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Tiaras
through time:
Victorian Times
The monarchy was a strong influence
in fashion and helped to set the fashion themes. The Queen Victoria enjoyed
color and variety in her clothes, jewels and accessories and women delighted
in mimicking her choice. In 1840, Queen Victoria married Prince Albert
in a white satin ball gown embellished with orange blossom and lace and
wore a wreath of orange blossom. She introduced the tradition of marrying
in white.
The Victorian times were
synonymous with social change and prosperity. Machines that were developed
in the Industrial age were capable of making what was formerly laboriously
wrought by hand. This meant that all manner of manmade products including
formerly handcrafted jewelry could now be turned out en masse. Thus, jewelry
became affordable with more people wearing jewelry than ever before and
wearing more of it. . Up until this time France had been the undisputed
leader in jewelry.
Associated with the development
of the Industrial Age was the growing of the middle class. Successful
businessmen who wanted to display their wealth lavished expensive jewels
on their wives. The wearing of tiaras was a very popular trend
and a typical tiara included motifs of stars, crescents, or some of the
good luck symbols (e.g love knots, crosses, clovers). Nature was also
a source of inspiration for Victorians in the form of flowers, lovebirds,
animals and insects. The gem materials used in tiaras included
diamonds, pearls, turquoise, agate, garnets, opals, moonstones, coral
and blue zircon set in yellow gold and gold-filled jewelry.
With the "romance"
associated with the Victorian period fashion there have been several revival
periods of the similar "look". For example, in the late thirties
the romantic novel and movie "Gone with the Wind " brought on
a flurry of the big bustly ball-gown look and the tiara. The revival
in the early 1940's was still felt in the '50s but the jewelry became
lighter, stylized and appeared in interpretations that are more modern.
In addition, with the crowning of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 and the wedding
of Grace Kelly to the Prince of Monaco tiaras in the style of the
Victorian age caught on again. There was also the revival in the 1970's
with delicate tiaras and jewelry with romantic motifs, and approximately,
from 1984-1999 costume and precious jewelry manufacturers were once again
quick to jump on the next revival bandwagon.
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