Lorelei Lee’s tiara

In our special supplement, we pair characters from fiction with truly imaginative – but entirely real – jewellery. Here, Lorelei Lee from “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” wears a tiara by Graff

“So then I met quite a delightful English lady who had a very, very beautiful diamond tiara in her hand bag because she said that she thought some Americans would be at the party and it was really a very, very great bargain. I mean I think a diamond tiara is delightful because it is a place where I really never thought of wearing diamonds before.”

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
by Anita Loos

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