Thanks to Dior, silver pin cushions are back on point

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Silver pin cushions can be toy-like: miniature animals with squat velvet backs, often no bigger than a matchbox. Many have the charm of a Monopoly counter. Recently they have drifted into the wider visual culture: Jonathan Anderson celebrated his Dior debut last year with an image of a silver pin cushion in the shape of a frog, its back studded with…