New audience brings tiara back in vogue

The popularity of the tiara, that reached its peak in the decades before the onset of the First World War when diamonds from South Africa were in plentiful supply, has fluctuated across the 20th century in line with prosperity and fashion.

While still considered ostentatious in the West, the form is currently enjoying a renewed apprecia…

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