I do get it Lady nimue, MM does not know how to dress for her body type.
So we have a difference of opinion.
I think she dresses fine for her body type.
I see so many women buying expensive designer clothes all because the designer or someone who is a sales person tell a woman this looks great on her and it doesn't. People want to make money and those with lots of money are willing to listen to anyone who is popular, in the know and in the *in* group, and that is not the reason to buy clothes.
Here we differ.
I see very few women buying expensive designer clothes. My 'crowd' is very pedestrian, I guess. The only time 'expensive designer clothes' become an issue is with a gala or with a red carpet event, and even then, the general rule is to 'look nice', presentable (to the cameras, as far as that is possible to do), no more. The real pizzazz gowns and stuff belong to the A-Listers or soon-to-be-A-Listers, or in that category.
What I see on some of these society ladies is laughable, not saying everyone has to dress alike yet know your body and what you feel comfortable in and not what someone is trying to sell you to make a name and money.
I would say the same, and I think that applies to MM (as well as at least one other royal lady we both watch). She wears what is comfortable and not what 'critics' demand she wear. She is unique and very accessible. It's not about body type really. That idea is driven by current biases regarding the female body. JMO.
That red sleeved dress with what look like fake leather was *not appropriate* for any event.
Why not appropriate? She blended in with the Queen and the Queen's husband. The pictures of them all looked good to my eyes, except maybe one could fault Haakon for his blue suit.
(BTW I thought it was a jumper with a red blouse).
I apologize for the word *disgrace* so now it is *inappropriate* for make her look larger then she is and the material looked on the internet here cheap.
So what if what she wore made her look larger? Why does that matter?
The camera is not a friend. You know the old adage: the camera puts on 10 pounds. In fact it's one of the first issues people (usually women) have when they see themselves photographed, and they start to diet (starve) themselves to get that svelte look the camera lens 'loves'. (We all know of one famous princess who had serious eating issues precisely because of this). It's one of the issues actresses are always dealing with when the producers/directors send down instructions to an actress to 'lose weight'.
Truthfully, if MM was a 'big woman' I'd say more power to her! She looks great. Thing is she is not. She is just right, and if that looks 'large' then it is we as the observer who need to adjust our sights.
It's very possible we approach fashion in a different way: for me I am looking at someone's style, not my style. Some times what they wear jives with my style and so I like what I see. Sometimes what I see is not my style, but I assume it is theirs, that they like what they are wearing, that they chose it after all, and I try to be respectful of a person's choices as I would were I to be sitting at lunch with them.
Queen Sonja really comes across as a lady, MM comes across as what is expensive and not always appropriate for her body type.?
It's interesting what we see.
I like the look of MM. Looks all business to me (and 'cheap' can be 'inexpensive' and that's okay in my book). I would never comment on Queen Sonja but because I am making a point I will (though I hate to do so because I know she put thought into what she wore, and likes what she chose, so I would normally respect that, and to heck with what the camera 'sees'). So saying, I plunge in, and say, it is the Queen's dress that looks ill-fitting (but so what?). She could have dispensed with the scarf, thus accentuating the black belt with the black necklace/collar and black boots. I am aware that some of you go so far as to mention bra issues (I wince!), so one could mention the Queen has a support issue with that dress.
(please forgive me, o my Queen). Now what about any of this makes Sonja 'a lady'? She looks a bit rumpled to me, but so what? MM looks sleek and I liked what I saw so mentioned it. Others were being rough on her so it may have prompted me to offer the contrary view for balance, but nothing about MM's dress/jumper (whatever it is) warrants such vehemence in my book. It's always a puzzle.
P.S. From everything I see regarding MM she is every bit the lady as is Queen Sonja. Maybe it has something to do with 'casual' versus something seen as a bit more 'dressy'? That could be a valid point though I think that may be a generational thing, but I do accept that context (casual vs dressy). BTW it's Haakon who ruins the group picture. ? He should have been dressed in black, too.
Mette-Marit looks simple, but elegant and understated. She seems to have died her hair a more subtle blonde lately, and I much prefer it like that.
