Royalty & their Jewelry

[keodi]

Originally Posted by onegirlcreative

here is a close up of crown princess mary of denmark's ring. i thought this was especially interesting because before i added my grandmother''s round stone to my original engagement ring, this is exactly what it looked like before. princess mary's ring: my original engagment ring (with my grandmother's round stone added a few years ago):

georgeous ring!

[onegirlcreative]

^^^thank you!!!

[leap of faith]

Amaaaaaaazing thread!!

[nazq]

Originally Posted by lily25

Hmmm it's a different culture, maybe in the West less is more, but Arab women wear very heavy make up (even more so if they hide their hair under the hijab) and it is an old tradition to wear all the jewelery they own at once especially on formal occasion / function. And Bizad , yes you are right third pic is Masako's SIL, Princess Kiko.

I'm going to elaborate on this a little more :
Arabic women generally do not believe in "less is more", they wear over the top dresses, make up, hair styles, jewelry, etc.. I *THINK* that they believe this is how they show their family's wealth (at least that's what I was told).. We don't cover our hair at weddings because the male "wedding" and the female "wedding" are usually separate (the groom walks in at the end of the female wedding, that's usually when women cover up)..

A lot of these girls are gorgeous but they make themselves look worse with the OTT everything.. They don't wear all their jewelry pieces at once, but nearly all the jewelry they own are large pieces so it looks like they're wearing everything at once

We usually go to Tiffany's for jewelry and the SA said that they don't have a lot of Arab customers because all of the pieces they have are "simple" and that's not what Arabs are looking for.. The only people I see shopping at Tiffany's are tourists

*Note: I'm not sure if this applies to all Arab countries, I'm talking about the ones near the gulf)

[oahugal]

What I won't give to spend 24 hours in the jewel vault of any of the ruling royal houses.

[haendchen]

will all the emperor ladies you listed here, i thought i'd add an austrian one..
so here we go: princess elizabeth of bavaria, later empress of austria and hungary.. also known as sissi.. wasn't she beautiful?

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Georg_Raab_002.jpg

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Lwowska_Galeria_Sztuki_-_Georg_Raab_-_Portrait_of_the_Empress_Elizabeth_-_Crop.jpg

nd01.blog.cz/251/598/db62309b7a_48410096_o2.jpg

continentaltravel.hu/UserFiles/Image/old_pics/GODOLLO_SISSI.jpg

[onegirlcreative]

^^^oh wow. yes she was exquisite. thanks for sharing.

[onegirlcreative]

Originally Posted by oahugal

What I won't give to spend 24 hours in the jewel vault of any of the ruling royal houses.

i am definitely with you on that one, oahugal. lol

[onegirlcreative]

ok, i really want to keep this thread going. i love it!!!

queen elizabeth II — so elegant!

[onegirlcreative]

queen elizabeth II — state opening of parliament, 2009

[onegirlcreative]

[onegirlcreative]

really good website:

http://www.mandysroyalty.org/RoyalJewels-e.html

http://www.mandysroyalty.org/RoyalJewels-n.html

[onegirlcreative]

A mysterious pair of emerald earrings worn here at the Royal Film Performance of Ladies in Lavender (2004)

[onegirlcreative]

state visit to portugal, 1985

[onegirlcreative]

princess elizabeth, 1951 (you can magnify on the image):

http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/eG...detail=magnify