You have a point. It seems that for many designers form (design) is more important than functionality (comfort) and this is no exception. Some of the other designs (that did not win) were actually much better in that respect but the winning designs were off course picked by a panel of 'experts'.... sigh
Here's a video (in Dutch) about the competition organised by Museum het Kruithuis: Diademen voor Maxima
--Previous Message-- : I think this gift represents the worst in : Dutch artists. You decide to give someone a : gift upon her marriage to the heir to the : throne but completely forget to ask the : recipient what she likes. So it is only a : show of arrogance of the designers and : creators that they will decide for her what : is right rather than taking into account her : preferences and desires. Had they taken the : opportunity to ask the future princess on : what she wanted we might have seen a new : addition to the collection that is actually : worn. : : --Previous Message-- : You are too kind! : : : --Previous Message-- : Thank you, John! : Well I'll try to put it politely : "Designwise not an utter success" : or "Very experimental design : indeed" or "Modern approach to a : tiara design". Or let's use the Duchess : of Cambridge's favourite "They are : amazing!" : : --Previous Message-- : Are you sure you want to see them? It's : absolutely ghastly and a waste of money. : : One is a helmet with removable 'tiara' by : famed Dutch Designer Ted Nooten: : : : : The other is a gilded contraption with a fly : curtain in front by jeweller designer Jos : van den Elzen. : : : : : : : : : : --Previous Message-- : Would someone please be so kind and post a : picture of this head piece? Never heard of : it! : : --Previous Message-- : She was handed her unwearable helmet and : that : was the last we've seen of it. I hope HRH : will one day have the guts to melt the : horrid piece and use it and the diamonds in : it for a wearable tiara. : : --Previous Message-- : We all know that a 'tiara' can be many : things : - think of Queen Margrethe, Queen Sonja, : Crown Princess Maxima, Crown Princess Mary, : Princess Marie of Denmark's modern tiaras... : : Queen Elizabeth strikes me as quite : conservative when it comes to jewellery - I : am not sure HM would wear a tiara like the : one Crown Princess Maxima received when HRH : got married... : : in 1963 I am not sure the world was as : 'visual' as it is today! so perhaps that is : the reason Martin has heard about the tiara : - but we have never seen it - as far as I : know Crown Princess Maxima has not worn her : modern tiara either : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
on January 17, 2013, 7:39 pm, in reply to "