Mary of Denmark and that white dress that anoints her queen

Mary of Denmark she is queen. She chooses a white outfit to go from crown princess to sovereign consort in a matter of minutes Frederikthe new monarch of Denmark.

The design of the dress is as white as snow Søren Le Schmidt, one of the royal's favorite designers who has already designed evening dresses and daytime looks for her. Among the most famous, just to give a recent example, there is the coat dress purple sported for the coronation of King Charles III.

However, the hand that actually sewed the garment, as reported by Billed Bladetis that of Birgit Hallstein, a certainty regarding the style of Mary of Denmark. The designer has perfectly known the characteristics of the new queen's silhouette since 2004. It was she who precisely modeled the designer wedding dress Ugh Frank worn for the wedding celebrated on May 14, 2004.

Birgit Hallstein she is also the creator of the famous burgundy dress, the record-breaking dress: Mary has worn it seven times since 2007, many of which on the same occasion, New Year's Eve dinner at the palace. It was precisely in that dress that she made her first appearance on January 1, 2024 after the announcement of the abdication of her mother-in-law.

King Frederik X with Mary of Denmark in the white dress designed by Søren Le Schmidt and made by Birgit Hallstein.

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White is not just any color when it comes to coronations and the like. Most of the wives of the sovereigns who have ascended the throne in recent years have opted for immaculate looks, not immediately showy but certainly luminous.

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The last outfit in order of appearance is unforgettable, that of the Queen Camilla drawn by Bruce Oldfield worn for the coronation with great fanfare on May 6, 2023. Ten years earlier, in 2013, the couturier Eduard Vermeulen of the maison Nathan he made a white dress for Mathilde of Belgium. Same goes for Letizia of Spain in 2014: the designer coat was white Felipe Varela shown off for the proclamation by King Felipe.

The new king between his daughter Isabella in the red coat and his wife Mary dressed in white: they are an example of diplomatic clothing since they wear the colors of the Danish flag.

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Customs aside, that white in Denmark has an additional meaning that can be understood by connecting the dots starting from the moment ofabdication of Queen Margrethe and arrive at the greeting on the balcony of the brand new sovereigns. The “outgoing” monarch in fact wore an essential red suit and diamond and ruby ​​earrings at the time of the signature that sealed the handover.

The moment that marks the handover between mother and son: Margrethe II signs the act of abdication thanks to which Frederik X becomes king of Denmark.

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The overcoat attributed to is a more intense red Carolina Herrera from the Princess Isabella, the second daughter of the royal couple, who seemed to quote the famous outfit of a “colleague”. In fact, the bow resembled that of the designer ensemble Catherine Walker worn by Kate, Princess of Waleson a couple of occasions. The coat Prada navy blue double-breasted Princess Josephine instead it seems to be an item present in mother Mary's wardrobe since at least 2015.

Princess Josephine, second from the right, wearing the navy blue Prada coat borrowed from her mother.

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They spoke Danish too Queen Mary's jewels. No crown nor even a tiara for the sober but solemn celebration but some jewels that are part of the famous Danish Ruby Parure. Diamonds and rubies, white and red once again.

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The future Danish sovereign will be the seventh queen to wear an heirloom of extraordinary historical and sentimental value. It was Margrethe II who gave prestige to the diadem and now passes it on to her daughter-in-law. She will surely know how to make good use of it, but only in her homeland

If the tiara, available to the sovereign consort even before she got married (she showed it off for the dinner on the eve of the wedding) remained in the safe, the opposite can be said of the two leaf-shaped brooches that adorned the chignon, of the brooch pinned in belt and earrings that hung from the lobes.

In the kiss between King Frederik and Queen Mary you can see the jewels worn by the sovereign: the two hair pins, the earrings and the brooch belonging to the Danish Ruby Parure.

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A curiosity about Søren Le Schmidt, the designer who has already made history for having designed the queen's dress. The very famous designer in his homeland was among the competitors in the latest edition of Vild med Dansthe Danish version of dancing with the Stars.

With that elimination halfway through the competition he demonstrated that dance will never be his profession. But if yours core business it's fashion, but dressing Mary of Denmark on her first official outing as queen is a more prestigious trophy than a few well-placed tango steps.