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tiara
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A tiara is a type of headwear resembling a small crown, usually worn by women. Tiaras are typically a semi-circle made of gold or silver, with engravings and jewels, they may be worn atop the head, or around the forehead. In simplified depictions they may merely be a gold band, or a set of spikes.
While wearing a tiara can denote royalty or nobility, tiaras are more often worn by characters as a fashion statement rather than as a symbol of authority, especially in the case of "forehead tiaras".
Not to be confused with...
Circlet
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While sometimes similar to tiaras worn across the forehead (especially when the wearer's hair obscures most of it), circlets and tiaras should not be confused:
- a circlet is a full circle, tiaras are only semi-circles
- circlets may be a thin gold or silver hoop that goes around the wearer's entire head, or take the form of a chain or string, with jewels or beads worn atop the wearer's head, or around it, a tiara will always be a solid object.
See Also
The following tags are aliased to this tag: diadem (learn more).
This tag implicates crown (learn more).
The following tags implicate this tag: glistening_tiara (learn more).
