Tiaras

Tiaras make wedding outfits.  Not the ring, not the dress or the veil:  tiaras are the focal point, the part that ties everything else together.  Tiaras give an outfit something to orbit; something to revolve around – that little shiny piece of diamond and silver that makes every girl’s wedding day her coronation.

Tiaras are special for a reason.  Tiaras make their wearer feel like royalty – like a debutante at a society ball, a princess in a fairytale or a Queen at her inauguration.  Everyone gets to wear special dresses from time to time (and yes, a wedding dress is more special than most, but even so); every girl who gets married gets to wear a ring forever: but tiaras?  Tiaras are only worn once, on the day. 

As befits such exotic pieces of jewellery, and such landmark days, the choice of tiaras available to the modern bride is as daunting as the prospect of screwing up the nerve to pop the question.  There are silver tiaras, diamond tiaras, diamond-and-silver tiaras...  a list, were it to be compiled, would put even the most extravagant wedding list to shame.  Such a profusion of tiaras, though, is actually a help:  with this many tiaras on offer every girl is bound to find the perfect piece to complement her outfit. 

Classic tiaras go best with traditional wedding trousseau– white dresses, silk trains, veils.  Classic tiaras, generally speaking, are the silver or silver-and-diamond (or diamante) variety:  the kind of tiaras we’re all used to seeing nestling in the perfect hairdos of celebrity and royal wives.  The full works with church and entourage deserve that purist sparkle – if that’s the plan, tie the outfit together with unostentatious tiaras in pale bridal colours.

These days (naturally), the traditionalist isn’t the only one catered for in the world of bridal tiaras.  For funky modern settings, brides might be tempted with sideset tiaras (for obvious reasons sideset tiaras are best without a veil), adding a contemporary skew (literally) to a classic design.  Coloured tiaras, too, allow for that original dash in the bridal outfit – beautiful tiaras sprouting flowers made of blue pearls, or sweet rosebud tiaras whose delicate blooms are sets of pink diamante. 

The long-lasting bridal trend for matching entourage outfits (where the bride is dressed in pale pink and the bridesmaids in a similar shade, for example) is wonderfully enhanced by bridal tiaras.  Putting tiaras on the bride “marks” her as the queen among her handmaids, ensuring that the special attention is reserved for her.

Classic chic to modern sparkle, tiaras are the last word in any bridal outfit.  Choosing the right one needn’t be difficult:  like haircuts and dresses, there are thousands of them out there but only a few right for a given personality.  Once picked, the perfect tiaras are the final word for every wedding day.