Trovelore Beaded Brooches and Pins

A brooch is often the first thing a stranger asks about. Pinned to a coat collar or the lapel of a blazer from our suiting, a Trovelore brooch draws the eye up toward the face with a bee, a feather, or a spray of flowers rendered so closely to life that people lean in to look. The woman wearing it has a story to tell about where it came from. Where many brooches are cast from metal, each Trovelore design is embroidered entirely by hand. Beads, stones, sequins, wire, yarn, and fabric are layered stitch by stitch to build raised texture and shifting color. The finished beaded brooch is a small sculpture only a few inches across, with enough depth that light reflects from it momentarily as she turns. It can move from a wool coat in winter to a linen jacket or the strap of a bag in summer.

Sisters Dhruti and Seema founded the brand and run it as a women-owned studio between Delhi and Arizona. Their embroidery has led to collaborations with the Barnes Foundation and New York's Neue Galerie. Each piece is made to order in small batches, so nothing is overproduced and no excess stock is left behind. Keeping the work handmade supports their aim to preserve hand embroidery as a working craft.

Clothing designed in Brooklyn and sewn in small New York City runs is finished best with accessories made the same careful way. A brooch embroidered by hand and made to order meets that standard.