By Lisa @Privilege

My brother gets married next month. True to High WASP form, he gave his fiancée a family ring when they got engaged. In fact, the Burning Man wedding reference is true to form in its own way, but that’s neither here nor there.

My brother also has a diamond and sapphire brooch in his possession,  another piece given against the hope of a future wife. But we don’t wear brooches much these days, now do we? So he’s having it made into earrings for his bride on her wedding day. And beyond, of course.

One does not have to receive anything from a grandmother, aunt, or great-grandfather to wear this kind of thing. If you like High WASP style, or simply believe that we need dig no further stones and metal from this earth, you have options. The most straightforward... More...