Nostalgic Parade
Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 10:31PM 
These beautiful animal brooches belonged to William's grandmother, Marie Brinson. Grandma Brinson has been gone for many years, but her style is with us everyday. We have many items that belonged to her: our bed head board, art on our salon wall and the blue lamp in our bedroom. Anything that was Grandma Brinson's in our apartment always gets rave reviews from visitors. William's sister recently gave him a bag of Grandma Brinson's jewelry. Inside we found an homage to her style and personality.
You can tell a lot about a person from their jewelry. We can see Grandma Brinson's love for animals, for fishing and crabbing, and her love for the exotic. Grandma Brinson was always fashion forward. Some of the brand names on the brooches were the most desired of the time. We imagine William's Grandfather brought them back from New York City while on buying trips for the Brinson's Department Store.
We hope you enjoy these brooches from the past and they remind you of your family memories.
Reader Comments (6)
She sounds amazing! I adore my grandmother... and her style. I wear her vintage clothes, plus I get all my decor inspiration from her! (I brought her to the Nate show with me too.)
Nothing like an amazing grandma.
Love the brooches! These are so special and amazing. Thanks for sharing.
"You can tell a lot about a person from their jewelry." You said it right there. Thanks for opening up Grandma Brinson's collection for us to marvel at!
These are beautiful photographs - I too love vintage pins. I started collecting them when I was in the 4th grade. Do you remember when everyone buttoned their collars to the top and was wearing a bejeweled pin at their throat?
Yep, that was me.
Anywhoo... I have amassed quite a collection now that I am 26 years removed from the 4th grade!
My favorite are the ones that look like bugs, butterflies and bees. But I can also be swayed by a sparkling vintage Christmas Tree. Because really, when is it a better time of year to wear something sparkle covered on your coat?
Your grandmother's collection of brooches are exquisite! I love vintage pieces for its uniqueness and history. I'm in love with them all but especially with the crab (my zodiac sign).
Great post! Also wanted to say I adore your loft. (one good thing about the whole Nate thing, I discovered your blog) :) Erica