IMHO, no - it's actually not that bad. Particularly charming on a very young Princess, and to my eyes definitely more appealing than any very large tiara with an unfortunate design (like for example the byzanthine cathedral worn on one's head in aquamarines in Britain, if I dare say so).
Princess Madeleine's very first attendance at the Nobel Ceremony in 2000 at age 18:
--Previous Message-- : but however swedens tiaras seems to get the od : names Jeep tiara and cyclops tiara : : --Previous Message-- : Both are very odd contraptions: they : resemble : a fish's open mouth and in the swedish case : one with a bugg trapped inside. : : --Previous Message-- : It has always been said that the aquamarine : bandeau tiara, Princess Madeleine's 18th : birthday gift from her parents, was worn by : Queen (then Crown Princess) Louise in the : 1920s and 30s, although I've never found an : original, reliable source for this : information. : Style-wise, it would certainly make sense to : date it back to the 1920s and worn low on : the forehead. : : Princess Madeleine at Märtha Louise of : Norway's wedding ten years ago: : : : : : : --Previous Message-- : : : a art deco design? : : : : : : : : : : : --Previous Message-- : It looks very "modern" - not 19th : century at all. Perhaps there was something : contained in it. It also looks like a : single-strand diamond necklace mounted on a : frame - ? : : And BTW, was Princess Madeleine's tiara once : owned by CP Margaretha? I confess that also : seemed very modern to me (although I know : that she had a lot of "new" : jewelry, as opposed to existing family : pieces). : : --Previous Message-- : : : --Previous Message-- : Thankx to Mia who posted this link in the : thread about the Garnet & Diamond : Kokoshnik Tiara of the late Countess of : Rosenborg I spent some hours looking after : interesting jewels. : : I found this tiara, quite nice and fit for a : young princess. Elisabeth, Amalia,...?? : : It reminds me of the small diamond and : aquamarine tiara from Sweden. : : : : : : : : : http://www.bukowskis.com/auctions/568/1096-diadem-antikslipade-diamanter-tot-ca-7-8-ct-1800-tal?q=tiara : : I confess that I don't find the above tiara, : or ones like it, to be at all appealing. : : I think it has a tendancy to look unfinished : and I really do not like the spacing between : either row. : : It also reminds me somewhat of the tiara : worn by Princess Madeleine to the Danish : Crown Princely wedding in 2004. And even : with the central aquamarine, that tiara too : failed to allure my attention for the right : reasons. Really uninspiring I thought and a : "waste" of a good stone. : : RE : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :