Crown Princess Mette-Marit's Designers: August 2004 - April 2007

[Larzen]

I will start with her wedding dress, it was designed and made by Ove Harder Finseth, the Queens seemstress Anna Bratland also helped make it. It is made with inspiration from Queen Mauds dresses. The tiara is from 1910 and a gift from the King and Queen
Pictures from VG, Silkehuset and Corbis
The wedding dress

http://www.vg.no/bilder/bildarkiv/998832017.jpg

An interview with the designer in Norwegian
http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=612763

 

[Larzen]

Andrè Wallenborg made the dress for the prewedding dinner, he is really a purse designer, and said he was suprised to be asked to make her prewedding dress

She also used this dress without the flower for the gala dinner for the president of Estonia
Pictures from fotomarktplatz, cover, vogue, nrk and viennareport


Vera Wang made this brownish dress, she has used i 3 times, for official pictures, for gala dinner in Oslo and for the dutch CP wedding


Blue Valentino dress for prewedding dinner in Spain

 

[Larzen]

1 and 2 Prada shoes
3 and 4 Prada pull over
5 Prada bag
colourpress, vogue and aftenposten

 

[Larzen]

Dolce and Gabbana pant suit
VG

 

[Alisa]

I couldn't figure out who the designers are on these sunglasses.

sunglasses

 

[Larzen]

The not so reliable Se og Hør says they are Gucci, I dont know anything about sunglasses.

 

[Sancia]

Thanks for all this pics! Most of them are showing a very regal Mette-Marit!

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Thanks for the information.

I think especially the outfits made by the Norwegian designers are very beautiful.

 

[Larzen]

According to the latest issue of Vogue the dress Mette-Marit wore to the Danish wedding was by Valentino

According to VG her coat for Ingrids baptism was by Marc Jacobs, not her greatest success IMO the buttons was a little strangely plazedd and the coat made her look heavier than she was.

Actress Amanda Peet also has a very similar coat from Marc Jacobs
vocer, getty and polfoto

 

[Larzen]

Top from Märthas prewedding youth party from Stella McCarthy
(I think this is a good hairdo for her, it loose and styled but at the same time out of her face, I also like the colour for her, I wish she would use more strong colours like this)

Liv Tyler has a similar top from her friend Stella McCarthy
Vg and getty

 

[Larzen]

Burberry, (thanks to Alisa)

Bag used pre engagement

Scarf used during her first trip in Norway

Jacket which She first wore it for cristmas 2002 and then had it alterd so that she could use it when she was pregnant(colourpress.com)
VG, colourpress, eastnews and waypress

 

[Larzen]

Chanel
1 Jacket used in Russia whilst pregnant from Chanel, I would like to see it again now that she will be able to close it properly

2 According to Cathèrine Bergeyck this is also Chanel
colourpress and getty

 

[Alisa]

I like the way she wore the jacket unclosed to sort of show the black dress underneath (last picture).

The outfit would look really nice with pair of slingbacks opposed to a pair of boots.

 

[princess2]

this outfit http://cache.gettyimages.com/comp/2677145.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE3204CAE4B051EBA7BE3B44DD275A6985
reminds me at the outfit princess Letizia just wore resently when they were in (i hope I`m right) in Hungary "locking" their Love

My first posting ---love this forum

 

[Mandy]

Angel S. & Alisa

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[Alisa]

I am not 100% sure but I think this dress under the jacket is from Prada..


http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/slideshow/3961/26.jpg?1096320439233

 

[Larzen]

Another jacket by Prada , used during a reception onboard Norge during the visit to Finnmark and in Thailand

Mary has a similar jacket in grey without the collar, I dont particularily care for theese jackets, very unshaply and does not flatter their bodies IMO.
fotomarktplatz and vogue

 

[Larzen]

Beige, boring and Prada (again!)
I Mette-Marit and Rania has the Jacket and the first skirt. Mary has the 2. more straight skirt.
colourpress, vogue, berlingske

 

[lucys]

Just out of curiosity, I get the impression Mette-Marit, Mary and Maxima do not wear much by national designers--it's always Prada and Valentino and such. Is that true or a misconception on my part? You would think they would support the locals, like Mette-Marit's sister-in-law does, for example.

 

[Alisa]

On the contrary Mary wears alot of Danish designers, her 14 day trip to Greenland and almost and all of her formal gowns are made by Danish designers. She likes Prada and wears it well, and she occasionally mixes up a Prada piece with that of a Danish designer. She also wears on many occasions pieces of jewelry from Danish designer Marianne Dulong.

Princess Máxima seldomly wears anything drom Dutch designers, which is a pity because I am sure there are lots talented fashion designers that she can choose from. However most of her outfits are from Natan, a Belgian designer.

Crown Princess MM also wears Norwegian designers

 

[Larzen]

I think Mette-Marit wears quite alot of Norwegian designers, but it is not so easy to identyfy as say Prada or Valentiono. The Norwegian designers are very descrete and usually dont talk to the media about what they make. I think there has been more forreign designers for her lately, and IMO she loks better in Norwegian designers because the clothes are better tailored for her.

When MM first got engaged and started to buy clothes in Norway, ever so often the papers would search the stores in Oslo and the write in the paper how much it costed. So then she went to America to shop, and all the clothes from Alberta Ferettis 2001 collections wich she still wears, and wore alot before and after her weeding I suspect is from that trip.

IMO Maxima should just bite her teeth and buy atleast one Dutch gown just to see how it feels. When there are talented designers in the small scandinavian countries there must also be some i the Netherlands.

 

[hania]

I still feel that Martha is a far better dresser than Mette Marit,her use of colours is not basheful and is so beautiful.MM always looks so pale and devoid of colour.Martha manages to use designs and colours that accentuates her personality and skin colouring.

 

[Larzen]

This yellow and white knittet dress that Mette-Marit wore to a childrens culturalfestival 16.08.02 is by the Norwegian designer Siri Findal. Very unusual colour for her.

From eastnews and vg.no

 

[lucys]

I only read about these ladies on this board and all I ever read is Prada Prada Prada with a Hugo Boss or two, so I had the impression that was mostly what they wore. Thanks for the clarification. It sounds like Maxima does however stick to foreign designers. What a shame.

 

[Larzen]

This pink coat and hat is by the danish designer, "Day/Birger" I saw the coat on a danish celebrety in BilledBladet and the text said it was by "Day/Birger", I have never heared of it before, is it connected to Malene Birger that designes for Mary?

The Dress is also by Day/Birger, she used it under another jacket in Thailand

 

[micas]

Wonderful pics!

 

[Mandy]

Thanks Larzen for compiling this information into such an interesting thread. It's a great idea! Great pics too.

 

[Alisa]

This pink coat and hat is by the danish designer, "Day/Birger" I saw the coat on a danish celebrety in BilledBladet and the text said it was by "Day/Birger", I have never heared of it before, is it connected to Malene Birger that designes for Mary?

Yes she was. See:
http://www.bymalenebirger.com/malenebirger/?page=2

 

[Alexandria]

Thank you so much for all your efforts in this thread, Larzen. It is very detailed and so well put together. I have learned a lot not only about Mette-Marit's personal style but also about many other designers.

 

[Larzen]

The black dress (At least its black in the black and white picture) used in the photo shoot for Vanity Fair was by Valentino
The white dress used in the same photo shoot is by Tatters Limited
if you have money to burn you can have the valentino dress in red
vanity fair/aftenposten and vogue