Week in Review: Crown Princess Mette-Marit, 29 August - 4 September

Here's what Crown Princess Mette-Marit wore the week of 29 August - 4 September:

1.  Awards ceremony, 30 August.
2. a), b) and c) Visit to Aust-Adger, 31 August.  So many things...all the same.  Why?
3. Visit to Aust-Adger, 1 September.  If she hadn't thrown the red in, I wouldn't even know it was a different day.
4. a) and b) Visit to Aust-Adger, 2 September.  Thank goodness for national costume!  Finally some color.  She's wearing the shoes with the little balls on them again in 2b.

Best and Worst of the Week

Well, this black coat is the best cut of the week.  Otherwise, what a boring week!  Why would you pack slightly different versions of the exact same thing for a trip?  Not even a hot shoe to keep me interested.  Snooze.

Photos: side2/PPE/Nieboer

Month in Review: Queen Rania, June

Here's what Queen Rania wore in June:

1.  Inaguration of Family Protection Directorate center, 4 June.
2. Visiting Al Karak, 7 June.
3. Crown Princess Victoria's wedding, 19 June.
4. Visiting Aqaba for the Jordan River Foundation, 25 June.  Pretty typical Rania here, but she really should have belted this jacket (shirt?).  This just looks like a windbreaker thrown on at the last minute.
5. Zaha Cultural Center in Amman, 28 June.  Yes, belts are defnitely the way to go.
6. Meeting with US Entrepreneurial Delegation, 29 June.
7. Jordan Festival, 30 June. 
8. Military ceremony, 30 June.  A summery and fun take on the traditional thoub.

Best and Worst of the Month

Rania, like Letizia, enjoys a safari style jacket.  But there are right ways and wrong ways to wear it; the first appearance this month is pulled together with a colored belt to create a professional look.  The navy version, on the other hand, looks sloppy worn loose.

Royal Fashion Awards: Garter Day 2010

I like to make up my own little scenarios for what plays out behind the scenes whilst these get-ups are donned:

Feather-poufiness competitions! 

Sword fights! (Casualty on the right!)  Don't even try to pretend like you wouldn't go swooping about like Severus Snape if you owned one of these outfits.

But I digress.  There weren't that many royals present (out of uniform, at least), but lets give out some fashion awards anyways, shall we?


Best Dressed
HM The Queen

Because nothing says "monarch" like an outfit that requires 2 full-time train managers.


Best In Show, Non-Monarch Division
Lady Nicholas Windsor

Is this just about the most British thing you've ever seen, or what?  You've got your hat, your umbrella, a hubby decked out in morning dress.  Delicious.  And the tastiest part of the ensemble is most certainly the coat.  How great is this?  Perfect fit, nipping in at the waist like that is always a good move.  Love a navy and tan combo.  The only thing I would change are the shoes - those ankle straps are chopping off her legs.


"Yikes!" of the Day Award
Sophie, Countess of Wessex

This suit is recycled from last year's Ascot.  You'd think royal etiquette would dictate that one shouldn't attempt to compete with the madness of a Garter hat and robes, but you'd be wrong.


Biggest Snooze of the Day
The Duchess of Gloucester

Look above: she's half cut out of the picture in green by Sophie.  I don't even need to see the whole outfit; I can't find a picture of her where she isn't behind people, or half cut out.  Enough said.

Photos:  Steve Parsons/WPA Pool/Getty Images/Adrian Dennis/PPE/Nieboer/Photo Pool/Anwar Hussein Collection/Belga/WENN.com

National Day in Sweden

Sometimes, royal fashion is just out of your control.

Kind of cute, really, these national costumes.

Photo: Scanpix

Princess Lalla Salma Gets Ethereal

This is kind of magical, isn't it? At the Sacred Music Festival in Fez:

Royal ladies that have cultural or religious customs to accommodate in their clothing choices and yet still manage to look elegant, stylish and appropriate always jump right to the top of the best-dressed stakes in royal fashion. Lalla Salma, you win.