One of our favourite wedding looks is layering a wedding veil with a headpiece. It’s a modern take on the traditional bridal comb or hair pins nestled into the side of a bun. It’s sophisticated and chic, and creates a mood of regality without wearing a tiara or crown.
A bridal headpiece is a great option for brides wanting to add a statement piece to their hair. They are decadent in detail, serve a function of framing your hairstyle and/or wedding veil, and creates a beautiful focal point from behind as you walk down the aisle.
If you love this piece, or would love to chat about creating a custom piece inspired by this blush and gold wedding headpiece, please feel free to get in touch. Let’s create something beautiful.
Shop this look: MARION hair comb + ROSELLA veil
When this look is styled correctly, it is simply breathtaking. Unfortunately, not all combs and veils can be styled together. The size of your headpiece and veil are important, as are the attachments on each piece. We have designed many styles in our headpiece collection to achieve this look which, over the years, has become the signature look of our brand.
If there’s a piece from a collection you love but you aren’t sure if it will work with a veil, get in touch. We’d love to offer advice and recommendations.
To achieve the layered look, it’s important to think proportions, spacing and your hairstyle. The goal is to create a look where the headpiece and veil appear as one and pair seamlessly together.
Here are our tips to create a picture perfect headpiece and veil layered look.
When choosing your bridal comb, consider its proportion relative to your veil comb. You’ll be positioning them next to each other so size is important. The body of your bridal headpiece should be wider (longer) than the width of your veil comb. So if your veil’s comb is 3 inches long, your headpiece needs to be at least 4-5 inches long.
Shop this look: SOMERSET headpiece + WYNTER veil
Shop this look: JASMINE headpiece + ROSELLA veil
Shop this look: VERSE hair comb + AMORA veil
Shop this look: JULIET bridal comb +Â BLAIR drop veil
The more accessories you have in your hair, the greater the base that is needed to support them. We suggest the layered look is best suited for an updo, but a half-up half-down or even loose wavy hairstyles can be achieved using a few simple techniques to secure those metal hair combs.
If you are wearing your hair all down, your hairstylist will most likely create a hidden foundation under the hair to support the piece in your hair. These extra precautions (extra hair pins!) will securely hold the headpiece and veil in place.
The more accessories you have in your hair, the greater the base that is needed to support them. We suggest the layered look is best suited for an updo, but a half-up half-down or even loose wavy hairstyles can be achieved using a few simple techniques to secure those metal hair combs.
If you are wearing your hair all down, your hairstylist will most likely create a hidden foundation under the hair to support the piece in your hair. These extra precautions (extra hair pins!) will securely hold the headpiece and veil in place.
When styling your wedding comb and veil, make sure you take into account how they’re constructed. If you have two central combs (one on the veil and one in the middle of the headpiece), it will be possible to layer them one of top of the other but it may be more of a headache – literally – than it’s worth.
Look for headpieces designed around a split comb system or headpieces which don’t feature a comb at all. This way you can easily position the veil, position the headpiece and easily secure them into place. The two comb system is signature to our brand – we feel two combs allows extra flexibility with style around various hairstyles and head shapes. And of equal importance, it means you can style your headpiece with a veil. Just ensure the combs are wide enough to sit either side of the veil’s comb.
Shop this look: Bespoke JASMINE + WILD WILLOWS bridal comb, Bespoke OPHELIA hair comb and WYNTER veil
Shop this look: Bespoke wedding hair comb,  EVERLY headpiece
If you have found your wedding veil and are looking for a bridal headpiece to finish your look, we’d love to chat. Send us photos of your wedding dress, bridal veil and hairstyle and we can get back to you with ideas and recommendations to suit.
Our collections are all designed and handcrafted in-house so we are able to customise our designs to best suit the proportions of your veil and hairstyle.
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