To my own surprise, I’m delightfully drawn to brooches at the moment. Back in December of last year, my dad’s older cousin (who doubles as my secondary grandmother and will be referred to as such, long story), offered me several brooches from my family’s collection. The ladies on that side of the family were, for the most part, quite the stylish madams in Vienna. My great cousin was a professional flapper, my grandma was a fashion designer, and my secondary grandmother has a fur coat collection that would make any PETA member faint. And while I did take in a lot of my grandma’s jewelry when she passed, I respectfully declined the brooches my secondary grandmother offered me.

FOOLISH. I know. I regret it wholeheartedly. Not just because brooches are having a moment now, but because declining a family heirloom feels quite rude. In my defense, I did accept a little ring and watch, but I felt that the brooches would remain under-appreciated in my household. My secondary grandma’s apartment is like a museum of antiques, vintage decor, and gaudy jewelry—the brooches would fit right in there, I thought.

I’m honestly banging my head just writing this. I wish I had given those antique jewelry pieces a second look, because now I’m stuck here googling “best brooches” when I could have had something from the family vault, directly from Vienna, and attached with a unique story.

This is a very long-winded way for me to say: brooches are back, baby. They’ve shed their stuffy connotations and migrated off of grandma’s coat just to land on this generation’s most stylish people. Mark my words: they’ll be on every influencer and editor at next year’s fashion week, so get ahead and shop the chic, trending brooches below.