Those finalizing the details of their wedding hair would do well to stop and consider the flower. Blooms casually tucked behind an ear or woven into a decorative crown make for a naturally romantic accessory. As easily customized to a crisp black tie affair as they are to an undone island destination, hair-bound florets are a favorite timeless stand-in for jewelry that has been used by some of the most beautiful women to grace the aisle.
For her 1954 wedding to actor Mel Ferrer, Audrey Hepburn topped a playful pixie cut with a circlet of white rosebuds, the crown lending a whimsical aura to her tea-length Balmain dress. Though Jane Birkin never made it official with Serge Gainsbourg, she too experienced the fairylike effect of the flower crown—her wedding wreath in the 1968 film Wonderwall was authentically wild and romantic, the ideal adornment for an era ingenue.
Actress Anna Karina wed director Jean-Luc Godard with a fully blossomed rose perched atop an equally voluminous updo, effortlessly channeling the communicative power of the lover’s flower, while Margaux Hemingway’s formal, veiled hat was quickly replaced by two pale pink post-ceremony rosebuds, pinned on each side of a raked chignon. More recently, Gisele accessorized a sequined bustier gown with her signature bombshell waves and a single gardenia—appropriately translating to “you are lovely” in flower language. And Solange Knowles’s addition of baby’s breath to her wedding day afro was a spontaneous afterthought—her sister, Beyoncé hand-placed the delicate white buds there during dinner. Here, six reasons why your “something borrowed” should be plucked straight from your bouquet.
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