Tiara Collection Draws Crowd to House of Kahn November 10, 1985 – Posted in: Press

By WENDY KEELER
Published: November 10, 1985
Palm Beach Daily News

About 180 tiara enthusiasts turned out at the House of Kahn Thursday for cocktails and a showing of the Kahn’s collection of 12 tiaras.

A sample tiara that can be found at The House of Kahn Estate Jewelers.

The party was heavily guarded. One guard stood outside the estate jeweler’s establishment on Peruvian Avenue.

Flanking the driveway were two statues, neither of which wore tiaras, but carried flags. The male statue wore hoop earrings. It proudly bore the American flag. A half dressed female statue bore haled a lamp in one hand, the union jack in the other.

The party was to honor the visit to Palm Beach by Princess Diana. Edward and Adele Kahn usually keep the $35,000 to $300,000 priced tiaras in a vault. But Mrs. Kahn thought the royals’ visit to town was a good excuse to pull out the head gear.

Everybody talked about Princess Diana’s novel use of one of the royal heirlooms-how she had worn a necklace given her by Queen Elizabeth as a headband during her trip to Australia last week.

Most people agreed it would be close to impossible to wear one of the tiaras around the forehead.

“A tiara is engineered so it really fits on the head.” Mrs. Kahn explained.

“We did this as a fun thing, as a remembrance of a bygone era.” Mrs. Kahn said.