Nobel Predictions

You requested- We are answering. Here are Heaven and I's predictions for all things Nobel Festivities!

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Queen Silvia

Sarah- I expect Silvia to wear the 9 Prong/Queen Sophia's Diamond Tiara this year. If you look back over the past few years she seems to have alternated between Leuchtenberg Sapphire Tiara and the 9 Prong. If you have ever stalked my online presence you will not be surprised to hear that this is not my favorite tiara...by a long shot... I really am not a fan. I will say that it is growing on me but very very slowly so I don't hold my breath for this year! As for a gown I would love to see one of the gowns she wore to either Victoria or Madeleine's wedding but that probably isn't likely so I will have to say anything but that gown from 2 years ago or the dress from Carl Philip's wedding. I will probably regret saying "anything" but that is what I am going to say... If we get a monstrosity- I give you permission to blame it on me! 

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Heaven- I think she'll be going with the 9 Prong which is not my favorite. I personally would love to see her in the Leuchtenberg Sapphire Tiara. Keeping in mind that she will probably wear the 9 Prong, I would love her to wear the dress she wore at Madeleine's wedding! It was one of my favorite at the wedding and I've been dying to see it again! But she'll probably surprise me as always.

Crown Princess Victoria

Sarah- I honestly have no clue what Victoria is going to wear this year (which is why I really did not want to write this post). She is going to be pretty pregnant and I have not figured out what she going to wear. Maybe Pär Engsheden or Fadi el Khoury? I like their designs so I will go with that. Or maybe she will wear a custom Seraphine Maternity gown as we know she has been loving them this pregnancy! As for a tiara... I am always hoping for the 6-Button- because unlike the rest of the world that is my favorite but I have a feeling Christina is going to wear that so realistically I am going to say the Laurel Wreath Tiara. 

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Heaven- Even though I'm sure she will choose a Swedish designer such as Fadi el Khoury or Par Engsheden, I'm dying to see her in Elie Saab ( I know, pretty unrealistic) It's been a while since she wore Elie Saab and she always look amazing in his designs. Although I don't think anything could top what she wore last year! I think she will wear the tiara she wore last year and that's absolutely fine by me as I love that tiara.

After we wrote these predictions, we found this tweet so it looks like Fadi el Khoury is a likely prediction for Victoria! (They hinted on their Facebook page that the material was for Victoria)

More excitement - we have dyed & sent Slate Grey Organza to haute couture designer Fadi El Khoury for a dress for the Princess of Sweden!

— Beckford Silk (@BeckfordSilk) November 27, 2015

Princess Sofia

Sarah- I expect Sofia to wear her wedding tiara again. I really hope she does because I want to see some more photos of it. I still have not decided my feelings on it. I am thinking she may go for a custom gown from Ida Sjöstedt, the same designer who made her last Nobel gown and Wedding dress. I would love to see her in a YDE Copenhagen gown but I am not going to hold my breath for that.

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Heaven- I think she will go for a custom Ida  Sjöstedt gown and her wedding tiara. I would love to see her in a Zuhair Murad couture gown maybe as she wore one of his design to her pre-wedding dinner but again, just a wishful thought

Princess Madeleine- 

Sarah- I am going to take an oh so wild leap (sarcasm) and say she is going to wear the Carl XVI Gustaf diamond tiara. The same one she wore for her wedding and almost every tiara occasion since her 18th birthday. The girl loves that tiara! (It is beautiful- don't get me wrong- but I would love to see some variety) As for a gown I am feeling a red/pink/purple color this year. As for designer I have no clue but she normally does a really good job picking dresses I like so I am going to let her surprise me.

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Heaven- It's the same every year, I have no clue about what she'll wear but I'm pretty sure she'll choose her wedding tiara. I would love to see her in a purple Zac Posen gown and the Amethyst tiara because I love purple and the fitting of Zac Posen's designs are always amazing and she would look so good !

Princess Christina

Sarah- I am throwing Christina into the mix just because I feel that she does not get enough coverage and love. I expect Christina to wear the 6-Button Tiara (as I mentioned above). She looks great in the tiara and it is my favorite. As for a gown I expect a kaftan inspired dress that she pulls off so well and does very often. 

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Heaven- I'm not really familiar with her and I don't know anything about her style so I look through some of her old looks and I'd like her to repeat the dress she wore at Carl-Philip and Sofia's wedding  with the 6-Button tiara.

Well that is our predictions- What are you predicting for the Nobel Ceremony? What are you hoping to see? 

Saturday Catch-Up

Yesterday there were a bunch of photos of different outings from the Swedish Ladies from the past few days- but I was just plum too tired to post about them. (I had my own Julmarknad to attend to...)

Speaking of Julmarknad (Christmas Markets)- Victoria, Daniel, and Estelle attended one at the Royal Stables yesterday.

A photo posted by Kungahuset (@kungahuset) on Nov 28, 2015 at 3:59am PST

This was not an announced visit but something I imagine they were doing as a family and the court decided to release photos afterwards. One distinct piece of clothing I can ID is Estelle's coat. You may recognize it as being the same coat she wore to pick up the Christmas trees at the palace last year- or you could recognize it from the 1970s when Victoria wore it. I was surprised to see it again- I figured a year later Estelle would not fit into it as kids grow like weeds but I guess I was wrong!

Another outing that was pictured yesterday was Sofia attending a Friday Night soccer/football game apart of a new Project Playground initiative. They are sponsoring an event where refugee children get to connect and meet others in similar places as them through playing on a large field after hours.

A photo posted by Project Playground (@projplayground) on Nov 28, 2015 at 5:55am PST

My great Facebook and Twitter followers alerted me that she was wearing a top from IRO and pants that may be from Isabella Oliver Maternity. (I really don't know about the pants- the photos are too blurry to say for sure so I am not going to post them on the blog)

I think that is all for news that I have missed. Let me know if I forgot something dear readers! 

Project Playground's Dinner

On the 26 of November, Carl Philip and Sofia attended a charity dinner for Project Playground. The dinner was held at Nio Rum (Nine Rooms) which is a renovated function hall in Stockholm. They managed to raise about 1 million SEK for Project Playground during that evening alone. 

For this night out, Sofia wore a stunning dress from & Other Stories and wore a pair of earrings which come from Mrs. Mi.

Photo from Project Playground 

Advisory Meeting at the Palace

Another Post! Apparently this evening Carl Gustaf and Victoria held an Advisory meeting at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. And Victoria changed for this occasion. I don't know why- I don't even think it was on the public calendar- but here it is anyway!

Victoria wore the same Seraphine dress that she wore back a few weeks ago when she attended the Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture given by Nobel Peace Prize Laurette José Ramos-Horta. You can read my recap of that event HERE. She appears to be wearing her blue YSL pumps but the photos are not that great and I am still honing my shoe identifying skills. I also imagine that she is wearing a necklace from Kreuger Jewellery (this one probably) but that is probably too far of a stretch to say for certain.

It should be noted that this same dress was worn by the Duchess of Cambridge when attending the December Meeting for the 1851 Trust at the Goring Hotel. You can read about that visit and see photos here. 

Photos from Kungahuset.se 

2015 Nobel Prize Meeting at the Palace

Today the King, Crown Princess, Prince Daniel, and Princess Sofia attended a meeting about the 2015 Nobel Prize ceremony at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.

Not much can be seen from this photo, but I can tell you that Victoria is wearing her red dress from Seraphine.

Photos from Kungahuset.se 

Global Child Forum 2015 in Stockholm

Today, the King and Queen are hosting the 5th Global Child Forum at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. The Royal Couple started the the Global Child Forum in 2009 with the desire to bring together leaders in the fields of children's rights to have a discussion. Their website states, 

"Global Child Forum is an independent, multi-stakeholder initiative for informed dialogue and thought leadership on how to advance children’s rights in support of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Forum gathers leaders and decision-makers from business, government, academia and civil society. By information sharing, exposing leading case studies and learning from best practice from all parts of the world, the initiative work towards a future where children’s rights are respected and supported by all stakeholders in society. Their Majesties the King and Queen of Sweden initiated Global Child Forum in 2009"

Today, the King, Queen, Crown Princess, Princess Madeleine, and Princess Sofia were scheduled to attend but due to a mix up in the PR department/security threats, Victoria did not attend.

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Madeleine and Sofia did attend however with the King and Queen. Princess Madeleine came back from London to attend a dinner last night and today's main forum. It is expected that she will fly back to London immediately afterwards. For today, Princess Madeleine wore a cape and top from Zara (huge shoutout to our Facebook Followers for informing us). She also wore her Celine handbag.

Sofia wore a draped top from COS which covered her bump nicely. Her shoes I believe to be the same ones she wore last month from Gant.

Happy Thanksgiving to my American Followers! I am so thankful for all of you (no matter if you are celebrating Thanksgiving or not!!) I will be off celebrating with my family so any updates to this post you can thank Heaven for. 

Happy 1st Birthday!

Today is The Royal's And I's 1st Birthday! Can you believe that it was a year ago today that I started this blog? I can't! It has been a great year- I have met a lot of new people through this blog and we have found lots of new/old ID's! When I started this blog I really did not expect it to grow so much. At the time of writing this we are almost at 70,000 All-Time page views- SEVENTY THOUSAND. That is a lot!

When I started this blog I did not expect that a year later that I

1. Would still be blogging (I had little faith in myself) or 
2.  Have a Co-Blogger. 

If you have not heard/read, Heaven of Queen Rania's Fashion joined the site a month or two ago and has been a great help and friend to me. She has currently been hiding in the background but hopefully in the upcoming year she will write some interesting posts for you all! (I am trying to convince her to share her Nobel Predictions with you but so far she is a little reluctant- so encourage her to write!)

In celebration of the blog's 1st Birthday, I will be continuing the Designer Spotlight Series that I launched last month. My hope is do spotlight 1-2 designers a month. These designers I am picking are going to be ones that have designed for multiple Swedish Royal Ladies and over the course of a few years so that we can see a)The different styles of the different ladies and b) How their fashion has changed over time. If you have ideas about designers that you think should be featured Tweet me, Facebook message me, Email me, or leave a comment!

To finish this post I thought I would share some of my favorite ID's from the past year! (And if you have not heard- We have officially identified 600 pieces for Victoria!)