Let’s loop all the ladies of the Swedish Royal Family in for this fashion recap, and reminisce about some of their hit styles this year! We’re looking back at the hits of Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Princess Sofia and Princess Madeleine.
CROWN PRINCESS VICTORIA RAIDS HER MOTHER’S CLOSET FOR THE NOBEL PRIZE CEREMONY
You can’t ignore the sartorial splendour at the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm every year. Some of us are still raving about fashion hits from ceremonies long, long ago…
While they all shine, this year I’m crowning Crown Princess Victoria as the top royal at the Nobel Prize ceremony, although I guess I should be giving Queen Silvia her laurels: it’s a recycled gown by Jacques Zehnder from the 1994 ceremony. I love the wrap-style element and the simple jewellery so as not to overpower the look.
Top marks!
PRINCESS MADELEINE WEARS AQUAMARINES AND MAKES THE LIST
I’m a simple gal: if Princess Madeleine—who was born to wear the Aquamarine Kokoshnik tiara—wears it, she makes the best-dressed list! Worn at the Nobel Prize ceremony along with her Jenny Packham caped gown.
If I were Princess Madeleine, I’d wear this tiara all the time regardless of whether or not it was appropriate attire.
O CANADA!
I’m also a biased gal: if someone comes to Canada, they immediately land on my radar. When Queen Silvia joined her husband for a state visit to Canada in November, she landed in Canadian red, and at the state banquet that evening, wore a beautiful sapphire beaded floral gown with echoes of Queen Elizabeth II’s Sapphire Jubilee Snowflake brooch, a gift from the people of Canada to their queen.
PRINCESS SOFIA BRINGS THE SUNSHINE TO DAUGHTER’S CHRISTENING
When Princess Ines was christened in June—on her parents’ 10th wedding anniversary, no less!—her mother arrived in a gorgeous sunshine yellow day dress by Lars Wallin and hat for the happy occasion.
We didn’t see much of Princess Sofia this year, owing to maternity leave following Ines’s birth, but this one look made up for it!
PRETTY IN PINK FOR A DUCHY VISIT
Princess Adrienne, the youngest daughter of Princess Madeleine and Christopher O’Neill, paid her first visit to her duchy, Blekinge, in June. Her mother wore a perfectly princess pink linen blazer and trousers from Veronica Beard that I’m still thinking about all these months later!
