1. Fairy Godmother tip; for short hair choose delicate and petite bridal tiaras that won't require lots of pinning to hold it in place or a wear a headband style headpiece.
2. Fairy Godmother tip; it's a good idea to take along a fabric colour sample of your gown. Ivory, white and off-white can be look similar under some lights. To be sure, try to view the headpiece and bridal fabric under natural lighting.
3. Fairy Godmother tip; if you have a pattern in your gown, look for a headpiece with similar detailing to compliment you gown. If your are unsure, just keep it classic and simple. You can't go wrong.
4. Fairy Godmother tip; if your bridal gown has pearls or crystals or both in the detailing of the fabric then select a tiara or headpiece to match the crystals and or both the beads.
5. Fairy Godmother tip; a tiara with only clear crystals will match any gown. A pearl headpiece is best suited to ivory or off-white gowns, or gowns with pearls already sewn into them.
6. Fairy Godmother tip; silver and white are considered the classic combination, so if you are wearing a white gown, then select a tiara that is either silver-tone, rhinestone, or has white pearls
7. Fairy Godmother tip; if your gown is off-white or ivory, choose a bridal headpiece either in gold-tone or with ivory pearls or beads.
8. Fairy Godmother tip; if you combine white accessories with an ivory gown, it will look like a mis-match and your gown will appear off colour.
9. Fairy Godmother tip; bridal gowns lighter than off-white are called diamond white, wear either gold and silver toned accessories.
10. Fairy Godmother tip; if you're wearing a coloured bridal gown you can wear either gold or silver to accessorise. Here's a tip; if your fabric colour is a warm tone, wear gold accessories and if it's a cool tone then wear silver accessories.
Special Note: If you have embellishments or trimmings on your gown, the colour of the crystals on your tiara can also match the colour of the accents in your gown.
