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WTF is this?

About PUT A BROOCH ON IT

We're a plucky collective of select creators and curators  producing a living, participatory exhibition. If you’ve seen Portlandia’s “Put a Bird on It” skit, this will sound familiar.


The PUT A BROOCH ON IT project is part Instagram diary, part performance art, and part jewelry exhibition, inviting jewelry lovers everywhere to shift their perspective and give something familiar a new life.

Why brooches?

The brooch is the only adornment with a mind of its own. Unlike necklaces, earrings, and rings, it is migratory and can travel to whatever needs doing up.


Brooches push the limitations of jewelry where jewelry isn’t expected. We’re recruiting jewelry lovers, lovers of the absurd, and the absurd-curious to join the fun and find those places.

Got your creative juices flowing?

  1. Visit our Instagram for a bit of inspiration
  2. Post your own #putabroochonit shots
  3. Tag us @put.a.brooch.on.it 


We may select your images to highlight!

So remember, brooches are adornments without limits. Refresh your perspective, and give something familiar a new life.

What can you dress up?

Show us your goods!

New York City Jewelry Week 2024

Opening Reception & Virtual Red Carpet

We were thrilled to be a part of NYCJW24, both virtually an in person!


Info below

Events

NYCJW24 – The Brooch Report

NYCJW24 – Babka & Brooches 101

NYCJW24 – Babka & Brooches 101

November, 2024 | NYC

We brought red carpet energy to the everyday during NYC Jewelry Week!


Our crack team deployed across the boroughs in this traveling news show to initiate bite-sized chats with local galleries about the stories and history behind their brooch collections. The @put.a.brooch.on.it Instagram served as the hub for this series of roaming investigations. Check out our Story Highlights for all the action.

NYCJW24 – Babka & Brooches 101

NYCJW24 – Babka & Brooches 101

NYCJW24 – Babka & Brooches 101

November 18, 2024 | NYC

We opened this year's NYC Jewelry Week with a talk and reception at The Jewelry Library!


Distinguished fashion historian Dr. Victoria Pass from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) will delve into the rich history and significance of brooches. From ancient adornments to contemporary statement pieces, this presentation will offer a captivating look at how brooches have evolved as symbols of personal expression and style.

Buttons, Brooches & Bites

Buttons, Brooches & Bites

Buttons, Brooches & Bites

August 15, 2024 | Baltimore, MD

Baltimore Jewelry Center co-hosted our semi-private evening of superlative broocherie!

With our partners in crime, The Jewelry Library we enjoyed a riveting talk on the fascinating history of brooches in fashion antiquity and modernity by the inimitable Dr. Victoria Pass, MICA professor and researcher in fashion history, design history, and visual culture.
We closed the evening with a super fun button-making workshop with the marvelous Allison Gulick.

🚀Launch

Buttons, Brooches & Bites

Buttons, Brooches & Bites

June 12, 2024 | NYC

We had an absolute smash at the inaugural "Shop Talk" series with The Jewelry Library in NoMad! 


The evening opened with a lively and entertaining panel, moderated by deCongé with esteemed brooch experts: Patricia Madeja, Studio Jeweler, Goldsmith and Jewelry Program Coordinator, Pratt Institute; Rosena Sammi of The Jewelry Edit; and Vanessa Samet of Vanessa’s Vintage.

Guests then shopped a selection of contemporary and vintage brooches while enjoying cocktails and conversation with friends, new and old.

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