Royals Love: Lace

Another section in our "Royals Love Series". This time with lace:

Designers (left to right): McQueen, Erdem, Erdem, Jenny Packham, McQueen, Jenny Packham, Temperly

The Duchess of Cambridge is a very big fan of lace it showed back when she married in 2011 and last year, during the Diamond Jubilee and her tour of Asia. Catherine turns to different designers when it comes to lace. Above, there are the names fo the designers that Catherine wore in the past two years.

Other royals also have a love of lace, Crown Princess Mary has worn more than two lace dresses. Last year she wore two dazzling numbers! The Hereditary Grand Duchess wore a lace dress (I think) for her wedding. Princess Letizia wore a lace dress last year and a evening gown with a lace top a while back.

Royals Love: Belts

I've noticed looking through royal maternity wear, that many royal women love belts. So, here are some Crown Princesses wearing belts (note, there's not a lot of pictures):

 Everyone knows that Catherine loves her belts! Last year, she wore 27 belts on 88 engagements (there could be more though). There's only 88 that I know of. Her belts are fashionable though, she must have a least 100 different belts... I want to see them all.

 Letizia doesn't usually wear belts as often as most princesses or royals. She wears them ocassionally, and when she does wear them. Man! They look good on her!

Mary is a royal who usually wears belts but sometimes doesn't. Her belts are nice, I like them, I swear I have that belt in the middle... Awesome! I don't really have a lot to say...

Maxima is known to wear tiny belts, normally around the size of an inch or two, or something like that.

Victoria hardly wears belts, that's why when I came across Victoria, I had to look on Google. Her belts are nice looking though. Then again, how can a belt not be ugly?

Pictures: Google. Key Words: "Crown Princess Victoria Belts"

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40th Birthday Photos of the Royal Women

Crown Princess Mary of Denmark - February 5, 2012

Mary celebrated her 40th birthday last year on February 5. She got pictures of herself, and just herself. Well, her dog did make an appearance. I must say that the pink blouse looks great on her, and her office looks awesome... love the chairs.

Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant - January 20, 2013

 Mathilde celebrated her birthday not that long ago. She chose to pose with her husband, Philippe, by herself and with her children, Elisabeth, Gabriel, Emmanuel, and Elénore. I love the earrings, and the clothing isn't all that bad.

Letizia, Princess of Asturias - September 15, 2012

 Letizia celebrated her birthday last year in September - the 15th to be exact. She took pictures with her husband, Felipe. As well with her two daughters, Leonor, and Sofia.

Princess Maxima of the Netherlands - May 17, 2011

 Princess Maxima celebrated her 40th birthday in May of 2011. Maxima was praised for her tiara shot (above, left) and her dress. These pictures capture the pure essence of Maxima's beauty.

Royal Fashion: Twins!

Princess Maxima of the Netherlands started her two day tour with her husband, Willem-Alexander and she wore a dress that looked a lot like a dress that Princess Claire of Belgium has worn. So, it's Royal Twinsies time!

(Princess Maxima in Brunai; Princess Claire at the Pre-Wedding Dinner of Princess Stephanie & Prince Guillaume)

See, wasn't I right? These dresses look so much alike! They are totally the same dress! They both look stunning in them though.
 

(Crown Princess Mary at the Christening of her niece, Princess Athena; Pippa Middleton at Wimbledon)

Crown Princess Mary wore this Project D dress to the christening of her niece, Athena in May of 2012. Pippa Middleton (younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge) wore this dress to Wombledon with her sister.
 

(Princess Alexandra at the Ruby Jubilee of her aunt, Queen Margrethe; Duchess of Cambridge at a Gala to support Team Great Britain)

At first, I thought that the dress looked nice on Alexandra. Then, I saw it on Catherine, and I didn't even remember that Alexandra wore the same dress but in red. The Jenny Packham dress looks good on both royal women.

 (Princess Madeleine in her enagement photos; Princess Letizia in her 40th birthday pictures)

I was looking through portraits of the ladies, to see if there are any dresses that are alike. I looked and stared at Madeleine's green dress, a dress that I love. I looked at Letizia's dress and a bing went off. Maybe, it's not the same Alberta Ferrari dress, but it's similar.

 

Pictures: MyRoyals
              Google (Key Terms: "Princess Claire green dress", "Princess Mary Project D Dress", "Pippa Middleton Project D Dress", "Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg", "Duchess of Cambridge May 2012", "Princess Madeleine Engagement Green Dress", "Princess Letizia 40th birthday"

New Year's Court in Denmark - Day 1

Every year, on January 1st, the Danish Royal Family (the Queen, Prince Consort, Crown Prince, Crown Princess, Prince Joachim, and Princess Marie), as well as the Japenese Imperial Family celebrate the New Year. I'm sure they is just a ceremony to ring in the New Year. All I really know, is that there is tiaras.

Denmark

I don't really want to be mean to the Danish ladies. Well, Mary's outfit is really nice, a orange dress repeated from 2010. She wore Queen Ingrid's Ruby Parure Tiara, which she's worn every year for a while. Margrethe wore a blue velvet dress that she wore to her Ruby Jubilee. She also is wearing her gold tiara that she recieved from the people of Greenland for her Ruby Jubilee. Lastly, Marie wore a new shiny pink dress with weird ruffles in the back. She wore her usual Diamond Floral Tiara. I was betting on her new tiara, that she hasn't debuted yet.
Picture Source: MyRoyals - Hollywood


Best of 2012 - Others: Photoshoots - Individual

Best Photoshoot

Princess Madeleine of Sweden

Madeleine looks a bit awkward, but still looks fabulous! The clothing is amazing! The earrings are a favourite of mine. The hair fits Madeleine, even though I don't like her hair colour...

Best Shot

Princess Maxima of the Netherlands and Princess Estelle of Sweden

It was a tie, I orgionally just had Maxima, but then I remembered cute little Estelle's photo. Look at her! In the leaves, with her hood on and the little puff ball on the end. Aw! Then, Maxima looks fantastic! The photo is celebrating 10 years as a Princess of the Netherlands. Purple suits her, (as I've said) and I'm liking the bling.

Best Clothing

Princess Josephine and Prince Vincent of Denmark

 Can these two get any more cute? It's the twin siblings of Denmark on their first birthday in January (the 8th to be exact). Josephone's pink dress looks cute, with her pink bow in her hair. And, Vincent, aren't you looking handsome? A blue plaid shirt, looking snazy!

Worst Shot

Princess Madeleine of Sweden



Yes, a girl who has the best photoshoot can also have the worst shot. The reason? She's far away, you can hardly see her. The outfit looks terrible, and her hair when it was blond and not brown.

Worst Clothing

Crown Princess Mary of Denmark

I like Mary, and I normally like her clothes. These though, the blue shirt I don't mind, the pants look terrible. The shirt with the pants look very bad together. Not to mention the beige shawl, and the same pants (on the left picture) together - No, just no.

2012 Outfit Reviews: Crown Princess Mary of Denmark

Best of the Year

The Black Lace dress for the win! Seriously, she looks fantastic! Everything looks amazing, and the dress completes everything! Also, awesome hair!

Runner-ups

Pants, dresses, and skirts... such a great year! She is great at picking dresses and shoes. I love those red shoes! She has great hair, earrings, jewelry, and other accessories.

Worst of the Year

 Yes, a two way tie, but look at these. Would you wear these? I sure wouldn't!

Best of 2012 - Accessories: Crown Princess Mary of Denmark

Mary appeared in my favourite Royals list, now she's on this list too.

Jewelry

Earrings

All of the earrings that Mary has worn has been seen before. Most of them made an appearance before and a little after he marriage.

Bracelets

I saw Mary first wear this bracelet on her Australian tour last year. It became my favourite bracelet she wore. What can I say? I'm a sucker for pearls.

Necklaces



Mary first debuted this necklace way back in 2003 just as a black and white pearl necklace. This year, during Flag Day, she turned the necklace into a choker, and I love it!

Rings

 Both of Mary's rings look amazing, coming from a girl who wears rings every single day!

Tiaras

 Mary rarely only wears 2 tiaras, the only thing that makes a difference for her wedding tiara is adding pearls. I still like the tiaras she wears, though.

Hair

My favourite hairstyles that Mary had were in January. Any who, I love how Mary mixes everything up, and she tries different hairstyles.

Hats

 Mary only has 2 hats that I liked from her. The first one, I've liked since 2010, when she first wore it. I also like Mary's second hat that she wore to Guillaume and Stephanie's wedding in October.