Brevani's butterfly brooches revive whimsy and statement pinning at JCK Las Vegas

Brevani’s new butterfly brooches make a strong case for pinning as a serious design category again. Rendered in anodized titanium and set with blue topaz, smoky quartz, white topaz, peridot and quartz, the pieces trade the warmth of traditional gold or platinum for a sharper, more electric color register that feels especially current on a brooch.

That material choice matters. Anodized titanium can shift into vivid, controlled hues without adding visual weight, so the butterflies read as airy objects rather than heavy ornaments. Against that cool metal surface, the gemstones do more than supply sparkle: blue topaz intensifies the palette, peridot brings a green flash, smoky quartz deepens the silhouette, and white topaz lifts the light. The result is less heirloom stiffness than polished modernism, a cabinet-of-curiosities effect that looks designed for collectors who want personality as much as preciousness.

The brooches are slated for JCK Las Vegas 2026, running May 29 through June 1 at The Venetian Expo in Las Vegas, with Luxury opening May 27 and JCK Talks, GEMS featuring AGTA, Hong Kong Pavilions and a new Lifestyle Pavilion opening May 28. Brevani will exhibit in The Plumb Club neighborhood, a fitting placement for a brand that has built its identity around material nuance and distinctive silhouettes rather than generic statement jewelry.

That sense of intent goes back to the company’s structure. Allison Peck, founder and director of merchandising, and her brother Jordan Peck, director of operations, established Brevani in 2016 as a branded division of Color Merchants after years in the jewelry business. Their first collection drew on the ginkgo leaf, a motif the brand tied to longevity, endurance and vitality. National Jeweler reported that the Ginkgo line was spun out because it had a more artisan, trendier look aimed at a specific clientele and retailer, and Brevani has continued to lean into that more design-driven lane.

The cabinet-of-curiosities framing is not decorative fluff. The Royal Collection Trust traces Wunderkammer to the sixteenth century, when princely collections were used to display knowledge, curiosity and power through objects grouped as naturalia, mirabilia, artificialia, ethnographica, scientifica and artefacta. Brevani’s butterflies fit neatly into that lineage: small, theatrical and made to reward close looking.

The brand has also had broader trade visibility. In 2021, Allison and Jordan Peck said Brevani pieces worn on The Bachelorette were “something we could never really imagine,” and the brand said it had received Responsible Jewellery Council certification while emphasizing natural diamonds. That combination of screen exposure, ethical signaling and careful design helps explain why these butterfly brooches feel like more than a whimsy revival. They suggest that overlooked jewelry categories are being reinvented not by nostalgia, but by material experimentation that makes old forms feel newly alive.