.acacia II

.I am developing a major obsession with Jenny Packham's Acacia II crystal headband. Unsurprisingly for a Jenny Packham piece (although it is designed by Polly Edwards) it has the perfect modern vintage art deco style. Brides who have worn it also say that it is very light and comfortable. It is set on an elastic headband which comes in 5 different colours so it can be made to camouflage with one's hair perfectly.

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.This is the same headband which is worn in the Samantha Capitano wedding I featured a while ago. Unfortunately Acacia II costs £350.00 so I am still in two minds about whether or not to go for it. It is way over my initial £100.00 'veil' budget. I did make an amazing saving on my gorgeous Temperley London wedding dress though (which by the way looks even better in person - but more about that later!).

Louis Mariette has this far cheaper alternative at £55.00 which is also pretty, but perhaps it just isn't the same?

.A few weeks ago Cheryl Cole wore the Acacia II on X Factor (you can see it in glistening action here) and since then everyone I know has been talking about it, even friends who are not getting married have wanted to know who it is by. This is good and bad. On the one hand it confirms that I do indeed have excellent taste (even if I do say so myself!) as other people love it too. On the other hand, will it mean that by the time my summer 2011 wedding comes around it will have been done to death?