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Vanities
Sharp OBJECTS
Vanities
Sharp OBJECTS
Sharp OBJECTS
Vanities/The Gallery
Queen Elizabeth II reportedly selects her jewels from a collection of hundreds as coded messages to visitors. For a groundbreaking public address this spring, meant to reassure an unsettled public, she wore a Queen Mary hand-me-down pin to symbolize endurance. A Burmese ruby tiara, said to ward off evil, may have been a zing during an early visit with President Trump. Taking a page from royal pomp, these brooches serve up plenty of wordless pizzazz—or razz.—Daisy Shaw-Ellis
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