The first state banquet of 2018 brings us some tiaras in action for our Thursday treat (with a side dish of other evening fashion from this week, while we’re at it). The Swedish royal family welcomed the President and First Lady of Iceland for a state visit yesterday, and despite being one tiara down for the state banquet – Crown Princess Victoria was out sick – the remaining tiaras did their best to give us a good show.
Queen Silvia, gearing up for the Winter Olympics by
bringing back one of her signature eau de figure skater dresses, let her sash be her stylist for the night.
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She pulled her dress from the stripes down the side of Iceland’s Order of the Falcon, and pulled the
Leuchtenberg Sapphires from the sash’s main color. It's a very flag-waving look. You'd have a hard time finding a
bad situation for those sapphires, though.
The Dowager Countess Princess Sofia didn’t play with any of that, in a black Ida Sjöstedt gown and
her wedding tiara with pearl toppers. It’s…a lot of fuss, with the bow and the stuff all over and the clutch and the sash and all the rest on top. A lot of fuss.
Sofia found a little better balance between fussy elements earlier in the week at a sports gala.
Something about the sportiness of the top isn’t quite matching for me, but a plain top is the way to handle the triple tiered skirt of this lavender By Malina gown. And that plain top makes an excellent canvas for some jewelry interest:
Fun! And purple, so
double fun. (She's also a good advance advertisement for Swedish design here. The dress is from an upcoming By Malina collection,
the brand shared on Instagram; likewise, the earrings are by Caroline Svedblom and they
shared on Instagram that they'll be available in February. The perks of being a princess, man.)
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