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Madeline Albright's Brooch Collection To Go On Display

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Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is famous for the many brooches she wore while traveling around the world on her government duties. Now more than 200 of her favorite pieces are going on display at the Museum of Art and Design in New York City this September. Albright often used her jewelry to express her mood. Newsday reports that one of the pieces on display will be the golden snake pin she wore to a meeting on Iraq after Saddam Hussein's government called her a serpent.

"Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection" showcases Albright's diverse collection and the messages they send. Some of her pieces are patriotic including flags, eagles and the Statue of Liberty. Others are more whimsical portraying on flora and fauna. The collection is not particularly valuable but it is an interesting record of a diplomatic career as expressed in jewelry.

The exhibition runs from Sept. 30 though Jan. 31, 2010 and will travel to other cities. There will also be a book, "Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box," written by Albright.

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Jewelry for the Obama Inauguration

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Diamond and Pink Sapphire Cherry Blossom Brooch

The 2009 Presidential Inauguration is inspiring special commemorative clothing and jewelry all over the world. We found two jewelers in/near Washington D.C. whose pieces are truly extraordinary: Ginger and Chas Schwartz & Son.

Featured in our gallery are cherry blossom items, like the pink sapphire and diamond Cherry Blossom Brooch you see here ($36,000), silver and gold monuments, and a $10,000 diamond Obama necklace or brooch certain to create some real Obama Drama.

The designers include Chas Schwartz & Son as well as Suzanne Somersall and R-Nichols, both available from Ginger (in Bethesda, MD and Winter Park, FL). If you've never bought inauguration commemorative jewelry before, perhaps 2009 is the year for a change.

Gallery: Inauguration Jewelry

pink sapphire and diamond Cherry Blossom Brooch from Oscar Heyman at Chas. Schwartz & Son

Sterling silver cherry blossom drop earrings

Sterling silver cherry blossom charm necklace

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Iradj Moini in Soho

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Iradj Moini, a former couture designer for Oscar de la Renta, makes some of the most exquisite and unusual jewelry we've seen this millennium.

As you shop in NYC's Soho neighborhood this holiday season, be sure and stop by the Spring Street boutique (198 Spring, near Sullivan). The boutique has been open since Spring 2007, and feels like an art gallery. You won't believe you're looking at new pieces, released seasonally, and not well-kept relics of the 1920's.

If you're not in NY, you can also browse a number of Iradj Moini's items at Domont Jewelry, a West Hollywood, CA jewelry dealer with an exceptional selection of Iradj Moini on display their website.

Almost every piece is stunning, and worth a look if only for inspiration.

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