King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden kicked off celebrations for Sweden’s National Day yesterday with a visit to Ånge. For this visit, Queen Silvia repeated her white straw pleated calot hat trimmed with a net veil and rosettes at the back. While this is a good hat style for her (particularly with her hairstyle), I would love to see her try something more modern.
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In the afternoon, the Swedish Royal Family left the Royal Palace by carriage to attend a National Day concert at Skansen. Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Madeleine all wore Swedish national dress complete with distinct folded white caps.
Little Princess Estelle joined the procession, also dressed in national costume with a white bow in her hair. I can’t decide what is more adorable- her hairbow or her royal wave?
As this was Princess Madeleine’s first wearing of national dress as a married woman, she was able to add the folded white cap to her ensemble for the first time. She wears it well, doesn’t she?
Hats, flags and nationalism aside, there were two images of the day that were most special. The first was Princess Madeleine presenting her baby daughter Princess Leonore to the Swedish people for the first time. Little Leonore did not wear a hat but she did appear in miniature national dress.
The second was this image, released by the Swedish Royal Court, of this future Swedish Queen in national dress and white hair bow. Adorable, isn’t she?
Photos from Jonas Ekstromer and Mats Andersson via Expressen; Kate Gabor via Kungahuset, Torsten Laursen and Torsten Laursen via Getty; Stella Pictures, Stella Pictures, Charles Hammarsten / IBL and Patrik Osterberg / All Over Press, Charles Hammarsten / IBL via Svenskdam
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I’ve come to the conclusion that I must have been Swedish in another life! I would wear that outfit ALL THE TIME if I lived there, I love the blue, yellow and white! No wonder I use those colors in my home! I think even the white caps are adorable and the little ones in national dress are just delightful! Thank you Hat Queen!
I think Queen Silvia is a very naturally stylish woman. This jacket looks really good especially with the trim around the edges and the very textured fabric so I think a fairly simple hat was the order of the day.
At first I thought the headline said “Swedish royals celebrate national *hat* day”! 🙂 But my eyesight failure wasn’t so bad … it was a kind of national hat day! How spiffing they all look (shame Madeleine didn’t have the buckled flats as well) – and how much like her Grandpapa does little Estelle look? Two peas in a pod!
They all look very good, but as a married woman, the hair is supposed to be up under the white cap. That was the whole idea, a married woman had her hair up and covered. I am fine with Madeleine wearing more modern shoes with the dress but do not like the untidy hair.