Fabric
Painted metal with crystal accents. Steel pin-back.
Accessory · Made to order
The Tribill Flower Brooch.
$95 to $175 · quoted in consultation
A three-petal flower brooch with crystal centers at each petal. Painted metal body, steel pin-back. Worn at the collar or pinned to a scarf. Reads small and intentional.
Three petals. One pin.
Occasion
Daily wear at the family table. The piece for the hanbok day that wants one small note at the collar. A weekday lunch where the brooch carries the only ornament on the jeogori.
The story
Small brooches have lived in Korean daily wardrobe since the introduction of metal pin closures in the late nineteenth century. The form gave the wearer a way to mark a collar, a scarf, or a lapel without committing to a norigae. The habit holds. A three-petal flower carries the smallest register of the form.
Painted metal shaped into three petals around a central form, with a crystal set at the heart of each petal. The back is hand-finished, the steel pin fastens without bending the cloth. The whole brooch is sized smaller than the wirework florals and reads as a single quiet note rather than a cluster.
Worn on the daily hanbok where the dress is already decided and the brooch is the last word at the chest. A weekday lunch where the collar of the jeogori carries the only ornament and the rest of the outfit holds its register. The piece that lands as intentional without raising its voice.
Hand-finished in Seoul. Inspected and fitted in San Mateo.
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