you Tracy!
I can see many of your brooches on hat's and berets! I hope you try doing that in some of your upcoming videos!
Thank you for showing me this stuff . Its give me idea what to pick up .
I love the coral colored one with fall leaves and bells, oh the semi circle one is very interesting,aww the fancy cat, also the fan, oh the navy blue flowers are gorgeous ❤️ Thank you for sharing ❤️
Of course the diamond spider as well ❤️
I also ❤️ all the flying things and those lovely leaves the black and brass I think are my favorite so far lol
So many beautiful pins! I look simply wrong, as one of my friends put it in any yellow metal, but the first pin - wow! And I love the red cellulite circle with flora. Just adored the straw hat collection. I LOVE a good hat! ❤️👏🏻💋
Thank you Jo! That is a harsh friend there ;) I would think a brooch can be far enough away coloring doesn't matter right? I dunno, I never follow the rules ha!
Actually, I rarely wore gold anyway and he was just being a smart alec about it. Old friend - raving queen! Lol 😂
I collect brooches,love brooches and your collection is fantastic,it was pleasure to watch,thank You
Thank you Ewa!
Thank you for taking the time to show us your glorious collection! I think the jumping deer looks very old and unusual to me- perhaps more 1930s?
Thank you Melili! I think it looks very art deco too, but it can be hard to know if they are later versions of when a style gets popular again, I can see it as art deco, as sleek 1950's, later 1970's deco revival, it's hard to say for sure!
I love that snake brooch at the end!
Yes to all the novelty brooches!! 😍 You look gorgeous as always. Totally understand why you do videos this way. Makes perfect sense. Still wonderful to watch
Thank you Holly!
Always enjoy a lookie loo into other collectors closets. One of these days I'm going to have to do my own, perhaps after my giant accessories purge.
Yes, I'm rather obsessed with brooches! I found your channel because of your gold and silver jewellery collections. I second a video about the stories behind some of your pieces.
Every piece is lovely. I am partial to the insects, especially the beetles.
Thank you!
@@TheClosetHistorian, you're welcome!
This did make me look up the Etsy sellers specially for vintage with goth style brooches. I have lots of bugs :) I will check out how you store your jewellery video too. Great eye makeup 👍🏻
Thank you! I am almost afraid to do searches like that because I fear I would fall in love with too much!
Wow! I am amazed that you actually made some of them! Do you have any tips on how to wear your lovely brooches without adding holes or damaging your vintage clothes?
Thank you! I have never had a brooch damage any of my clothing, as a pin back is tapered just like a sewing pin would be, and hypothetically is only ever pushing threads in a fabric weave aside, not tearing them. If a small pin hole is left by a heftier pin, it should go away with steaming the garment. For heavier pins and lighter weight fabrics, I always pin the brooch over where my bra strap or slip strap are underneath and pin the brooch through that too to help hold the weight! Other than that it's just making sure the pin doesn't get caught on anything I suppose, as I would think only a good yank would allow a pin back to tear clothes.
your collection is incredible!
Thank you!
Loved this video I'm a brooch collector
Thank you Kay!
So cool!! Thank you!!
Lovely, thank you.
Thank you!
Yep, it's confirmed - the bugs are always my favourite :D Great collection!
Thank you Olga!
I would love to see a tutorial on how you have made your brooches. With Christmas fast approaching some novelty brooches would be lovely
Leah x
I do have a tutorial for them over on my blog if that may be of any service theclosethistorian.blogspot.com/2015/12/diy-1950s-kitschy-holiday-brooch.html :)
Wow lv the ones y made to ✌🏿️😇👌🏾
Thank you Jolynn!
I never saw the straw hat video but would have been all over that!
The word for the 'life story of an object in a collection' is provenance (pronounced like it's French), regardless of the kind of object or the type of collection.
Ah, see, this is where I get jealous. I'm actually pretty indifferent to gold/silver brooches, my style is more fun colourful 30s/40s plastics so all those in the beginning were just * insert a drooling Homer face here *
Ha thank you! I love them all...it's troublesome!
Hi Bianca, the crane brooch is a copy of a Van Cleef and Arpels brooch worn by Wallis Simpson. I trade in useless information like this ;)
When you have 2 similar or the same brooches, do you wear them together, at the same time? I have several small brooches and am unsure how to wear them.
I do usually wear them together! I usually just stagger them a bit like I had them pinned in this video, one a bit higher than the other. I'll wear them separately too sometimes, but mostly as a set :)
@@TheClosetHistorian Thank you! I'll try that.
I love the eyeshadow. How do you pick a brooch for your outfit? Your collection is so vast, can you remember what you have? Or is it a quick scan of your storage unit and what stands out that day gets worn?
Thank you! I do mostly remember what I have, and sometimes I will select an outfit based on wanting to wear a particular brooch, but usually I just choose a dress/suit or whatever and then go through my jewelry to decide what to pair with it. I like to plan outfits in advance, so I will decide what I want to wear soon, and then spend a fun evening choosing accessories to go with each too, and then the ensembles are all ready to go and wear over the next few days or whenever. I do that for packing for travel too, so I only pack what I need!
A longform unscripted video showcasing items that come along with personal anecdotes would be fun! I would watch it - but that's coming from someone who watches pretty much all of your content, so maybe that doesn't mean much, lol.
Thank you Michaela!
The brooches are cute but your MAKEUP 😮😍🔥
Thank you! ;) I'll have a tutorial for this look on my beauty channel next week
I Loved the straw hats ep. Show us ya brooches lady - fellow vintage brooch junky.
Adored this!! Particularly love your bugs - and love the fact that humans, throughout time, have apparently enjoyed pinning giant bugs to ourselves. Kind of a funny habit considering how most of us feel about encountering giant bugs in real life. :)
Thank you! I am absolutely terrified of bugs in reality, but I loved the jeweled ones! Trying to harness the power of the thing feared most or some such perhaps ;)
Amazing collection! I love celluloid brooches for some crazy reason, I’d say i have at least a dozen but some of my brooches I call “plastic” might be celluloid , do you have any special way of tell them apart? Also I went back to watch your other 2 brooch collection videos (I somehow missed sadly) Fabulous job displaying & describing each. Can you also in the future show how you store them? At the moment I have each bagged in plastic bags & stored into an archival box. (Its a pain trying to find the one I want to wear & not sure if plastic bags are good to store them in. Love your channel! Thank you for sharing I was drooling over all your beautiful brooches! 💗💗💗
Thank you! I don't really have a way to tell the different types of plastic apart, other than the vintage dealers I buy from having labeled something in the listing and agreeing with their assessments. Celluloid does seem to have almost something waxy about the finish of it sometimes that seems a bit of a give away, but I am not an expert! I store my brooches in velvet lined trays in my jewelry drawers of a standing dresser, you can see this in my closet tour video if you would like :) ruclips.net/video/Emq_2UmxVbM/видео.html
TheClosetHistorian I watched the storage video this morning, it seems I watched it before noting the red time line was at the end. I must have forgotten watching, you have an incredible collection my friend. My issue is wanting all my brooches in one spot I’m not too sure how to do that since my walk-in closet (which was once one of the guest rooms next to my room & my dad/bless his heart converted into a huge walk-in for me) is jam packed, I have a coat obsession too 🤪 (purses, shoes, boots ugh! I’m out of control) I’m thinking of an armoire perhaps. So what is your views on my storing each piece in plastic baggies? Thank you for the reply sorry I get long winded Love the shadow can you tell me whom it’s by & shade it’s called? It truly brings out your amazingly beautiful eyes. Thank you again 💖
You should do an "Items With A Story" video where you invent the stories for different items and the people that owned them first, and then base the characters of the original owners on the sense of style and personality that is communicated through the items! That way you'll have lots of material for an "items with a story vid" AND we could get to hear your authorly voice, which we haven't had the chance to hear yet, its a double win :)
Oh man! This sounds like a lot of fun, but also like a lot of work ha! ;) I need more hours in each day
I second this! It might inspire a whole new series of books!
I was never that interested in jewelry in general, but there's something really charming about vintage plastic and celluloid. I've just discovered lucite recently through vintage jewelry and I just love it. Funnily enough, I've actually seen some modern barrettes and earrings in store that look like vintage lucite, it's wild.
I'm on the search now for a confetti lucite and mother of pearl compact set and I think I might be waiting a while, haha.
I love confetti Lucite! I think I just like glitter/confetti in general though, so it makes sense :)
That 1940's Lucite sword brooch is to DIE for doll!
What an amazing, stunning collection! I'm very jealous!
Beautiful make up btw!Xx
Thank you Jo! That clear one was only $15, such a score, I was so pleased
@@TheClosetHistorian 😱x
Love the brooches especially the insect ones and the yellow eyeshadow looks really good on you...
Thank you Susan!
Beautiful collection, loved them all! Did you ever read Madeline Albright's book, "Read My Pins?" Her collection of pins while she served as Secretary of State.
gwen I’ve been wanting to pick that up, I will have to do that soon.
sounds interesting!
Thank you Gwen! I have not read that book, it sounds quite interesting. I was lucky enough to see Madeline Albright speak once, as she spoke at my younger brother's university graduation ceremony, which was lovely!
Can you do a video on caring for costume jewelry? I unfortunately have messed up some of mine so I know at least I need that lesson. Maybe others do as well.
Hmm I suppose this may be bad but I don't think I really care for mine exactly, I don't clean anything at least, or do anything to them really! I simply store things in some velvet lined trays from Michaels craft store when not in use.
Wow some of those repros are SO. MUCH. FUN.! Beautifully shot.. love them all. Eapecially that sword and all the leaf bundle ones 😍
Thank you Brenda! I do love a sword brooch :)
Loved this! I started collecting vintage brooches about 6 years ago, most of mine are from the 50s and 60s and I’m always on the look out for fun pieces. I now realize I have a distinct lack of dangling brooches which must be remedied immediately. I would love a video that has some stories behind some of your finds. Thanks as always for an awesome video.
Thank you Brianna! I do have a bit of a thing for dangling brooches I suppose :)
Such fun! You sure have a love for bugs and creepy crawlers!
Do you have any Bakelite purses? My grandma had so many wonderful ones. Maybe she had 2 or 3 but I remember her having lots! She’d square dance with my grandpa Saturday nights. She’d be all decked out in her costume with matching purse. The handles, the fabrics inside, the clasps!
Thank you Brenda! I do quite like a bug/insect brooch :) I don't have any Bakelite purses, but I do have two Lucite ones, one clear and one pearl white with pierced silver toned metal. I don't use them much because they seem easy to break and don't fit much! They were gifts from my grandparents
What brand of eyeshadow do you use? The pigment is always so intense!
Thank you! This look is using Colourpop's Uh Huh Honey palette (I'll have a tutorial for it on my beuty channel next week). I would say most of the time I use Colourpop, and sometimes Morphe or Sugarpill!
@@TheClosetHistorian wait... You have a beauty channel? Where have I been?
Ha! Found it! Gotta scroll down...doh...
I believe she has a 2nd channel more on make up
We do love a chatty vid .... so yes stories on anything really....
I have brooches from the 80's and 90's. My cousins see this as a rather embarrassing eccentricity on my part but I don't care. I love brooches and your collection is making a little green with envy!
They are missing out! I'll never understand why brooches aren't more popular anymore! Happy to be eccentric along with you :)
I'm shocked to hear that your straw hats video didn't get traction. I absolutely loved it. Does the saying "there's no accounting for taste" apply? Cheers, Ardith
Thank you Ardith! I never know which things will do well or not on here really, but hauls always do well...unfortunately I can't constantly be shopping, as much as I would enjoy that ha!
@@TheClosetHistorian Yikes, how many of us can really afford frequent hauls? My RUclips channel would only be able to offer up dream hauls.
Wow! You must have hundreds of brooches. How do you store them? I watched a documentary style movie about YSL a while ago, and he stored his in open, padded, gold frames. Like artwork. I thought it was a pretty cool idea.
Do you catalog your accessories?
Thank you Darnelle! I store mine in little velvet trays, you can see exactly how in my closet tour video here if you would like to ruclips.net/video/Emq_2UmxVbM/видео.html I don't catalog them in any way other than doing these videos now, it's the best I've got for now!
A "wonderful" and an "extensive" Brooch Collection there" Miss B"" love it from here "Down Under" as they say it around the world but really i like to call us " Lil New Zealand" or "KIWI'S" or WEETBIX KIDS any hoo you're content is wonderful.
The hand fan motif was used a lot in the 1980s
In fabrics for clothing fashion and home decor. Vases, wall hangings, pillows etc etc etc!
Some of your brooches look like the corsages worn I the 1960's !!!!!! Wooooow. They were pretty much out of Vogue by the late 60's. I'm going to wear a Christmas corsage this year. Yessss. Thanks for taking me back there.
What! Not many watched the hat collection? I did watch it twice though and took notes. Beautiful video! My favourites from this video are the sailboat pin, the black and silver horn, the paint palette in diamonds, and the blue-ish cherries from Luxulite. I would love to hear more about your speical items with a story. Thank you very much, Bianca!
Beautiful collection,I'm not fond of .the insect,snake or .the one with .the tail,but That's just me😀😀.would love to see how you made .the handmade ones.they are lovely!!I have a small collection,15 and growing😀
Thank you Susan! I do have an old blog post on making the holiday corsage ones theclosethistorian.blogspot.com/2015/12/diy-1950s-kitschy-holiday-brooch.html
I know I'm late, but I'd love an "items with a story". I'll search in case it's been done 🤞🏻. I can't imagine having your full collection of brooches and having to choose only one to wear!
I had a shell brooch I bought in Fiji, on a flight refuelling stopover.on honeymoon. Sadly I wore it, and heard a crunch, it had fallen off and was in pieces, irreparable.
Rocking the eyeshadow, I had a lot of lovely colours like that when I was younger. I did rainbow stripes.
I find it hard to believe that some of these don't have more interesting stories than "I just wanted an AIRPLANE pin and looked it up" I'd love to know your brain thoughts behind these decisions! But if you insist, alright then, keep your secrets *insert Frodo meme here* :)
I was fortunate in that my aunt would let us look through her costume jewelry boxes. I looked forward to my visits with her. My favorite pin was an old plastic(I think) pheasant. I would find a nice sweater in her closet and a scarf to go with it and ask her to please put them on. She looked Chic and outdoorsy at the same time! She made a little girl very happy.
SO DANGLY! Your earring game continues to be on point :). I can't see Bakelite without smelling that awful, yet distinctive, smell you get if you wash it :S. More things need to smell weird when you wash them, Bakelite and Dogs are not enough things to put on that list! As an, actually possibly relevant comment, do you have any retro fancy dress/costume jewelry? It's almost spooky season after-all!
Thank you! I have a lot of vintage costume jewelry, by fancy dress do you mean the more sparkly stuff? I show some of my rhinestone things in my video showing all of my jewelry sets :) ruclips.net/video/uJfAelcw_Dc/видео.html
@@TheClosetHistorian I guess I meant more like, super holiday specific vintage items? So like black cats, skeletons and such. I know these days you can get all manner of plastic pumpkin earrings and such, or those plastic skull broaches with the flashing LED eyes, that are probably designed for maybe one Halloween parties' worth of use. I imagine that's become a lot more common in the modern era of more throw away items?
I didn't get to finish this video because of a playback error but my goodness that lucite sword brooch is amazing.
That was quite interesting. Cherries and insects seemed very popular. That lucite dagger really stood out but I was really drawn to the spiders too for some reason lol. I need to look for this stuff at thrift stores and yard sales!
I love these shares. Even if they get less views. I find them so relaxing.
Your handmade pieces are beautiful! I'm making Halloween necklaces right now heheh.
Thank you! Sounds fun! I love Halloween :)
I got a few of my grandmas brooches. A few are quite Celtic. I use for plaid outfits
I am such a sucker for clear Lucite brooches. Love the Bakelite too.
I'd love to have more Bakelite someday!
I loved your straw hat video and all of them! It’s probably not your regular fans that didn’t watch! Bc I’m guessing that we all watch each of them!
Aw thank you!
I like all your brooches but I love looking at your beautiful face! 😘
I LOVE the buggy pins!
Sorry if you've already mentioned it elsewhere, but what is that bright golden eyeshadow you're wearing? I noticed it in the side husselin video where you just barely introduced it on the inner corners of the eyes and it was a certified LOOK! If I'd have seen that color in the pan I'd have been skeptical that it'd be so impactful and gorgeous on its own but it really pops beautifully on your complexion.
Thank you! The eyeshadow I have on here is from the Uh Huh Honey palette from Colourpop, but my inner corner from the look in that other video is actually the shade "Mary Jane" from Colourpop's Just My Luck palette! I did a tutorial fro that side husselen look on my other channel if you would like to see everything I used, and this yellow look will be up over there next week! ruclips.net/video/g2qZ4vti6Ec/видео.html
beautiful collection! Some of that plastic/bakelite stuff from the 30s and 40s is awesome. Love viewing your videos.....thanks for sharing your knowledge and passion for beautiful things. And love the eye makeup!!!!
Thank you!
I love the little broch that had the little flags on them, one was Sweden, where im from 😊
Oh my yes these are awesome 😎
Your bug collection is perfect...but always in need of further expansion...😎😎😎
Thank you for sharing your wonderful collection with us...🦋🐌🐝🐜🐞🕷🕸
Thank you Raelene! I always have room for another bug, well, jeweled bug that is :)
Your storage for so many brooches much be H U G E ! I have a large collection of pins, costume jewelry from years of shopping at random garage sale and my husband has purchased me some fabulous finds over the years. Also prices range from $.25 to $2.00 but one of my favorite necklaces is a opal about size of half dollar (but oval) and white 18 kt gold for $.75, he had appraised , it was $2000.00 yep and I love it. I also like the rhinestone pieces.
I actually don't have a ton of storage space, you can see how I have my jewelry stored in my closet tour video here if you'd like :) ruclips.net/video/Emq_2UmxVbM/видео.html It sounds like you've made some excellent finds!
Lovely collection! I really like the plastic and rhinestone and the Scottie dog of course! I'm big on Scottie and poodle pins even though I'm part feline 😽 As far as other collection videos, I'm always a fan of one- item-multiple ways videos. Have you done anything like that with your favorite/staple or basic pieces? Also, off topic but I'd be interested to see a style diary or lookbook of your non-vintage (or less vintage?) style. Not sure there's a demand but I love those earrings your wearing and I really love black lace like what you're wearing here. I'm always curious about whatever else you might be wearing!
Thank you Melanie! I do have a video where I talk about my vintage style essentials and style them a few different ways throughout the video here: ruclips.net/video/udxUeMQ_2o8/видео.html And the video where I style the one Hawaiian shirt many ways too of course. The lace top I have on here is an old one from H&M (back several years ago when I used to shop there, perhaps even from like 2013?) and is like a tee shirt with a lace top. I try to always wear black on my beauty channel to let the makeup shine, so since I filmed this eye look I had that on. I do wear retro style 90% of the time I leave the house for anything other than work. For my day job I am required to wear a uniform/branded tee and denim. At my most casual I wear my high waisted mom jeans and a shirt tied at the front like can be seen in my thrift hauls mostly! :) To be honest though, I work from home a lot, and when I'm just writing or editing all day I wear pajamas or loungey clothes around the house. Not glam but true!
This was fun! Bianca you have a truly fabulous collection! You asked which were our favourites in this collection. Hard to choose, but here were mine: the celluloid nautical theme, the red celluloid maple leaves (I'm Canadian, of course I would love this!), the MCM boomerangs and the rhinestone artist's palette were real standouts for me. I always look out for brooches and beads when out thrifting, and am a fan of Luxulite on etsy (but haven't purchased from her yet).
As for future video ideas, have you ever considered a "shop your closet" or outfit idea theme? This would be you putting together new outfit ideas from items you already have. It's easy to get stuck in a rut and always wear say, a certain blouse with the same skirt each time, but I try to challenge myself to mix it up occasionally.
Thank you Heidi! I do think that red brooch is perfectly Canadian with those red leaves, I'll wear it if I ever get to visit. :)
I would love to do more videos mixing and matching things from my closet, or just making outfits in general, but unfortunately they don't tend to do nearly as well as videos with the word "haul" or "thrift" in the title. Even my lookbooks get barely half of the views my hauls do, and while that doesn't mean I won't do styling videos (as I do enjoy making them!) it does mean if I want to grow my channel and make a bit of a part time income here online I have to be strategic about when I upload videos that I know won't do well by the numbers. It's an unfortunate truth!
Yes items with a story would be nice. Thanks
Fabulous collection! My favorite was the Belle Lurette Paris cat brooch of course!!! But some really amazing pieces. Thanks for sharing them :)
Thank you Laurie!
OMG those were all wonderful!!! I also have a bit of a brooch collection. I'd love to see how you organize/store them. (Edit: read the pinned comment...)
Thank you Sarah!
That was so fun and talk about eye candy!! Stunning collection! I don't know why I missed your hat collection I think you're right the algorithms are a little bit off and I'm not always getting your notifications.😪.. you look stunning your makeup and your hair absolutely gorgeous!!
Thank you Jody! I hadn't done my hair properly curled in a while and I had missed it :)
Superb collection and a great video presentation to show them! The Trifari white strawberry pin looks quite similar to my Originals by Robert red strawberry pin which I think dates to the 60s. Thank you for sharing your wonderful pieces with us!
Thank you!
Recently stumbled upon you because the last haft year I started collecting brooches and you have such a quality content, also really sparked my cooling interest in vintage stuff and antiques. Keep up the good work! I always learn more about dating and figuring out materials by watching your videos, in my search for quality stuff.
Thank you Moa!
I remember playing with that flamingo brooch as a child. It came from my great aunt I think. So I know it was made before the early sixties. You used to buy these kinds of brooches at the local five and dime.
That particular brooch was inspired by one created by Cartier for the Duke/Duchess of Windsor in 1940, and then knocked off ever since I suppose! www.cartier.com/en-us/maison/living-heritage/cartier-collection/1/5.html
I enjoyed your gloves and hat collections! 😄🌻 beautiful brooches 💚 history of your items would be lovely to see
Thank you Lisa!
So many great brooches... I need to up my game haha as most of mine are repro or I don't knows from the op(thrift) shop. An item with a story would be good then again I pretty much watch all your videos.
Thank you Renata!
Do you have a make up tutorial? Your look today reminds me of Susie and the Banshees. 🖤💛🖤💛
Thank you! I have a few yes, from several year ago, mostly here ruclips.net/channel/UCwK_ScwZ-d8mATSphy1WqwA I'm not very good at filming them 😅
The luxulite ones ... I'm in love! By the way, where do you find the music for your videos? I always find it very soothing
Thank you! I try and remember to put music credits in the description, and usually it is copyright free stuff from a website called Epidemic Sound that many online creators use. This video's music is from an old record of mine, I think it was a Benny Goodman one?
Loooove all of those bugs broches! Go figure that one out! I hate bugs! But love bugs on a broches! LOL!!! Christine
I am the same! Thank you Christine!
I love your novelty collection of brooches. I have been collecting for years mine are mostly Mexican silver, victorian agate or Danish pieces. I always enjoy your video content.
Thank you Nancy! I'd love to collect some Victorian brooches :)
I loved the straw hat video! And this one😃 also random-ish tip, but you can take a lighter and melt the ends of the green ribbon on your handmade brooch- it'll finish the ends and keep them from fraying
Thank you Bonnie!
I liked the Christmas brooch you made, and I'm a sucker for insects and acorns. These may be the "lesser materials" brooches, but the colors and shapes are so fun and happy that I prefer them to their more lofty silver and gold counterparts.
Thank you Johanna! I like the pure fun of these too, not trying to be anything fancy, just very fanciful :)
Very nice and eclectic!! I’m fairly new to the channel but would like to see your handbag collection if you haven’t already done this in a previous video.
Thank you Leslie! i have done a video on my clutch handbag but not the others...yet! ruclips.net/video/qP-pS2qSGxk/видео.html
Oh, yes! "Items with a story" please!!!!
Big hug from Barcelona! :)
Thank you!
Brooches are my weakness,have a huge collection.Thank You so much for this video and others,what a treat!
Thank you Ewa!
Firstly, the yellow-gold eyeshadow is popping. Your novelty’s brooches are beautiful and unique. The one’s made by you are beautiful. I loved this video. I wear brooches all the time to church. They make you look so elegant and refined.
Thank you Karen! Brooches are my favorite vintage jewelry item to collect
Gasp! How could they not love the hats??? I adore all of the spike/claw like ones in the beginning!
Thank you Thea!
What an awe inspiring, wondrous collection! I was waiting for the snake, of course. My favourites are the little scotty dog and all the insects. I love embroidering insects. I live in South Africa and travel all over the continent, so I see a lot of them. I collect African textiles because the are easy to travel around with.
Oh, and I would have loved to have you talking about them. The wording on the left top was a little bit small.
Ooh gorgeous collection Bianca, personal favourite was the first red celluloid one! Xxx
Thank you! i love that one, so perfect for fall :)
You should do a story video for sure. Also I'd watch a video in which you rambled on for 6 hours. Just saying
Ha thank you Gigi!
The rhinestone flamingo is very similar to a brooch that belonged to Wallis Simpson, which might help date it.
Yes it is a copy for sure! The original from Cartier is from 1940 www.cartier.com/en-us/maison/living-heritage/cartier-collection/1/5.html
I could listen to you ramble all day. Loved your collection! My favorite was the black cat.❤
Thank you Dona!