Posted by John R on January 14, 2013, 5:20 am, in reply to "Electrifying!"
I have seen this picture before and it left me speechless. (for a change). She could easily have attracted a bolt of lightning with that thing on her head. Reminds me of some of the most opulent Russian and Indian tiaras but then mixed together in a bad way to create this contraption. Horrid by all accounts. If you look at similar pictures of noble ladies attending, most were very opulently bejewelled. It must have been quite a competition! Some of the individual pieces are truly stunning pieces I think.