Aside from being just plain gorgeous (which is what is really important, right? I mean; who wants to look like a dishrag), tiaras have come to signify many things and have a place in history as well as a history I have been able to find places that talk about the history of tiaras and the tiaras of history. Although for myself, I really do not give a rat's..(ooo; Bridget! Such language!) because I know it started with the Fairies anyway.
Besides, here is the REAL story of how tiaras came to be
After the reign of Andrielle, Liselle's great granddaughter, came Andrielle II, then Melindra. After Melindra came Tiara I. In her time, it was customary for the Fairy to wear on her head a coronet. Tiara re-introduced the Fairies to the other peoples as had been commanded by Liselle. Tiara took to herslf Darylette to be princess and next queen.
It was made by Andrielle II that each Fairy should serve from her eigth to her ninth birtday as a page in the palace. At the time the Fairies were few enough in number so that this was needed and practical. and Tiara had been one such page in the court of Melindra. Upon the week of their ninth birthday, all Fairy pages whose birthday fell in that week were to attend two ceremonies. The first was a special ceremony attended by the queen and her aides and pages at which the best page was given a replica of the queen's sceptre. Then a Farewell ceremony at the end of the week at whicn the families of the pages would be.
Tiara was a genuine person and queen, having neither false modesty nor the haughtiness that puts the "pain" in "royal pain". She was much loved and of her only good could be said and would be said. If she were not what she was, she would not have left such a big mark upon Fairyland. She was quick to laugh and her laughter was the pride of Fairyland, When brought to anger, she was quite given over to it and the person or thing that did earn her wrath got more than for what she bargained. Though devoid of deceit. she had guile and gave truth to Andrielle's saying. "To lie to a liar, speak the truht and let her run herself though on it".
Just as Tiara had been a page under Melindra, Melisandra was one of her little pages. As with all Fairy pages Melisandrs's mother made for her a coronet to wear. The stones of this little crownlet were cut by Melisandra's mother, Lady Doriette to the shape of stars. Because of this and Melisnadrs's bright spirit. Tiara called her "Melisandra Stellita" or just "Stellita"("Little Star"). It was plain for all to see that Milisandra would win the Sceptre and only two persons disliked her, Darylette (Whom Tiara was sorry she adopted) and a nasty little page named Pearlestra.\
When the day of the sceptre ceremony came, Darylette,said to Pearlestra with whom she was friends "How would you like to fix that Litte Star's wagon for good and all?". Pearlestra said "If anything happens to her, I shall be blamed". Darylette said "No, since I was careful not to show how I despise her, you can be elsewhere while I do something that will embarrass her to pieces in front of just everyone". So the two kissed on it and while Pearlestra was in the waiting room one day with the other pages, Darylette went and tampered with Melisandra's coronet while no one was looking and, since she had kept her dislike to herself, no one would suspect Darylette. Melisandra's coronet was like all the others in that there were 4 parts that stuck up, each of these parts was a filligree of stones and rose gracfully to a point. It was plain to see that Lady Doriette went through great effort.
At the ceremony, as was the custom, Melisandra, when her name was called went and knelt before Queen Tiara, took the sceptre with her right hand and with her left took the hem of Tiara's gown and bent to kiss it and her coronet fell. In her sadness, shame and terror, she began to cry.
"Dearest one" said Tiara, "what is wrong"
"My mother. Lady Diorette took grat pains to make this. when she sees what has happened, I shall be put in rubber for just ever!".
Tiara said "Oh no, we shan't have that at all." then she called to here keeper of crownlets as they picked up the coronet. Three of the sides were broken and the lady said, "My Queen, these are broken beyond rapair, I fear".
"Oh now, whatever shall I do?" said Tiara. Then she took the crownlet and looked at it and turned to hter attendant and said "hmmm" and broke off the three broken parts so now only one section rose gracfully to thd point and looked again at it and said. "I like this. It is not too much yet not too little." and as she gave it to the crown attendant said "Remove the debris of the brakage to the band. Also do the same with my princess coronet and with Darylette's". Arrogant Darylette said "No!" but when Tiara looked at her sternly and she knew she would be punished, and having been the first person to have b een given a rubber wetsy, she knew what that was like and wanted as few of those as she could get away without, she said "...no, not bad at all". "Besides" said Tiara "It will make you look cuter and more lovable. At the farewell ceremony you and I and Stellita shall wear our 'new' headpiece, what do you think of that?" Darylette just stood quietly afraid to speak for fear that she had been found out.
At the Farewell Ceremony, Lady Doriette cast here eyes upon her daugeter and the first thing she noticed was the now half-crown and said angrily "Melisandra?! Just WHAT have you done to the lovely star coronet I took such great pains to make?". Tiara, in her own half-crown stood and said, somewht annoyed. "She has done nothing. I have made her coronet into a princesses headpiece like mine and like I did with Darylette's. She has been a princess of a page so she deserves it. besides, I was holding and admiring it and dropped it so I made the others like that of Page Princess Melisandra Stellita".
Both aghast and feeling somewhat like she was being made sport of, Lady Doriette said mock-sweetly "oh and what do you call this new headpiece?"
All fell silent even Tiara didn't know what to say for she did not think it would come to this. Then Melisandra jumped up and threw her arms about the person who had just saved her from a week in rubber and said. "Let us call it after the bestest queen ever!".
Lady Doriette said "A..a...Tiara.??"
Seeing where this was going, and being genuinely modest, the queen said "Oh, no. I couldn't... I mean...".
"Tiara, tiara." squealed a delighted Melisandra, "A lovely, wonderful tiara!"
So that is what it is called. and the Queen became known as Tiara the Bestest. <