The ladies of the Swedish royal family joined forces yesterday (minus Princess Madeleine, who had two sick kids) to open the Royal Palace's new exhibition,
Royal Wedding Dresses 1976-2015. It includes the wedding gowns of Queen Silvia,
the late Princess Lilian, Crown Princess Victoria, Princess Madeleine, and Princess Sofia.
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| Photo: Kungahuset.se |
Queen Silvia's speech opening the exhibit was really sweet. She remembered her husband's aunt, Queen Ingrid of Denmark, calling her after her engagement and inviting her to Copenhagen, where she gave her the traditional sprig of myrtle used by all family brides. And to her daughter and daughter-in-law, she said, "I had the great fortune to have three children who have been wise enough to follow their hearts. Just as I did myself." See? Sweet. (You can
read the speech - text in Swedish - here.)
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| Photo: Kungahuset.se |
A group of royal wedding gowns is always going to be worth your time, but this one includes even more treats: veils, accessories, pre-wedding event dresses, the dresses that Sofia and Madeleine changed into for the party portion of their receptions, young bridal attendant outfits, and more. Excuse me while I investigate flights to Stockholm...
Update: Readers who visited the exhibition were kind enough to share their pictures, and we have been exploring the gowns in depth, one installment at a time. See the links below for the installments to date:
The exhibition also yielded some fabulous HQ shots of these
dresses, and they reveal details unseen when the gowns were in action.
(Click the photos below to enlarge.)
Queen Silvia, 1976. Gown by Marc Bohan for Christian Dior.
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| Photo: Sanna Argus Tirén, The Royal Court, Sweden |
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| Photo: Sanna Argus Tirén, The Royal Court, Sweden |
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| Photo: Sanna Argus Tirén, The Royal Court, Sweden |
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| Photo: Sanna Argus Tirén, The Royal Court, Sweden |
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| Photo: Sanna Argus Tirén, The Royal Court, Sweden |
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| Photo: Lisa Raihle Rehbäck, The Royal Court, Sweden |
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| Photo: Sanna Argus Tirén, The Royal Court, Sweden |
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| Photo: Lisa Raihle Rehbäck, The Royal Court, Sweden |
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| Photo: Lisa Raihle Rehbäck, The Royal Court, Sweden |
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| Photo: Lisa Raihle Rehbäck, The Royal Court, Sweden |
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