Bridal Tiara

Knowing Your Tiara – Other Tiara Users in the World

The tiara carries a significance that oversteps the bounds of contemporary Western culture. So the next time you think about wearing your tiara, be proud and remember that you’re literally carrying thousands of years of history on your head!

The tiara traditionally refers to the ancient headdresses or high crowns that were used by the kings and emperors of Mesopotamia. The Assyrians used them with a pair of bull horns to signify authority and feathers at the top. Not exactly modern wedding material but definitely impressive! The Persian tiara looked more like a truncated cone. Not with horns and feathers this time but with several pieces of jewelry and a conic-shaped tip at the top.

The Roman Catholic Church has also made wonderful use of tiaras. The papacy has used tiaras as symbols of their authority. The papal tiara is a high cap surrounded by three crowns and bearing a globe surmounted by a cross.

But now in most Western cultures the tiara has ceased to become a symbol for authority but rather an item for adornment. Beauty pageant winners are usually crowned with tiaras. It is also worn by women as a circlet on very formal engagements that they have to attend. Nowadays even weddings feature a tiara (which is where you come in) as part of the entire wedding attire.

Although tiaras aren’t the symbols of rank and royalty that they once were, it doesn’t mean that you can’t rule over your own wedding with a stunning tiara.

To find out more about tiaras and what they can do for your wedding gown (as well as other information on wedding attire in general) you should definitely visit: http://fancyweddingattire.com/category/article-pages/bridal-accessories/wedding-tiaras/

7 Tiaras You Can’t Afford (And 5 More You Can!)

Tiaras, the envy of princess in every little girl, have been adorned with everything from bird feathers and bull horns to rhinestones and blue diamonds, and are known to be included in some of the most elite jewelry collections in the world.

If you’re looking for a tiara to wear for your wedding, or for more social events like your senior prom or Halloween, check out this list of some of the world’s most expensive tiaras for inspiration and a more realistic list to follow for some tiaras you can actually afford!

1. The 101 Carat Diamond – Estimated Value – $6-7.5 M – This newest tiara on the list is also perhaps the most expensive of them all, valued at somewhere between $6-$8 million. How on earth can a crown fetch such eye-popping numbers at auction? Simple, just include a 101.27 carat shield-shaped diamond as its centerpiece.

2. The Doggy Tiara – Estimated Value – $4.2 M – What does a Thai millionaire make for the special pooch in his life? A $4.2 million diamond tiara, that’s what. Riwin Jirapolsek wanted his 15-year-old Maltese to feel extra special, so he made her a custom tiara made from titanium and adorned with more than 100 carats of diamonds and over 150 carats of emeralds.

3. Queen Victoria’s Emerald and Diamond Tiara – Estimated Value – $2.5 M – The Queen Victoria Emerald Tiara was designed by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort of Queen Victoria, who got the tiara executed by the court jewelers under his supervision in the year 1845. Its whereabouts today are unknown, as it was probably bequeathed to one of Queen Victoria’s nine children. Either way, its holder own a tiara estimated at more than $2.5 million.

4. Italian Princess Tiara – Estimated Value – $2 M – Sold for a then-record $2 million in 2007, this tiara features an 8 carat pear-shaped diamond, in addition to several smaller pear-shaped diamonds and is a centerpiece of the Italian Princess Maria Gabriella di Savoia’s jewelry collection.

5. The Poltimore Wedding Tiara – Estimated Value – $1.7 M – The late Princess Margaret wore this famous tiara on her wedding day and is one of the more interesting crowns to make this list. Although designed as a tiara, it can also be easily converted to a necklace or a set of brooches. Talk about pragmatic! Was purchased in 2006 for $1.7 million.

6. The Leviev Tiara – Estimated Value – $1 M – Featuring six marquis-shaped diamonds and a total of 13.76 carats altogether, surrounded by white diamond pave weighing 27.92 carats. Set in platinum, this tiara is only valued at just over $1 million.

7. Marie-Louise Emerald and Diamond Diadem – Estimated Value – Unknown -A gift of Napoleon Bonaparte to Marie Louise on the occasion of their wedding in 1810, became known as the “Emerald and Diamond Parure of Marie Louise” and contained a total of 22 large emeralds, 57 small emeralds, 1,002 brilliants and 66 rose-cut diamonds. The largest emerald weighed 12 carats, but in later times, the emeralds were removed and replaced with with Persian turquoises of matching sizes and shapes.

5 (Affordable) Ways To Feel Like A Princess

Chances are you’ll never get a chance to wear one of these priceless tiaras, but that doesn’t mean you can’t feel like a princess for a day, any day of the year. Here are 5 more gorgeous tiaras from $19-$97 that are sure to make you the center of attention.

1. The Sweet 16 Tiara – Your 16th birthday deserves a tiara fit for a princess coming of age. Celebrate your Sweet 16 in style! Center comb Tiara with aurora borealis accent stones.

2. Bridal Tiara – How better to marry your prince than under this glorious princess bridal tiara. This high profile tiara is bold and beautiful for the princess that knows what she wants.

3. Silver Crown – Gorgeous full crown with silver plating and hundreds of stones from teardrops to rounds, this one has it all! Measures approximately 1 3/8″ tall and 5 3/8″ wide. No loops or combs.

4. Pageant Tiara – Beautiful pageant style tiara Pin silver with clear rhinestones measuring approximately 2 5/8″ in height and 5 7/8″ in width with side combs.

5. Quinceanera Tiara – Sweet 16 still a year off? We’ve got 15-year-olds covered, too. With this Quinceañera tiara you’ll be every girl’s envy. Measurements. Height 2 5/8″ and Width 6 1/4″.

To see pictures of these amazing tiaras, and several others you can enjoy as your own princess for a day, please visit http://tiaratime.com/blog Kimberly Bach owns and operates Tiara Time, where you’ll find tiaras for every occasion including weddings, proms, pageants and costume parties. Visit Tiara Time for tiaras that will make you feel beautiful or your money back.

Tiaras and Crowns

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Incorporate Your Swedish Heritage in Your Perfect Wedding – Why Brides Wear Tiaras

If you’d planned on wearing a tiara at your wedding it’s a good idea to know where the tradition came from. This history is Swedish, but my guess is, it’s fairly standard story for Christian countries.

Virgin brides wore a crown on their heads to identify with Mary, mother of Jesus. Not only did Mary come to her marriage a virgin, she was thought to reward those who did the same with fertility. Since the goal of young women was to have a lot of children to insure the health and well-being of the family and village, Mary’s well wishes were important.

Each church owned a wedding crown and the priest decided whether or not the bride could wear the crown. There were certainly times that money changed hands to save reputations! The Swedish Wedding Crowns are round, with a very small base and high spreading points. Churches still have the crowns for their couples to borrow. (Presumably, they ask fewer questions about the purity of the bride.)

In earlier times, the virginity of the brides was considered highly important because the families wanted to insure that the succession of the lands was kept in the family. It seems, however if you read history at all, that couples were at least as sexually active as they are today, maybe even more, especially among the common folk. So, I’m sure many weddings were rushed a bit so that wedding crowns could be worn!

So along with the white dress (much newer symbol of, first, virginity and, now, being a bride) the crown was an integral party of the wedding. Another tradition around these tiny crowns is that the groomsmen were to dance vigorously around the bride in hopes of dislodging the crown and winning themselves good luck. The bride’s and groom’s happiness is seen as a symbol of luck for the whole village.

What a lovely tradition to use a crown that has been used by so many as they made their promises to one another. Part of the power of wedding ceremonies and wedding vows is that they bind you to all the couples who have had wedding ceremonies and made wedding vows. You join your hopes with theirs for happy and healthy ever after marriages.

Bottom Line?: Give your relationship the chance it deserves to succeed wildly, against all odds! After all, you deserve it. Your relationship deserves it! There’s a lot more info to help you create the wedding ceremony of your dreams, the wedding vows of your heart and the marriage of a lifetime over on my website: http://annkeelerevans.org. And to help you create the wedding vows that will become the blueprint for your incredible, happily and healthily ever-after marriage, I’d like to invite you to sign up to receive 2 free wedding vow templates: http://annkeelerevans.org/weddings/free. Go on! I dare you, be happy together!

The Rev. Ann Keeler Evans, The Wedding Priestess – helping you move from “I do” to happily and healthily ever after!