It's rare that I find this many candidates for worst dressed. It's rare to have enough for a Worst Stripes category. It's rare to have too many prints - be they loud with strange wraps or set on a nude overlay so they look like body paint. It's rare to have an eye-searing technicolor kimono (perhaps we've found the cause of Marina's shades-n'-tiara getup?). And it's even more rare that they'd all be overshadowed by one disastrous case of chest weaponry. Every time I see this, I gotta wonder if this is the way it looked the last time she looked in a mirror.
Tiaras Francesca - emerald and diamond wreath, Nathalie - Benedikte's floral tiara, Elena - her meander tiara from her (now ex-) husband's family, Laurentien - the pearl setting of the family's emerald tiara, Märtha Louise - King Olav's Gift Tiara, Maria Teresa - her aquamarine bandeau, Astrid - the Savoy-Aosta Tiara from her husband's family.
In fairness to these lovely ladies, it's also very rare that I have this many contenders for the best dressed list. We've got one of my favorite Sophie appearances up against one of my favorite Margrethe appearances and one of my favorite Mathilde appearances, all competing with the unstoppable elegance of Farah. But it had to be my very favorite ever Letizia appearance for the win - perfect color for her, fancy hair, even a little jewel flair. What more could you want? (Well, a tiara, that's what. But she wouldn't be married for a few more days, and she didn't get the luck Mary did on that account.)
Tiaras Sophie - her wedding tiara, Margrethe - the Floral Aigrette Tiara, Letizia - nada, Mathilde - her laurel wreath, Farah - none.
