We had a tiara in the wild appearance last week. Leah Behn, daughter of Princess Martha Louise and granddaughter of King Harald and Queen Sonja, appeared at the Debutantes Ball in Paris. She was wearing a lovely Giambattista Valli gown, but it is what is on her head that caused the biggest stir. Yes, that is a tiara, a in a venue that’s different for us. Since royals have reduced tiara-wearing, we need to get our thrills where we can.
(Thanks to Tiara Mania and Couture and Royals, we have lots of information from the event. H/T to Tiara Mania for supplying us with the jeweler’s website).
#NEW Leah Isadora Behn has made her tiara debut last night at the Debutantes Ball in Paris 👑
Leah is the 17 year old daughter of Princess Märtha Louise and is the granddaughter of King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway. She wore a Giambattista Valli gown for the ball pic.twitter.com/ncGFN57pUU
— CoutureAndRoyals (@CoutureRoyals) November 27, 2022
#TiaraAlert Leah Isadora Behn wore a diamond tiara for Le Bal des Débutantes at the Shangri La Hotel in Paris on 26 November 2022. pic.twitter.com/D9wQAjQ6vu
— Tiara Mania (@TiaraManiaBlog) November 28, 2022
It’s not a family tiara (you can see the Norwegian tiaras here), but where did it come from? Our Hofdame LuckeyGirl thinks it looks a lot like a diamond version of Princess Thyra of Denmark’s tiara, which was rumored to be sold many years ago. That tiara, however, has a few differences, chief among them the fact that it has only appeared in sapphire and turquoise form.
The tiara on Leah’s head was said to be sold by Sotheby’s (the listing is here), and was on loan to Leah from V. Muse Jewelers. The jeweler loaned out several tiaras for the event.
So not the same, but perhaps in the same family.
And just for fun, here are a couple more tiaras in the wild from that event!
#TiaraAlert Princess Inayatinder Kaur of Patiala wore the Mellerio Peacock Aigrette for Le Bal des Débutantes at the Shangri La Hotel in Paris on 26 November 2022. pic.twitter.com/nT4HfS84u7
— Tiara Mania (@TiaraManiaBlog) November 28, 2022
The aigrette was made circa 1880 and was on loan from V Muse Jewelers. pic.twitter.com/t5Z0XR4E2H
— Tiara Mania (@TiaraManiaBlog) November 28, 2022
#TiaraAlert Wenhao Cai wore a diamond tiara for Le Bal des Débutantes at the Shangri La Hotel in Paris on 26 November 2022. pic.twitter.com/3Yden3Mj3W
— Tiara Mania (@TiaraManiaBlog) November 28, 2022
#NEW Archduchess Zsófia wore a diamond tiara in the picture of the Debutantes Ball 👑
The piece, loaned by V Muse Jewelry, belonged to another woman of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, Archduchess Maria Anna, who received it from her great-uncle Emperor Franz Joseph
1/2 https://t.co/01Qx0VTbm5 pic.twitter.com/rzcGH0AxnZ— CoutureAndRoyals (@CoutureRoyals) November 29, 2022