--Previous Message-- : 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 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
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