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.

3 Luxembourg Birthday and a Royal Anniversary

I just realized that 3 Luxembourg Royal Women have their birthdays in a row. Also, that Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa had their Wedding Anniversary!

February 14 was the 32nd Wedding Anniversary of Grand Duchess Maria Teresa and Grand Duke Henri.

February 16 was Princess Alexandra's 21st birthday. Alexandra is the only daughter and second youngest child of Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg.

February 17 was Princess Marie Astrid of Austria's 59th birthday. Don't be confused by the Austria part. She's the sister of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg.

February 18, or today, is Hereditary Grand Duchess Stephanie's 29th birthday. Stephanie married Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume last year in October.

Photos: The Royal Calendar, Google (Key words: "Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa", "Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg 2012", "Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg"
Information: The Royal Calendar, Wikipedia

Royals Love: Elie Saab

Elie Saab is an incredible fashion brand, created by a Lebanese designer. It's praised by many people around the world (including me) for the embroidery, designs, and cut of the dresses. Elie is an impedible designer, and his work is loved by many royals:

On October 20th of 2012, Elie created the wedding dress of Stephanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (formerly, Countess Stephanie de Lannoy). The wedding guests wore a lot of amounts of Elie Saab (probably due to the fact that the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg is a big fan).

Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden is a very big Elie Saab fan, she wore a dress by Elie (above) to her pre-wedding concert on June 18, 2010. Victoria wore Elie Saab to other important events, the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Monaco, the Nobel Prize Awards last year and in 2010, her daugther's christening in May of last year.

Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg is a big fan, like Victoria. She's worn Saab at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the wedding of her son, Guillaume (above, Civic service), a visit to Germany, and to the Nobel Prize awards in 2011 (same dress, different occasion).

After the royal wedding in Luxembourg, the Royal Order of Sartorial Splendor showed different royals who wore Elie Saab and it looks awesome!
Pictures: Google (Key Words: "Crown Princess Victoria Elie Saab", "Grand Duchess Maria Teresa Elie Saab",  "Princess Stephanie Wedding Dress")

Best of 2012 - Accessories: Luxembourg Ladies

Jewelry

Earrings

 Sorry for the large and blurry images, that's how small they go. The majority (5 out of 6) of earrings are worn by Stephanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. The only one worn by Grand Duchess Maria Teresa is the top row on the very right. It's the same earring that Stephanie wore next to it.

 Rings

Stephanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (then, Coutness Stephanie de Lannoy)'s engagement ring.

Tiaras 

 

 I put all the tiaras that all the ladies wore because, they all look great. I'm really happy that Stephanie wore the tiara at the top row on the right because that's the tiara I wanted Stephanie to wear at her wedding. And, Princess Tessy because that's another tiara I love.

 Hats

Grand Duchess Maria Teresa's hats looked great, and I'm loving the bling on the right hat. Plus, the earrings she's wearing are the earrings noted above.

 Hair

 

 Amazing hair. Need I say more?

Best of 2012 - Favourite Royals: Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg

Stéphanie has been married to Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg in October of 2012 (we'll talk about more of that later). Her and Guillaume announced their engagement in April earlier this year. Since she showed off that engagement ring, I didn't like her a whole lot. Later, she became one of my favourite soon-to-be-royals. Her Wedding Dress, really helped that too.

Prince Guillaume and Countess Stephanie’s Wedding: Religious Guests

So, somehow I forgot to post the guests at the Royal Wedding yesterday. How could I forget? Also, the reception will be updated, there are more guests I found.

I must say, Princess Caroline looks fabulous! I usually don’t use that word, but it’s so true! Princess Tessy wore a nice hat, the colour of the dress was fine, however. It doesn’t fit her properly, I looks terrible on her. Queen Anne-Marie wore a repeat hat from the 2011 Royal Wedding in London. I like the outfit, she looks good. I am totally LOVING Lalla Salma here, I love her hair, the colour of blue is gorgeous! Also, I am LOVING the sapphires.

Princess Marie-Chantal looked Iffy, I don’t hate it but, I don’t like it. The colour doesn’t look great, I do like the length, the hat and I am in LOVE with the earrings. Princess Letizia, on the other hand, looks amazing! The detail on the coat is beautiful, the hat, isn’t my style but she totally pulls it off!

Mary looked a lot better than last night’s gala, I can’t say the same about the headwear. I preferred the tiara, I don’t like the colour of the hat, but the shape isn’t bad. Then, there’s Queen Margrethe, wearing a lovely shade of purple that she wore earlier this year. I do really love the hat, and everything about this outfit.

Princess Mathilde looks good, I like the hat, the brooch, and the colour of the coat. The only thing I don’t like is the way the coat looks on her, it doesn’t look great. Astrid, looks actually amazing! The type of coat isn’t bad, I don’t prefer the hat, but either than that, it’s amazing! I must say, lately, Princess Claire at Royal Weddings, she dresses like that very often. I like it last time, this time, I dislike it very much. The brooch is far too big, the colour is terrible and the hat isn’t helping. Paola, doesn’t look bad, I don’t like the hat, but I like the dress – very fitting.

Call me crazy, although, I already know. I like Maxima’s outfit. I don’t know why, I just am in love with it, the only thing that I dislike is the colour of the top. Either than that, I love the look – I’m crazy. Beatrix, went with Margrethe and wore purple for the event. I must say she does look good in purple. The only thing I dislike is the hat, I never liked that type of hat.

The Swedish ladies! Are the queens following a purple dress code? Well, Silvia is totally making that streak great. She looks fantastic here! I like Victoria, I like her hat, I don’t like the coat though. It doesn’t fit good, and the colour isn’t good as well.

Sophie, is sooo on the ball this wedding. Her hats are sophisticated, yet crazy at the same time. I totally love that. Also, I will give Sophie props for this: Her dress has horses on it! I am so in love with her right now.

The Norwegian Ladies, I like all of them, I don’t think there’s anything to hate. Sonja looks good, the coat and dress look great on her. Mette-Marit is rocking the black lace coat, although,it doesn’t fit her well. And Martha Louise is totally on the ball lately, her style is superb this year! There’s only one thing that bugs me with Mette-Marit, her hats are either, headbands or are in the back of her head. I wish she would wear hats like Maxima, above. Ok, maybe not that crazy, but you get where I’m going with this.