Wedding Tiara Inspiration - How To Wear A Bridal Tiara

Everyone Can Be a Princess On Their Wedding Day!

When someone mentions wedding tiaras, it’s probably something like this that pops into your mind.

The perfect Princess - traditional and classically beautiful. You might not realise that when it comes to how to wear a tiara on your wedding day, you have so many more options!

Don’t worry, I’ve got a few suggestions for you to give you some wedding hair inspiration and some ways to wear a bridal tiara that you might not have considered. Read on!

Kate Middleton Duchess Of Cambridge on her Wedding Day

Different Lengths of Hair With A Wedding Tiara

Wearing a Bridal Tiara With Long Hair

If you are lucky enough to have a lovely long mane of hair, you might want to make it the star of the show by wearing it in all its long flowing glory! A tiara is a great way to draw attention to your luscious locks. You can stick to a classic bridal look or you can go for a coloured tiara. A coloured tiara is perfect for incorporating your bridal colours nicely into your look or accentuating your hair colour - pinks and blushes look beautiful with blonde hair, greens are amazing on redheads and jeweltones give lovely contrast for brunettes.

Left To Right: 1. Pink Tiara available here. Photo by Brittani Chin. 2. Tiara Sold but more available here. Photo by Nisha Keaton. 3. Tiara available here. Photo by Andrew Wilkinson.

Wearing A Bridal Tiara With Mid-Length Hair

Mid-length hair can feel like a tricky cut for your wedding day - not easy to make into an elaborate up-do and not quite long enough to make a statement worn down. A tiara can be just what you need if you need mid-length bridal hair inspiration. The tiara can add an extra bit of glamour and your stylist can focus on adding waves and texture or blow drying it perfectly sleek for a polished finish.

Left To Right: 1. Tiara sold but more available here. Photo by Ashlea Snell. 2. Tiara exclusively for sale at Frock Goddess. Photo by Gaby Pineda. 3. Tiara available here. Photo by Jessika Christine.

Wearing A Bridal Tiara With Short Hair

Short hair can be difficult to accessorise with some clips and combs and the last thing you want is to be constantly worrying they will fall out or having to readjust them on your big day. A tiara removes those worries and allows you to make your hair look extra special when a complicated updo isn’t possible.

Left To Right: 1. Tiara available here. Photo by Dita Bowen. 2. Tiara available here. Photo by Caroline Goosey.

Styling Hair For a Wedding Tiara

Whichever length of hair you have, you should try out your hair style with accessories before the big day. Some brides choose hair accessories they love first and then work with their hair stylist to find the best style to use them; others choose their hair style first and then look for hair accessories that will work with it. Whichever way you do it, balance the statement your accessories make with the statement your hairstyle makes until you get the effect you want.

Here are some examples of very simple, classic, down and up styles with tiaras:

Classic Bridal Down Hair Styles

Left To Right: 1. Tiara available here. Photo by Andrew Wilkinson. 2. Tiara sold but more available here. Photo by Victoria Amrose.

Classic Bridal Up Hair Styles

Left To Right: 1. Tiara sold but more available here. Photo by Kate Boston. 2. Tiara available here. Photo by Gaby Pineda.

Alternatively, you can opt for more elaborate styling, with a statement-making tiara for maximum impact!

Elaborate Bridal Hair Styles With Tiaras

Left To Right: 1. Tiara available here. Photo by Sarah James Middleton. 2. Tiara available here. Photo by Dita Bowen.

How To Position Your Bridal Tiara

“Surely you just put it on top of your head?!” I hear you say. Well, you’ve got some options here too. Don’t be afraid to experiment with your hair stylist - unconventional positioning might give you a unique look that you’re really delighted with. Here are just a few examples:

Forehead

Left To Right: 1. Tiara available here. Photo by Dani Dunn. 2. Tiara sold but more available here. Photo by Baylie Krutchik,

To The Side

Tiara available here. Photo by Dita Bowen.

Round The Back

Left To right: 1. Tiara sold but more available here. Photo by Pierra Gogh. 2. Tiara sold but more available here. Styling and photo by Lee O’Driscoll.

Choosing The Right Tiara For your Wedding Day

It’s important to decide on the hair style you’re going to go for and how to position your chosen tiara, but the most important decision is which tiara to choose! Ultimately you should choose one that reflects who you are and what your style is. There is a surprising variety of bridal tiaras to choose from but here are just a few of the different types you can look for:

The Sparkly Tiara

Tiara available here. Photo by Sarah James Middleton.

The Understated Tiara

Tiara exclusively for sale at Frock Goddess. Photo by Nisha Keaton.

The Side Tiara

Left To Right: 1. Tiara available here. Photo by Ella Farrell. 2. Tiara available here. Photo by Beth Young. 3. Tiara available here, photo by Ella Farrell.

The Statement Tiara

Tiara available here. Photo by Ella Farrell.

The One-Of-A-Kind Out There Tiara

Tiara sold but more available here. Photos by Ella Farrell.

Ultimately, whichever tiara you choose, however you wear it and however you style your hair, on your wedding day, you can be just the kind of princess you want to be Xx