11 to be cleaned without risk that the decorative element 17 might be damaged for example by a cleaning detergent or that a gem or gems mounted on the element might be lost still further the decorative element 17 can be fitted to another brassiere by simply reattaching the hooks 36 to the loops of the new bra 11 fig8 12 illustrate physical details of the decorative element 17 the lower loop or eyelet 26 shown in dotted line in fig9 and 12 can be omitted along with the strap 20 for some applications the element 17 may for example have a principal length apart form the loops 26 of 2 inches and a height of 1 2 inches fig1 17 illustrate a variant of the decorative element 17 u2032 the variant element 17 u2032 has four or five attachment loops 26 that have the same orientations as the loops of the element of fig8 12 the element 17 u2032 of fig1 17 can have a nominal diameter of 1 2 inches not including the loops 26 the suspension straps 18 20 hold the element 17 above the bridge 16 so that it is visually distinguishable from the bra 11 the vertical spacing of the sideway extending straps 18 19 on each side of the element 17 prevents the element from turning inside face out fig1 25 illustrate exemplary two part or two piece pendants or decorative elements each comprising a base and a cover all of the illustrated bases are arranged to be supported by five straps in.