Infanta Elena and Family News and Picture Thread, Part III. April - September 2005

[Elsa M.]

Originally Posted by planetcher

Are there any pictures of her with her hair down? I bet she would look lovely and much younger.

I'm not sure about that...
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...hmentid=185086

But, as I said before, there's nothing that a good hairdresser and (lots of) money can't do. She definitely needs help of a good professional...

[Roxsteve]

I think she needs a makeover--eyebrows, haircut, make up. She would then look much better. She has nice features, beautiful eyes and healthy hair.

[fanletizia]

The Dukes of Lugo celebrate the birthday of their daughter Federica Victory


The cameras could catch leaving from their house the Dukes of Lugo, who wore amused caps. First it appeared Don Jaime in company later of his bodyguard and the Infant, who went with the children and a blond woman. With her habitual naturalness, the family mounted in the car and she left.

http://actualidad.terra.es/articulo/...ica_484991.htm

[Princess BellyFlop]

Originally Posted by Roxsteve

I think she needs a makeover--eyebrows, haircut, make up. She would then look much better. She has nice features, beautiful eyes and healthy hair.

She definitively could consider a makeover, even some plastic surgery. I'm usually not in favor of plastic surgery but in this case it could only help. I do not agree with you about her having nice features, with the exception of her eyes. Only an opinion. Not an attack on her, just an opinion on the many pictures I've seen of her.

[rchainho]

http://es.celebrities.yahoo.com/050915/190/4a0cj.html



Jaime de Marichalar goes to the fashion parade of Carolina Herrera in New York





The Duke of Lugo, great fan in fashion and follower of the last tendencies, was seated next to Nati Abascal, another enthusiastic one of the textile design. To the parade of Carolina Herrera también went the daughters of the designer, Adriana and Patricia, ademés of their husband Reinaldo Herrera, Dimitri of Yugoslavia and Ivanna Trump.

The fashion that the designer Carolina Herrera proposes inspires by Vienna of principles of century XX. An elegant and safe woman of itself is what looks for to transmit the Venezuelan Carolina Herrera to través of its designs.

Carolina began its relation with the world of the fashion to the 40 years. It was in 1981 when its desire became a reality. With some awards in its salary, next the King Don Juan Carlos I will give the Gold medal to him to the Beautiful Arts, in a ceremony that I will count on the presence of the designers Amaya Arzuaga and Navarrese Sara.

[isabella_]

Originally Posted by rchainho

Jaime de Marichalar goes to the fashion parade of Carolina Herrera in New York

Here you have a photo taken in that event. (From Getty)
By the way, I really love Nati Abascal's style there. She looks so much better when she wears simple clothes. Extremely extravagant clothes don't suit her.

[Roxsteve]

Originally Posted by Princess BellyFlop

She definitively could consider a makeover, even some plastic surgery. I'm usually not in favor of plastic surgery but in this case it could only help. I do not agree with you about her having nice features, with the exception of her eyes. Only an opinion. Not an attack on her, just an opinion on the many pictures I've seen of her.

I think that we all have nice features that just need to be discovered with the help of nice accessories, clothing, make up, hair, etc. She needs to work on her eyebrows, her hair and makeup. Her husband is also in need of a complete makeover. His outfits never seem to match--but again that seems to be "in" in the fashion world.

[lula]

The Infanta Elena and Jaime de Marichalar come to Delphine Arnault's wedding

From abacapress:

[james]

I read that he was gay.

[Anna_R]

Originally Posted by james

I read that he was gay.

I beg your pardon? Who exactly are you talking about?

[planetcher]

Jaime? Nah, I don't believe it one bit, but I do believe that there's a strain in their marriage. Infanta Elena doesn't look as happy as before. I think they're just following the example of her parents of looking okay together in public, but behind the curtains who-knows-what-goes-on.

[rchainho]

where and when was it? she changed her colour hair.

[lula]

Originally Posted by rchainho

where and when was it? she changed her colour hair.

The wedding was yesterday in the south of France.

More photos from newscom:

[Elsa M.]

She seems to like that tress-braid a lot... now she even takes it to weddings!

I wish she took some advises with a good hairdresser and made something different with it... I bet she would look great...

[rchainho]

thanks for the photos. Sometimes elena makes some strange faces :(

[Alexandria]

Originally Posted by rchainho

thanks for the photos. Sometimes elena makes some strange faces :(

What kind of strange faces?

Keep in mind too, that she might be reacting to something (a joke maybe) that someone is saying and in that fraction of a second a photographer has taken her picture. Think of how many pictures have been taken of you at an inopportune time. I know that there are some pictures of me that were taken at a bad moment when I had my face scrunched up or something but the picture immediately after it was fine.

Or Elena just might be a very expressive person.

I have to say that while I don't always like Jamie's sense of style (a bit too flamboyant and out there for me), he does look very good at this wedding. The green tie witht he dark suit and the striped shirt -- all very nicely put together. His hair is a bit too greasy looking for my taste, but it does look good. He's very well put together here.

Who got married by the way and what is their connection to the Duke and Duchess of Lugo?

[lula]

The Infanta Elena is not very pretty of face, is too many Borbón, because of it sometimes she does a few a bit strange gestures. Nevertheless, she has a body nicer than for example the infanta Cristina who is much more much prettier of face.

Not all the persons are handsome. Nevertheless they can have other things. In case of the Infanta Elena, pareec to be that she is a nice and affectionate woman, with a character similar to her father.


The wedding at which they were present belong to Delphine Arnault, daughter of Bertrand Arnault, the owner of the group LVMH and one of the big fortunes of France. Jaime de Marichalar works for him how one of his counselors, because of it comes in occasions to fashionable parades in Paris with Bernard or his daughter Delphine. In addition, Bernard Arnault also was together with his wife in the wedding of the Princes of Asturias as what he must have good relation with the Spanish Royal Family.

[rchainho]

Originally Posted by lula

The Infanta Elena is not very pretty of face, is too many Borbón, because of it sometimes she does a few a bit strange gestures.

Well said.

[Elsa M.]

Originally Posted by Alexandria

Who got married by the way and what is their connection to the Duke and Duchess of Lugo?

Delphine Arnault belongs to the administration of LVMH, to whom Jaime works as well as a consultant.

[Alexandria]

Thank you Elsa and lula for your replies! I hope we'll get to see picturse of Delphine, too.

I must say that I find it "odd" to see Elena in a hat as we don't usually see her (or any of the Spanish royals for that matter) in a hat.

I wonder if the reason Elena does not change her hairstyle is because of the frizz factor? And a braid keeps everything "under control?" I would think though that as a hat flattens ones hair (it certainly does that to my hair), it would be a prime opportunity for Elena to do something different with her hair and not have to worry about frizz control.