Queen Silvia at the Elle interview about Victoria using her clothes
The interview is made at Drottningholm Palace, and the Queen receives in Gustav III's old playroom, a room decorated with bright green walls and furniture in pink and gold. The room is used, in summer, as the royal couple's private dining room.
- This is a very special place, I think it's the most beautiful room in the Palace, says the queen.
The conversation slides into clothes, due to the fact that one of the dresses that the queen wears on Camilla Åkran's pictures is the black and white Nina Ricci dress that the Queen was wearing at the Nobel Dinner 1993, 25 years ago. The queen declares that these dresses are kept in a room at the Palace, located in boxes with acid-free tissue paper. The tip comes from the Parsons fashion school in New York.
- The dresses are very sensitive to light. And the weight, all these embroideries, means we can not hang them up. So we put them in boxes in a room. How to best preserve was something I really wondered about. How do you do it? And there you did it that way, so I thought good idea!
Susanne Ljung and the Queen talk about reuse and to recycling their clothes.
- Yes, it's important to show that you wear your clothes! I've always thought that's important. You work so much with a dress. You choose. You look. One tries. There is a lot of work behind a dress, and a wardrobe. I think it's too bad to use the clothes once or twice.
Susanne Ljung asks the Queen about her interest in fashion and clothing.
- I think of course it is interesting and beautiful and important with beautiful clothes. But, really, it's not the most important thing I think. Though I can not tell that to ELLE, says the queen, and continues:
- It is clear that I admire those who create couture. There are so infinitely beautiful things, and the clothes are still alive.
During Monday's Nobel Prize ceremony, the Crown Princess lent Victoria Queen's beautiful Nina Ricci dress from 1995. This is not the first time we saw Crown Princess Victoria in the Queen's clothes. In the interview, Susanne Ljung asks about this, wondering if the Crown Princess, in turn, sometimes lends clothes to the queen.
- That was a good idea, I'll suggest that! laughs the queen. I think it's very funny that teenage daughters, in all families, have their own thoughts and opinions about what suits and says, "Will Mum really wear that?" And suddenly, a few years later, it turns out that 'well it's obviously great to wear'. It makes me very happy! I just think it's nice that she shares my taste, and thinks it's beautiful and wants to use my clothes. And that they suit her.
Drottning Silvia om att låna ut kläder till kronprinsessan Victoria_ _Fint_ _ ELLE
Cia Jansson, the editor-in-chief of Elle Sweden:
How does it feel when the issue with Queen Silvia is out?
- It feels, of course, great fun. And historic! For several months, we have been looking forward to show to all readers one of the biggest and most amazing reports we have ever produced.
Why has ELLE chosen to do this right now?
- Her Majesty The Queen is celebrating 75 years this year, so there was a certain angle. In addition, she is an obvious style icon. The Queen is also, in her office and in her leadership role, both a great inspector and an important model. A true humanist who always stands on the weak side and dares to fight for vulnerable people's rights.
I, and many with me, wonder how it was to meet the queen. Tell!
- During a few autumn days, we ELLE's team were invited by the queen to the beautiful pastel and gold-shimmering Drottningholm Palace. There we also saw the image of a playful grandmother - warm, natural and personal.
How was the queen personal?
- For example, she, on her own initiative, brought some of the grandchildren's drawings that would be on the desk when Camilla Åkrans photographed!
Tell me more!
- The queen creates a wonderful atmosphere around her, generous and inviting, and her involvement is contagious. Anecdotes are told and conveyed history, whether it's about Gustav III, Queen Ingrid's embroidery, taking care roses or fabric qualities.
Cia Jansson om drottning Silvia-intervjun_ _Historiskt!_ _ ELLE
