Word: tiaraed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Iran's Tiara. Two of the world's youngest queens won their life of privilege for the oldest of dynastic reasons-the ability to bear an heir. By the constitutions of vast Iran and tiny Jordan respectively, the dynasties of Reza Pahlevi and the House of the Hashemites may continue only so long as the monarch has a son to succeed...
...with a Left Bank haircut and a razor-thin purse when the Shah beckoned. After two years on the Peacock Throne, Farah, as Washington discovered during the Shah's U.S. trip in April, is charming, poised, and possessed of an Arabian Nights' ransom in emerald and diamond tiaras, earrings and necklaces. She has plunged energetically into social work, started redecorating the royal palaces and, say court officials, has only to smile to earn another tiara from the impassioned Shah...
Beneath the crystal chandeliers at the St. Regis Roof, an ornate auditorium that tops Manhattan's St. Regis Hotel like a tiara, sat a glistening segment of New York's feminine society. The girls had gathered for the usual ritual: a fashion show (this one a benefit in memory of Mrs. Angier Biddle Duke, who died in a plane crash last year). As usual, the crowd vied in splendor with the mannequins displaying the new summer modes. Mmes. William Woodward, George F. Baker, Frederick Gushing and John R. Fell turned out with their fanciest friends, some sporting...
...Pink." What blinded was a dark gold silk ball gown, encrusted to the knees with sparkling jewels and gold sequins. Farah's sleek black hair was piled high in a bun and held in place with a tiara blazing with diamonds and six lime-sized emeralds from the Iranian crown jewels. Other multi-carat emeralds and diamonds adorned a collar at her throat-and Jeweler Harry Winston, who had recently restyled her jewels especially for the party, described them as priceless. Jackie Kennedy, never one to be overshadowed, wore a chic Chez Ninon ball gown with a sleek white...
...hosts looked out on a rain-washed courtyard where Persian fountains played. And once more, the ladies were the radiant center of attraction - Jackie, in a strapless pink satin Dior gown, looked more like a Persian princess than the Empress Farah, in an orange chiffon sheath and her fabulous tiara and jeweled accessories...