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My Imaginary Tiara Collection

This is Part 2 of my Will Blog for Charity series.  If you find The Shame Squad entertaining, I hope you'll consider donating $5, $10, or more to my charity walk for the March of Dimes.  I have between 40-100 readers per day, so if 10 of you donate $10, I'll be at my goal!

 First let's start with tiaras that you aren't going to see:

 Any sort of fringe tiara.  I think they look too spikey and stabby.
Also, fun historical fact: Queen Liz (then Princess Liz) wore a fringe on her wedding day (Queen Mary's Fringe tiara to be specific), but it broke right before the ceremony.  Check out the picture below--now that you know that, you can totally tell that it's wonky.

 The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara.  This is another one that belongs to Queen Liz, and she usually wears for her pictures on money.  It's pretty, but to me it's more of a giant old lady tiara.

 There are no Diana, Princess of Wales tiaras on my list either.  Don't get me wrong, I admire Diana for her fearless work with AIDS patients and land mines, as well as her strength in dealing with depression and bulimia while literally being the most hounded, photographed woman in the world.  But neither of these do it for me.  (And actually, she hated the Cambridge Lover's Knot tiara because it gave her a headache.)


 Anything worn by Sophie
Looks like paperclips and plastic gems.

Might have come from Claire's.  On sale for $14.

Cat ears.

Cyclops.
And probably the most shocking: the Cartier Halo Scroll is not on my list.  There's nothing special about it, and I don't know that it worked on K-Middy.

To be fair to Kate, I don't think it worked on either of its previous wearers either:
Okay, on to the actual Imaginary Tiara Collection.  And fret not--there is a KMiddy tiara on the list: the Lotus Flower.  It was originally worn by the Queen Mum, and then we got a tiny glimpse of it on Kate.

I wish someone would bring the "tiara as a headband" thing back.
Next, we have the Strathmore Rose, worn by the Queen Mum, whereabouts unknown.  I adore how she is wearing it in this picture--this is 20's fabulosity at its finest.

 I so want this to show up on the head of Kate Middleton.  And because the internet is a magical, wonderful place, someone has photoshopped how she would look in it.

The Meander Tiara is next on the list, because I am a total sucker for a Greek key and olive branch motif.

 This one currently belongs to Princess Anne, and she totally rocked it back in her Stone Cold Fox days.

 I was hoping this would show up on Zara for her wedding (and it did), but sadly, this tiara is one were brunettes have more fun.  It totally got lost on her pulled back blonde hair.

 I'm picking the Romanian Greek Key tiara for the same reason.

 Although, again, you have to know how to wear this, or it can be a big ol' damn disaster.

 And I think the Dutch Sapphire Necklace tiara would be my "everyday with jeans" tiara.  Queen Maxima models it here:
Now we're going to get away from the diamonds.  Specifically, we're heading towards...beechwood?  Yep, it's a carved wood tiara, and I lurve it.  I feel like I could really pull this one off.

 One that I couldn't pull off but love anyway is the Cameo tiara.  Quite an unusual one, this.

I think I love it so much because Victoria wore it on her wedding day, and she looked so fabulous in it, along with her totally Sweedish weding dress, and the family veil.

 I actually own a lot of pink shirts, and would need a matching tiara for those.  So I'm going with the totally adorable Chaumet Bowknot Tiara.  Does anyone know where this is?  I can't figure out who the owner is.  If it's for sale, I'll totally imaginarily buy it with all of my imaginary money.
And my last addition will probably perplex you, but I love this crazy ass Pinecone Tiara.  Again, it may be one of those "must be a brunette" tiara, but I like the way Anne wears it.  (And if you look closely, she's had it refashioned from the original.)


So, what do you think?  Did I get it right?  And as a reminder, check out my charity walk for the March of Dimes if you have $5-10 to spare!

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