Street Style of Brooches

Designers look everywhere for their inspiration. One form of inspiration can be found on the streets, such as doors, windows, and light posts. Visiting a Renaissance city this past week allowed me to walk around the beautiful streets and take in all of the beautiful buildings around me. One beautiful area of Florence I found was in a shopping district. In the area there was a Ferragamo shop and museum, Cartier, Celine, Burberry, and Prada. This photo was taken nearby at the Palazzo Strozzi, a museum located at Piazza di Santa Trinita. I found this lamp post interesting because of the medieval feeling it had to it.  The stone building it was attached to also made it feel as if it was an older post that was simply decorative. I took this picture during the day, but judging by the looks of the post, it does not seem to be a functional lamp post at night.

 

This lamp post on the side of  the Palazzo Strozzi has similar design to a ring by Alexis Bittar. The top of the post has shards of metal on each side of the top of the post. The shards are slimmer towards the end and end at a point. There are also small, spikey designs located in between the shards. The brooch by Alexis Bittar is similar to the top of the post. The brooch has longer shards with smaller, more decorative pieces in between embellished with rhinestones. The brooch also has a decorative stone in the shape of a rhombus in the middle. There are no points coming from the middle of the brooch, only at the sides. The top of the lamp post only has points at the perimeter of the top of the lamp post and not at the sides or the middle.

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