Crowning glory

Your wedding is a fab excuse to go all out on the fripperies and finery. So deck every part of you with sparkling trinkets

Whether you want a few subtly twinkling pins dotted through your tumbling curls, or a huge, statement sparkler perched atop your updo is entirely down to your own personal sense of style. But your first consideration should be comfort – if you’re going to wear something all day you need to make sure it doesn’t pinch, as a wedding day headache is a sure-fire showstopper.

The devil’s in the detail

Look to your dress for inspiration – a retro design will suit a vintage headpiece, and picking up accent colours in your accessories is a wonderful way to pull the whole look together. Match a dress embellished with crystal detail to a sparkling crystal comb, or a floral embroidered motif to delicate jewelled flower hairpins.

Hair heaven

How you decide to wear your hair is a big deciding factor when you’re choosing accessories. You don’t need to decide the details yourself here – talk everything through with your hairdresser, who will be more than happy to try anything out for you. Take hair accessories along to your wedding hair consultation so that you can test-run the whole look. After all, you can’t make a decision until you’ve seen it for yourself.

Pins and grips

Keep hair simple with a smattering of carefully placed, delicate pins or grips – the perfect adornment for pinned up curls.

Combs and slides

Perfect for brides who don’t want to overdress their hair, combs and slides look gorgeous paired with short styles, chic updos and veils.

Alice bands

A classic look for all hair lengths, a fine, filigreed Alice band, perhaps with a spray of wired crystals, will keep your hair in place all day.

Tiaras

Tiaras suit most bridal hairstyles, long or short, up or down. Blonde brides will look glorious in gold, while brunettes shine in silver.

Fresh flowers

Fresh floral headdresses are very traditional, but by the time it gets to the reception they may look tired, so you could try silk flowers instead.

Fascinators

If you're a high-fashion bride then a fabulous fascinator will be the perfect finishing touch and a real head-turner. These look particularly good with modern dresses.