January 2013

Tiara Thursday: The Swedish Button Tiaras

It’s time to take a deep breath and dive into the stories behind a couple of my least favorite tiaras, the Swedish button tiaras. (I know so...

I hadn't planned on posting again until Thursday, but a rare news update from me is clearly in order for some HUGE royal news: Queen Bea...

I have had many, many requests for more reader polls on tiaras, specifically polls to pick favorite tiaras in individual categories (like ge...

Good news, good news: we have some color this week! Best in Red Princess Letizia At the annual reception for foreign ambassadors, visiting...

Nobody does a state visit quite like the Dutch these days. Seriously. It's a festival of tiaras and giant hats, which is - hello - the r...

The Habsburg Fringe Tiara The fringe, spike, or sun ray tiara is a Russian-inspired design which became an extremely widespread motif, and e...

HRH Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Pieter van Vollenhoven January 10, 1967 The Hague, Netherlands Today's gown - which inspire...

Harry's tour of duty in Afghanistan is done! He's back, and he has entertaining headgear. As good an explanation as any for a littl...

Best in Blah Princess Letizia and Crown Princess Mary Letizia attending audiences at Zarzuela Palace; Mary celebrating the 60th anniversary ...

Here's a fun royal trip for you: our very own Holmes and Watson, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, took a two day jaunt to Germany as par...

Princess Mathilde is turning 40! And around here, that means it's time to flashback to her greatest sartorial hits. Truth be told, I had...

One of the two biggest tiaras worn by Queen Sonja of Norway is Queen Josephine’s Diamond Tiara, a sizable diadem of floral motifs and laure...

A plethora of January royal brides today, and plenty of wedding variety to brighten your Wednesday. (Obviously this isn't all January b...