On the top floor of Chrome Hearts’ discreet new Mayfair store (no signage visible, knock to enter, etc) sits a chunky diamond and white gold tiara worth nearly £1 million amongst the otherwise totally rock-and-roll silver and 18ct gold chunky chains, skull rings, and gothic crosses the LA-based brand is known for. A few blocks away, at the HQ of erstwhile crown jewelers Garrard, are high jewelry tiaras to purchase, starting at a mere $250,000 for a scalloped diamond and pearl version. (Online, Garrard tiaras are available on Net-a-porter.com starting from the slightly more accessible price point of $75,000.)
Walk a little further and you’ll find serious tiaras to rent or buy at antique jewelers Hancocks, including the Victorian-era Anglesey Tiara, created circa 1890, a glorious concoction of old-cut stones, complete with scrolls and clusters, which can also be converted to a diamond rivière necklace.
This particular piece was worn by Marjorie Paget, Marchioness of Anglesey at the Coronation of King George VI in 1937. She was photographed by Cecil Beaton looking suitably aloof for the occasion. It was then donned again by another Marchioness, Dame Shirley Paget, for Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1952. Any of the 2,000 people invited to the coronation of King Charles III and his consort Queen Camilla on May 6 is very welcome to make inquiries to give it its third Coronation outing for an undisclosed sum (it can also be purchased outright—price, naturally, on application).
This is by no means an exhaustive list of all the places you can currently buy or rent tiaras in London, but there certainly seems to be a flurry of tiara-related activity going on right now with the first coronation in more than 70 years just around the corner. But is this par for the course?
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