Queen Silvia's Fashion and Style Part 1: November 2002 - December 2009

[Josefine]

State Visit to Thailand jan - feb 2003

State Visit To Finland - August 2003

Baron Carl Silfverschiöld and Maria Fredriksson -18 June 2005
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State Visit to Belgium - 8 June 2001
French Foundation For Childhood 25th Anniversary
Queen Margrathes 60th birthday
nobel 2004
The Mentor Foundation Brings a Global Celebration to Los Angeles

State Visit from Malaysia - 14-16 September 2005
Crown Prince wedding in denmark 2004
State Visit from Latvia March 2005

State Visit From Jordan - October 2003
2000-04-10

 

[Josefine]

State Visit From Jordan - October 2003
State Visit To Brunei - February 2004 7
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09.04.2003

State visit from norway 2005
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Felipe & Letizia's Pre-Wedding Dinner / May 21st, 2004

Wedding of Princess Alexia of Greece to Carlos Morales Quintana Pre-wedding gala evening of July 7th 1999.
Nobel 1996
June 20, 1997
December 2, 1997

Crown Prince Haakon and Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby Pre-Wedding Events
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10-05-2001

Willem-Alexander & Maxima Pre-Wedding Dinner 2002
nobel 1997

 

[Josefine]

Infanta Cristina & Iñaki Urdangarin: Pre-Wedding Reception, 3 Oct. 1997

December 11, 1997

May 5, 1994
Nobel 1994

State Visit To Iceland - September 2004
December 11, 2004

April 6, 2000
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05-10-1999

December 11, 2000

 

[swedishme]

Willem-Alexander & Maxima Pre-Wedding Dinner 2002

she wore this one at nobel 1997 aswell

 

[Layla1971]

I read somewhere that it was a closely guarded secret, but does anyone know who designs the Queen's gala dresses? I think most of them are just gorgeous.

 

[Josefine]

state visit from Denmark 1985
Nobel 1985

 

[Josefine]

Nobel 1992
November 1, 1995

 

[Josefine]

1976

2001
italien state visit 1999

26.04.1999

 

[Little_star]

Wow!!!! This is a simply stunning dress that most young women wouldn't be able to carry off (I wonder if even her own daughters would look as good in it).
I think when Queen Silvia steers clear of some of the floral prints like this one,

she looks amazing!! she is definitely one of the more glamorous Queens.

Just out of interest, is Queen Silvia, Swedish by birth?

 

[Layla1971]

Just out of interest, is Queen Silvia, Swedish by birth?

No, I think she is German by birth, her maiden name was Silvia Sommerlath (hope I've spelled that right!) if that helps.

 

[Little_star]

Thank you Layla1971, I thought that maybe she was from a Mediterranean country, as she has quite an olive complexion and such dark hair.

 

[Josefine]

Thank you Layla1971, I thought that maybe she was from a Mediterranean country, as she has quite an olive complexion and such dark hair.

at the swedish forum you can find a bio of her
her mother is from brazil
here is a link
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/119563-post5.html

 

[swedishme]

26.04.1999

woooow...thats a really cool dress!!! what a colour!

 

[auntie]

Josephine, I am starting to suspect you are secretly besotted with the queen... h'mm. I loved the picture of all the European monarchs posed together with Queen Elizabeth on her jubilee. Every single one of the Queens are admirable in their own way, Sylvia of Sweden, Sophie of Spain, Beatrix of the Netherlands, Sonja of Norway, Paola of Belgium, Margerethe of Denmark and lastbut not least HM (sorry, I'm British) the queen of England. As for the men, some of them no comment!

 

[Saragli]

The Queen of Sweden has some marvelous ballgown and gala dresses. The Duchess of Cornwall could learn some much needed fashion advice from her. I also love the pic with all the queens in the front and men in the back. Great Pic.

 

[Josefine]

you are very welcomme

i just wonder what dress she will wear this year
i do not think she has any old dresses that has not been worn at the nobel that are great dresses some are really bad maybe the one with flowers she wore at the pre wedding dinner in spain

Josephine, I am starting to suspect you are secretly besotted with the queen... h'mm. I loved the picture of all the European monarchs posed together with Queen Elizabeth on her jubilee. Every single one of the Queens are admirable in their own way, Sylvia of Sweden, Sophie of Spain, Beatrix of the Netherlands, Sonja of Norway, Paola of Belgium, Margerethe of Denmark and lastbut not least HM (sorry, I'm British) the queen of England. As for the men, some of them no comment!

i am not besotted but i love to see the jewllery and dresses she wears

 

[auntie]

i am not besotted but i love to see the jewllery and dresses she wears

Just kidding, sorry if I insulted you, just the pictures were so large and you posted almost everyone of them!

 

[rop81]

This has to be one of the most awful hats that Queen Silvia has ever worn (here at Queen Margarethes 60th birthday), I really don´t like anything about it.

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Thank you Josefine for these wonderful pictures of her Majesty, they are wonderful (well atleast most of them ). Some was totally new to me - great fun to see, keep it coming if you have any more.

i just wonder what dress she will wear this year
i do not think she has any old dresses that has not been worn at the nobel that are great dresses some are really bad maybe the one with flowers she wore at the pre wedding dinner in spain

Or the purple one she wore at the state visit to Iceland, or the light green that she wore to H&MM wedding 2001, one of these would not be totally wrong for her to wear I think, but ofcourse I would much prefer if she would wear a new dress this year (keep my fingers crossed )

 

[Amy]

This has to be one of the most awful hats that Queen Silvia has ever worn (here at Queen Margarethes 60th birthday), I really don´t like anything about it.

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I agree it isn't the most flattering hat she has ever worn, but she does get things right most of the time so she can be excused with this one.

 

[Josefine]

we will see chooice of dress in less then 24 hours wonder if it will be a hit

 

[pollyemma]

has any royal lady ever worn the same dress to more than one nobel?

 

[LaPlusBelle]

It seems to me that she either gets it dead on, or dead wrong. I really like her dress from 2002, really pretty.

I agree. She seems to get the dresses in the last decade wrong and then right and alternates like that to the present day.

 

[Josefine]

if you are in stockholm you can see all the nobel dresses worn by silvia at the royal castle this becouse she has been sweden queen for 30 years now this summer and taken part in 28 nobel days

 

[elbeamer]

Queen Silvia's Nobel Gowns

Does anyone have any good images of Queen Silvia wearing her black and white gown at the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony?

 

[Josefine]

elbeamer asked for photos of Silvias black and white dress i think you will find it in the beginning of this thread

 

[Sister Morphine]

1985, 1995 and 1997 are just..............no. Especially 1985. God, that dress is just tragic.

 

[Sister Morphine]

These are the worst of the worst of the worst.

Nobel 1983

Ummm, what? Ugly dress. The 80s were just a bad time to be dressing formally. That shiny red, flared out fabric makes you look like a walking fire hydrant.

Nobel 1985

Ugh. Bad Queen Silvia, bad. You look like a cupcake on top of more cupcakes. How many layers of crinoline underneath the dress are there? 600? It's flared out to Helsinki, for cryin' out loud.

Nobel 1990

Midnight blue velvet and my mom's lace tablecloth around your neck. What a winning combination. You get points for the sapphires......but that's it. The dress makes you look like a down-home school marm.

Nobel 1995

From the front, it's awesome. Then you turn around have that huge ugly pink bow stuck to the back.....almost like you have a huge wad of chewing gum stuck to your dress.

Nobel 1997

MY EYES!! MY POOR EYES!! I never thought my two favorite colors could actually look bad on a dress. Well, I guess I was wrong. Bad pattern....it's waaaaaaay too busy. Those poofy things at the shoulder? Ditch them.





All the other dresses were either really good or sort of bad, but not bad enough to make the Hall of Shame.

 

[Sophus]

DESIGNERS OF QUEEN SILVIA'S NOBEL DRESSES:

Maison Dior, Paris: 1976

Olga Persson, Stockholm: 1977,1978,1981

Elisabeth Wondrake, London: 1979

Jørgen Bender, Copenhagen: 1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1991,1992,2002

Ateljé Felicitas, Stockholm: 1990

Nina Ricci, Paris: 1993,1995,1997,2001

Jacques Zehnder, Paris: 1994,1996,1998,1999,2000,2003,2004,2005


Maison Dior had also designed Queen Silvia's weddingdress in 1976.

Jørgen Bender was for a lifetime the favorite designer of the danish royal family designing among many dresses the weddinggowns of Queen Margrethe II, princess Benedikte, princess Alexandra and princess Alexandra of Berleburg.

Elisabeth Wondrake is the favorite designer of princess Lillian, beeing one of her best friends.

 

[Larzen]

IMO most of Jørgen Benders gowns looks the same, one colored satin with big skirt and sparkly stuff, he used the same recipe for many of Princess Alexandras gowns as well. My favourite are the zebra dress fromNina Ricci (stunning and dramatic), the black and white one from 1994 by Zhender and the pale pink one from 1999, also by Zhender, they look like Nobel gowns are supposed to look. I can understand Felicitas from Stockholm only got one chance, it looked like she was wearing a left over costume from Gone with the wind with all that velvet and lace.

 

[RachelD]

In post #20...wow! She looks great in this style of dress, even the color looks great on her! She should wear this style of dress, not the puffy creations she tends to favor.