Alfred Hitchcock presents: Wearing a Vintage Brooch 50s style!

One late night, watching Hitchcock presents and admiring the 1950s wardrobe, I saw something compelling yet simple. A rhinestone pin of a medium to large size, placed on the side of a wide belt.  Magic! The character played by Phyllis Thaxter, was wearing it on the belt with a full skirt cascading downwards.   Many people love the wonderful designs of old pins/brooches, but have no idea what to do in terms of wearing them, in a modern way. You can find delightful adaptations by jewelry designers using old pins and repurposing them as rings or necklaces. However, if you do not want to alter the piece sometimes we draw a blank. Well,  I wrote a full article packed with such ideas on this blog see- pin article.  Most of us have seen the ribbon belt with pin buckle. However, this particular style had not occurred to me, I had thought about wearing it over the center buckle to hide and spice up a boring buckle but to the side? I love the idea of the natural leather belt worn placed with an upscale rhinestone pin in the center or to the side is great.  I think to pull off either placement on a belt, the pin needle must be strong enough for the belt's material. However, normally one can pin them through the top layer only of the fabric or leather, if it is a softer leather, without much effort.   So just another tip for wearing those wonderful heirloom brooches we all have and do not want to alter into something else.

See the outfit and the wonderful pin on her belt in Alfred Hitchcock presents: Season 2- Malice Domestic below. It appears about 6 minutes into the episode.