Madeleine Albright's Brooch Steals The Show At The DNC

Sorry, Bill Clinton.  We’re gonna let you finish, but Madeleine Albright won last night’s Democratic National Convention .

The former secretary of state joined a slew of other famous Hillary Clinton supporters in Philadelphia Tuesday night to voice her support of the presidential nominee, discuss the off-(Putin)g possibility of a Trump presidency, and, gosh darn it, wear her best brooch yet. 

Just look at that thing. It’s got it all: sparkle, size, and just the right amount of flash. If the brooch, which appears to be a take on the Great Seal of the United States , doesn’t scream “U.S.A.!” in the loudest, most fabulous voice possible, we don’t know what does. 

Albright has long used brooches as a way of expressing herself in the political sphere. A collection of 200 of those brooches even garnered their own museum exhibit . As she explained to Smithsonian.com in 2010, she credits her time at the United Nations, right after the Gulf War, with prompting her to start  using jewelry to send a message. 

“During that time I had something dreadful to say about Saddam Hussein on a daily basis, which he deserved because he had invaded Kuwait. The government-controlled Iraqi media then compared me to an ‘unparalleled serpent.’ I happened to have a snake pin, and wore it to my next meeting on Iraq. When the press asked me about it, I thought, ‘Well, this is fun.’ I was the only woman on the Security Council, and I decided to get some more costume jewelry. On good days, I wore flowers and butterflies and balloons, and on bad days, all kinds of bugs and carnivorous animals. I saw it as an additional way of expressing what I was saying, a visual way to deliver a message.”

So, sure, Bill Clinton’s heartfelt, powerful speech was good, but we’re calling this one a win for the pin.