King Harald, Queen Sonja, Princess Märtha Louise and her daughters attended Christmas day service together at Holmenkollen Chapel in Oslo yesterday. For this event, Queen Sonja repeated a hat with brown velvet crown and fur bumper brim. The brim coordinates with the collar on Sonja’s coat, a touch which adds a bit of formality to piece.
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I find this style of loosely structured crown, even when made in velvet and trimmed in fur, an informal and slightly dowdy look. Two years ago on this same day, Queen Sonja paired this same coat with a chocolate felt fedora. Which hat do you think pairs with this coat best?
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I like both this hat and the fedora paired with this coat. The red patterned outfit and jewels are also a good touch.
And while the Norwegians are usually not as formal as most other royals, but even Emma Behn’s casualness stands out; I don’t like to be too harsh on children, but a nicer shirt and jacket/coat would’ve made a big improvement.
It looks a great deal better than the fur-trimmed hats that Camilla favours in winter.
This hat seems intended more for warmth than style – the fedora in the older photos of this coat does seem a bit more “dressy”.
Regarding the fur itself, they are now making fake fur that looks quite a bit like the real thing, though I suspect that for someone in that age bracket, this one is probably real.
I think a non-fur coat with the fur collar would have competed less with the hat.
A note on the young girls attire… totally inappropriate for such an occasion.
Thank you, Shue! I’m so often the one posting off-topic comments that I refrained from mentioning it, but I agree entirely. Princess Märtha Louise also was dressed quite informally, see photos in this article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5211677/Norwegian-Royals-step-Oslo-Christmas-service.html
but even if it was possibly so cold that slacks were in order rather than skirts, jeans with a shirt hanging out were really too much, and hair not even looking combed as well! This was after all Christmas Day!
Regarding the “uncombed” hair. Apparently she has some sort of hair condition that makes it grow erratically in spots which makes it look messy. Apparently her mother had the same condition as a child.
Thanks for the info, Patsy, I was not aware of this. Not to make light of a medical condition, but it would seem to me that this would be an excellent reason for her to start wearing hats as soon as possible!
To me this is a rather Russian look, perfect for a Nordic Queen, if you don’t mind the real fur. The people in Scandinavia must not mind it as the Swedish and Danish Queens seem to wear it often, or maybe they are given a pass as being from an older generation.
Is it real or fake fur? I Can’t help it but I don’t like anything with animal fur.
It does go nicely with the collar of the coat, so that is good. A different shape for the hat – less floppy – might be an improvement.
The dowdy impression may be due to the volume of the brim. Had this hat been larger, it might have looked magnificent. Still, it’s mink, so that might have been too much !