1970s Biba Black Locust Brooch Cotton and are in excellent vintage

and are in excellent vintage condition

and the sleeves are finished with long cuffs featuring four-button detail

which translates to frog’s hands

Lonesome Dove author Larry McMurtry

The top and trousers are fastened with a metal zip and hook and eye

1970s Biba Black Locust Brooch Cotton and are in excellent vintageThis curiously characterful black resin beetle brooch is a uniquely arty accessory. Although not marked with the official house logo, this design of Biba jewellery was sold in the Derry & Toms store in the early 1970s. According to our sources, Biba's jewellery was not always custom made, and often purchased at trade fairs in Paris and Milan, but this particular brooch was manufactured in the UK in a few special colours chosen for Biba by Barbara