Madeleine Albrights jewelry with sense

Sapphire and diamond flower brooch. Madeleine Albrights jewelry with sense

Madeleine Albrights jewelry with sense
Everyone knows about the love of the former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to the brooches. It was also a natural love of a woman to jewelry. And, we know that each brooch had the message. Her book “Read My Pins” tells a story how one woman’s jewelry collection was used to make diplomatic history. Madeleine used a pin or a brooch as a means of personal and diplomatic expression, thus, jewelry had become part of her personal diplomatic arsenal. “None of this would have happened without Saddam Hussein,” said Albright. When the Iraqi press called her an “unparalleled serpent,” she made sure to wear a snake pin during her next meeting with Iraqi officials. From that day brooches had become Albright’s diplomatic style, her self-expression, sense of humor, and simply sense. The jewelry pieces she wore was not only a political message, in addition, they were beautiful art work of jewelers.

Pieces of Madeleine Albrights jewelry

International leaders saw a shimmering sun on her jacket or a cheerful ladybug, a crab or a menacing wasp. Her collection is both international and democratic—dime-store pins share pride of place with designer creations and family heirlooms. Included are the antique eagle purchased to celebrate Albright’s appointment as secretary of state, the zebra pin she wore when meeting Nelson Mandela, and the Valentine’s Day heart forged by Albright’s five-year-old daughter.
Madeleine Albright served as America’s sixty-fourth Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001.

Madeleine Albright wore snake pin during her next meeting with Iraqi officials

“The Snake”brooch which she wore during her next meeting with Iraqi officials

Albright’s pins convey power, warmth and style. She connects certain pins with historical significance.

Three wise monkeys. She wore this brooch at a meeting with Putin

According to Albright, Putin became terribly angry. But I think there’s some misunderstanding. In fact three monkeys in Russia means “I hear nothing, I see nothing, I will do nothing”, or I am deaf and blind to your problems, the intention to do nothing is not acceptable, when things must be done or decision on a problem should be made. Besides, Madeleine was a symbol of evil for Russians, and her “do no evil” call sounded strange, to say the least.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is presented with a Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Barack Obama during an East Room event May 29, 2012 at the White House in Washington, DC.

The Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, is presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.

Wearing a pin displaying a map of Sudan

Madeleine Albright, wearing a pin displaying a map of Sudan. The former Secretary of State supports an intervention by the worldwide community to help put an end to the many years of violence in that country.

A female fox

A female fox: This red fox Albright wore to meet with officials from South Korea. A Korean ministers, said he was glad about her visit because of the possibility to cuddle up to her “corporate bust”

Spy Games

Spy Games: Albright wore this brooch on a meeting with government officials, after receiving a report from the U.S. FBI about found “bug” in the courtroom. Beetle brooch, designer Iradj Moini (USA), 1997.

Brooch by designer Robert Sorrell, 2000

Albright has a huge collection of brooches in the form of an American flag. But in North Korea, she put the largest brooch. Designer Robert Sorrell, 2000

Stories From A Diplomat’s Jewel Box

In her new memoir Read My Pins: Stories From A Diplomat’s Jewel Box, Secretary Albright relays anecdotes of how her now-famous brooches played a role in both her diplomatic and personal life.

Madeleine Albrights jewelry

Madeleine Albright’s jewelry

Pieces of Madeleine Albright’s jewelry

At a meeting with Nelson Mandela

Albright wore Huge bee to meet with Yasser Arafat. “It reflected my mood at the time”. Brooch by unknown designer, 1980

Bee brooch to meet with Yasser Arafat. “It reflected my mood at the time”. Brooch by unknown designer, 1980

Albright wore this polar bear pin when she visited the Arctic in 2008 to discuss climate change.

Polar bear pin. She wore it when she visited the Arctic in 2008 to discuss climate change.

Eye in the form of dials on brooches signaled the need to adhere to the exact rules during meetings. Brooch “Freedom”, the designer Gus Bakker, Netherlands, 1997

Butterfly pin, on display at the Museum of Arts and Design in September, 2009

A forum on global issues in March, 2009

An event at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, March 2009

At the Democratic National Convention, 2008

Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in January, 2007

2006 News Conference

Madeleine Albright on ‘Meet the Press’ in 2005

Jewelry lover Albright on ‘Meet the Press’ in 2005

2005 photo, Albright on ‘Meet the Press’

‘Meet the Press’ in 2004

At the Group of Eight meetings, she was the only woman. She always wore this brooch in the form of a group of people without gender. The brooch was made in Mexico, silver, 1960.

At the Group of Eight meetings, she was the only woman. She always wore this brooch in the form of a group of people without gender. Made in Mexico, silver, 1960.