Category Archives: Denmark

Danish Royals Commemorate Flag Day

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Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended a parade and church service yesterday in commemoration of national Flag Day (a remembrance holiday for deployed military personel, veterans and those lost in action.

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For this event, Crown Princess Mary repeated a calot hat in natural straw trimmed with three bow loops at the side. It’s a simple hat but one that always looks great against Mary’s dark hair. I thought the hat was a great counterpoint to Mary’s black dress and jacket and lifted the ensemble without venturing outside appropriateness for the more sombre event.
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Designer: Susanne Juul. Ralph Lauren dress.
Previously Worn: August 24, 2015; September 5, 2014; May 10, 2012; October 4, 2011; June 6, 2010
This is the sixth ensemble we have seen paired with this hat on Princess Mary (see the others over at this post)- what are your thoughts about this pairing yesterday?
Photos from Getty as indicated; IBL; EPP/News Pictures

Danish Queen Embarks on Summer Cruise

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Queen Margrethe set off today on the second leg of this year’s annual summer cruise around the islands of her country. Today’s itinerary included visits to Kongsøre Naval Station along with stops at Dragsholm Castle, an children’s educational art program, a manufacturing facility, Algade town center, a nursing care centre, an art museum and a former fish market all located in Odsherred Municipality.

For this busy day of events, Queen Margrethe repeated the red bumper hat she first wore back in May. Today’s better view of this piece show it to be a bumper design with wide cuff brim embellished with stitching around the brim edge and a flat patterned bow at the side. Seeing this hat in full confirmed my initial assessment that while it is not the most exciting of millinery designs, it tops a vibrant and balanced ensemble that looks great on Margrethe. This is one of the times when the whole picture works better than a hat on its own and I particularly like how the streamlined cut of the coat are enlivened by the high contrast pattern on Margrethe’s dress.

Princess Mary At Glostrop Festival

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Crown Princess Mary was in Glostrup on Saturday to take part in festivities celebrating the city’s 850th anniversary. For the occasion, she reached into the depths of her millinery closet for a cream straw fascinator that has not been worn in over a decade.

Crown Princess Mary, August 27, 2016 | Royal Hats

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The fascinator features a multi-looped straw bow surrounded by arrow trimmed feathers. The styling of this piece- tucked into Mary’s chignon and paired with a lace frock- was very well done, minimising its slightly outdated style and creating an ensemble that felt fresh and festive.  I think Mary’s strength is her styling (or stylist!) and this headpiece certainly benefited from it.

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Crown Princess Mary, August 27, 2016 | Royal Hats

Designer: unknown
Previously Worn:  April 27, 2010; May 12, 2005

I love seeing older pieces of millinery recycled in ways that bring them into current fashion and I think Mary’s ensemble on Saturday was elevated by this headpiece. We don’t often see this style of fascinator any more – what do you think of it on this outing?

Photos from Stella

Danish Royals Take Up Summer Residence

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On Monday, Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik arrived in Aarhus on the royal yacht en route to their summer residence at Marselisborg Palace. Queen Margrethe repeated her fuchsia straw hat with white rosette trim and and navy floral double hat band. I can’t help also noticing that Prince Henrik sported a new but very distinguished looking goatee.

Queen Margrethe, June 27, 2016 | Royal Hats

Designer: unknown
Previously Worn: June 3, 2016; August 31, 2015; June 26, 2015

We have seen this hat on Margrethe a few times but it’s still a lovely one on her, don’t you agree?

Photo from Kim Haugaard/Scanpix via the Danish Monarchy

Queen Margrethe Visits Faroe Islands

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While our focus has been on the British royals for the past week, we have a number of royal hat outings to catch up on in other countries! Queen Margrethe continued the first leg of her summer cruise, visiting the Faroe Islands. For her arrival by plane last Sunday, she repeated a navy felt hat with rounded crown and rolled brim, edged in navy and white hounds tooth piping. The hatband is also edged in the piping, secured with a button at the side. Maregrethe isn’t one to mix and match her hats much but she paired the hat with a new navy suit (instead of the hounds tooth dress it has been worn with until now).

Queen Margrethe, June 12, 2016 | Royal Hats Queen Margrethe, June 12, 2016 | Royal Hats

Designer: unknown
Previously Worn: August 23, 2009; July 6, 2009 and likely others

Queen Margrethe wore traditional Faeroese dress (see the retrospective below, taken in 1963 and 2016) for the first two days of the visit last Monday and Tuesday- some great photos can be viewed here and here at the Danish Monarchy’s website.

The programme on Wednesday was decidedly more casual and saw the Danish Queen tie a turban scarf around her head. It’s such an unpretentious move, you’ve got to love Margrethe for it.

Queen Margrethe, June 15, 2016 | Royal Hats

Queen Margrethe, June 15, 2016 | Royal Hats

Princess Benedikte accompanied members of the Danish Royal Ballet on a trip to China this week but alas, did not appear in any hats.

Photos from Liselotte Sabroe via BT; Alvur Haraldsen/Polphoto via the Danish Monarchy