When the amateur jewelry enthusiast Flora Steel bought an eye-catching brooch for less than £20 ($25) at an antiques market in England in the 1980s, she had accidentally scooped up an impressive ...

Scarves are great fun: You can tie them a bazillion ways; use them to dress up a boring outfit; and of course, use them to keep your décolletage warm. But on a blustery fall day, a scarf whipping ...

Flora Steel, an art historian living in Rome, bought the brooch 36 years ago at an antiques fair. She realized its value only last year while watching YouTube. By Jenny Gross Reporting from London ...

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At the top of the list of things I truly cannot imagine wearing is a brooch. Like a straw boater hat or a pair of suspenders, it feels like a fussy part of a costume for a regional theater production ...

A few years ago, I took to wearing a cluster of vintage brooches on everything: sweaters, dresses, t-shirts, clutches. After a while I grew tired of the look — and the pinholes I poked in everything.