If you are drawn to dragonflies or butterflies, why not wear it in your hair? Some of the most beautiful jewels are the vintage brooches of the 40's and 50's. You can find just about any bug, animal, or flower which has been set with diamonds and rhinestones or precious gems that can be worn as a tiara in your hair. You may ask.....Just how are you to wear a brooch in your hair? It may be easier than you think. With an inexpensive metal comb and some craft wire, and a pair of small pliers you can attach the comb to the pin at the back of the brooch. Be sure to cut off the sharp end of the pin with some metal pliers cutters after you have secured the comb to the brooch. (Be very careful when cutting off the end of the pin, as it could go flying almost anywhere) Brooch hairpieces can be a very unique way of giving your bridesmaids a different look by having different hairpieces but matching the gemstones that work within your wedding colors. Brooches worn in the hair is one of the newest hot trends and will remain a classic look for many years to come. (Read More.....)
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Some of the most beautiful tiaras were made by jewelers such as Cartier, Fabergé, Boucheron, and Garrards as they eagerly designed prestigous tiaras for wealthy clients. Famous Fred Leighton jewlery has been the most popular jeweler for the stars lending out his antique jewlery for red carpet events which in trade has made him well known around the world for his excusite jewlery. Murray Mondschein, the man behind the name bought a Mexican artifacts store in New York in 1959 which sold sold arts and crafts. He wasn't initially in the jewelry business, until a victorian jewelry dealer gave him some items to sell, and it was then when he realized antique jewlery fetched quite a bit of moeny. Mondschein began traveling abroad buying up all the jewels that belonged to European aristocrats and in 1974, he moved his business uptown, and began selling his vintage jewels to wealthy women. Today Fred Leighton is a widely recongized name. 
SK Exports Diamond Jewellery is one of the nicest stores on ebay for antique Victorian jewelry. Victorian jewelry has always been the most popular choice of jewelry with celebrities and royalty that it makes it a perfect choice for your wedding as the style is a classic that doesn't date with time. With the popularity of colored embroidery in wedding gowns, a bride doesn't need to choose clear diamond colored jewelry, but can incorporate colored gemstones into her bridal look. With a simple white gown, go bold and add a sapphire set of earrings, or a gorgeous emerald necklace. Sk Exports carries a variety of gemstones set in Victorian jewelry that will give you a variety of great choices for something unique for your wedding day. 
Star Jones and Al Reynolds tied the knot in 2004 in New York City, and when she was considering her jewelry she went straight to jeweler Fred Leighton for one of his legendary antique jewels. Star choose to wear her hair up in a bun of curls, and creatively used a choker necklace instead of a traditional tiara. Instead of a wide crown, she turned a fabulous 19 century choker upside down in her hair and pinned it into her hair. The famous bride finished off her look with a pair of 15 carat diamond earrings, and a diamond necklace. Lifting her hair up into an exquisite bun set off her regal wedding attire. You too can take this creative wedding hair idea and find a wide antique necklace and pin it into your hair for your wedding day. 
Marie Antoinette was not considered to be known for her beauty, but rather for her costly fashions that kept the French people continually talking about her wild and elaborate fashions. Queen Marie Antoinette's extravagance was so costly that it depleted the French treasury, as she never wore anything twice. Her court appearances allowed her to show off her heavy ornate gowns and silk corsets and matching shoes. She was caught up in her own prestigious lifestyle that she was disconnected from the reality of the majority of the French people who were starving. She was said to have put more flour in her thick stiff curls daily and didn't think twice about the bread it could have made to feed the people of her country. It became obvious to many that her expensive glamour was enhancing only herself, and not the monarchy, when the people began protesting against unbearable taxes and shortages. You have to give one thing to Queen Marie Antoinette..........;her remarkable fashionable style. She was willing to take fashion risks, even wearing a male clothing for an equestrian portrait. Bows have been a common element in many of her portraits. How can you incorporate some of Maries french glamour? Consider having a Diamante brooch at the top of your gown, or go for 5 diamond brooches lining the center of your bodice. A bolero jacket trimmed in lace is another regal way of adding interest to your gown. Don't be afraid of adding colored ribbon or a sashe to your gown. Marie Antoinette wore many jewels in her hair, such as draped necklaces in her heavy ornate braided hair. She really was beyond fabulous, even though she got overly caught up in her fashion escapades. 
The 'Girls of Great Britain and Ireland' tiara was originally purchased from Garrard, the London jeweller and given to Queen Mary as a wedding present in 1893. In a special gift, Queen Mary then passed it down to her granddaughter, and the future Queen Elizabeth II, on her wedding day. The tiara has been described as "a diamond festoon-and-scroll design surmounted by nine large oriental pearls on diamond spikes and set on a bandeau base of alternate round and lozenge collets between two plain bands of diamonds". 
