Wedding fit for a Princess!

This past weekend was a very special wedding weekend for the Swedish Royal family, as Princess Madeleine wed Chris O'Neill in Stockholm. The wedding dress was deigend by non other than Valentino, who by the way also attended the wedding. The tiara of choice was the Modern Fringe Tiara, complete with a row of orange blossoms at the hair line.

Crown Princess Victoria did not disappoint; Arriving in a fantastic gown (some sources say the gown was by Elie Saab, others that it was designed by Fadi El Khoury Couture), complete with her adorable little daughter, princess Estelle, on her arm... wearing her hair in a chic chignon, showing off the stunning Boucheron tiara and corsage, originally belonging to the late Princess Lilian, the aunt of King Carl Gustav. 

I know it might not be in everyones interest, but the heritage of these magnificent royal jewels is so interesting to me, and I have been lucky to view the British Crown Jewels as well as the Danish Crown Jewels in person. There are may books on the subject out there, I was given a beautiful and interesting book on the Danish Jewels, my next book would have to be The Queen's Diamonds. I had my hand on the book while at the MET last summer... Stunning!

While there were many royals attending this wedding, I just had to share an image of the Crown Prince and Princess of Denmark. Crown Princess Mary wore a beautiful coral red gown with chiffon overlay. Her tiara of choice was Midnats Diademet, which I did a post about here, complete with images of how it was made, from start to finish...

... and they lived Happily Ever After! :)

Natasha

Images via Google search

Wedding News!

Today the very first rue wedding issue hit the virtual newsstand, and while I am not in the market for anything "wedding" at the moment, I still thought it was worth checking out! 

I am happy to report that the issue is not full of wedding gowns, but rather with very tastefully selected accessories for all your registry needs and wants. Party planner advise along with an invitation to view editor-in-chief, Crystal Gentilello, own bridal shower. Super issue!

If you are still looking for more Wedding inspiration, check out Lovely Wedding Magazine, published by Loni Parker of adore Home fame, with quite a few dedicated wedding issues under her belt, there is a lot to read and look at...

Enjoy the festivities!
Natasha

Image #1 via rue on Instagram, Image #2 via rue magazine, Image #3 & #4 via Lovely Wedding Magazine Blog.

Wedding Weekend in Luxembourg.

Countess Stephanie de Lannoy arriving at her wedding to Prince Guillaume. Her beautiful lace wedding dress designed by Elie Saab (who also dressed guest in the wedding party).

The tiara worn by Princess Stephanie is the Lannoy family tiara.

The happy couple :)

The evening prior to the church wedding, a Wedding Gala was held and royalty from all of Europe showed off their best gowns and jewels... 

First the always beautiful and fun Princess Maxima of the Nederlands (Holland) wearing Jantaminau, a diamond & ruby tiara with matching earrings, and a three strand necklace with some of the biggest "diamonds-by-the-yard" I have ever seen... ;) 

Another stunning red gown was worn by Princess Mette-Marit of Norway. This gown is designed by Emilio Pucci. 

I don't recall her looking this beautiful before.. love her dress, her hair, her makeup.

Well done!!

And then there is Marie Chantal of Greece.... In a class of her own in my opinion! 

Always appropriate & always super stylish. Her stunning gold gown was by Elie Saab.

While there were several images "out there" of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, where the full detail of her gown could be seen, I am just a sucker for great images of women getting out of cars... Looking amazingly polished and wrinkle free, even at a hight profile event like this, so... I chose this image :) (Great detail of all the beadwork)

Hope you had a wonderful start to your week!

Natasha

All images via Google Image finder

Exquisite Lace

I want to share these two white lace blouses with you, in the hopes that your day will be just as beautiful!  :)

  

Blouse by Stella McCartney. Notice the three dimensional quality of the lace... the applique is so pretty and feminine!

Love that this image is in black and white, you really get to appreciate the fine detail in this Grivinchy, flowery white lace blouse....

Pretty, huh?

Natasha

Images via Hanneli Mistaparta