Despite their prevalence as today’s go-to festival accessory (thank God they seem to have displaced those problematic Native American headdresses…), flower crowns have a long and storied history. In ancient times, Greeks wore them to honour the pantheon of gods, and of course the laurel wreath became synonymous with the rulers of the Ancient Roman Empire. Moving into Medieval times, flower crowns fell distinctly out of fashion (a period big on executing pagans and therefore not so big on the adornments associated with paganism…). If her orange blossom wreath is anything to go by, then Queen Victoria would have made a fine modern day Instagram-er, causing a brief fashion frenzy when she married Prince Albert with one atop her head. Finally of course, we arrive at 1960s America, where hippies celebrated peace and love by wearing (of course) flowers in their hair.
Of course, none of you probably care that much about any of that, we all know what we’re here for. Behold, some of the finest flower crowns (and, presumably pouting lips/denim cut-offs/questionably authentic band tees) to grace this year’s Coachella festival. All hail the omnipotent flower crown! Rejoice!
...starting with the amazing Alessandra Ambrosio
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![1 Floom Magazine Coachella Flower Crowns 4](https://floom.imgix.net/products/1_floom_magazine_coachella_flower_crowns_4.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=80&w=1440&s=70858aca6e421e16cdbe9152d0070474 1440w, https://floom.imgix.net/products/1_floom_magazine_coachella_flower_crowns_4.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=80&w=1000&s=b099a6c6af94083e6b349014624d67a6 1000w, https://floom.imgix.net/products/1_floom_magazine_coachella_flower_crowns_4.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=80&w=600&s=2fe98f89d10fd70f1409106ebdea38a7 600w, https://floom.imgix.net/products/1_floom_magazine_coachella_flower_crowns_4.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=80&w=400&s=c5f08903dd33230683790626aadb61df 400w)
![1 Floom Magazine Coachella Flower Crowns Vanessa Hudgens 1](https://floom.imgix.net/products/1_floom_magazine_coachella_flower_crowns_vanessa_hudgens_1.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=65&w=1440&s=8bdc54aaaa2ff12a1890262e219a9b90 1440w, https://floom.imgix.net/products/1_floom_magazine_coachella_flower_crowns_vanessa_hudgens_1.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=65&w=1000&s=3ae053bd60b6881ef0e750dcf2b191c9 1000w, https://floom.imgix.net/products/1_floom_magazine_coachella_flower_crowns_vanessa_hudgens_1.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=65&w=600&s=8ac17a33ad941a5c66be8752d7632c0b 600w, https://floom.imgix.net/products/1_floom_magazine_coachella_flower_crowns_vanessa_hudgens_1.jpg?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=65&w=400&s=d822b26f362c5437f1d3cd0acb0636b3 400w)
![1 Floom Magazine Coachella Flower Crowns 1](https://floom.imgix.net/products/1_floom_magazine_coachella_flower_crowns_1.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=80&w=1440&s=446e506dfca6e1473978f62c676add1c 1440w, https://floom.imgix.net/products/1_floom_magazine_coachella_flower_crowns_1.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=80&w=1000&s=11900648c30c054a2b5574d62318ee1c 1000w, https://floom.imgix.net/products/1_floom_magazine_coachella_flower_crowns_1.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=80&w=600&s=0ff6375605f24e84dc5d503ec8fe56e5 600w, https://floom.imgix.net/products/1_floom_magazine_coachella_flower_crowns_1.png?auto=format&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=80&w=400&s=1beb0514e559b8c0d1714379bec57e46 400w)
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