Pin - a needle with a head designed for temporary fixation or decorate clothing. For chipping fabric while sewing dressmaker pins are used, also called workers. Depending on the shape of the pointed end, the head, the diameter of the wire, they are divided into several varieties. Thin silk chop pins, pins with a rounded tip is used for temporary connection of knitted fabric. T-pins used for long chipping heavy fabrics. Tailor pins made of copper or stainless steel. A variety of pins is invented by Walter Hunt pin safety, called "English".
Decorative pins combine the functional role of the costume details and decorations. They are often made of precious metals. These are used since the Bronze Age until the middle of the medieval brooches that adorn the modern men's suit, tie pins and popular in XVIII-XIX centuries hat pins. The latter is a long needle with a large decorative finial, is used for fastening to the women's hat hair.