Brooches set to fly out the door

We have been wearing brooches since the Bronze Age, and after decades in the wilderness they are bang back in vogue. At the Milan fashion shows this month Prada, Marni and Emporio Armani pinned them on lapels, collars, waistbands and hairbands.

An 18th century enamel and diamond butterfly

The swinging sixties did for the brooch. ...