'CBS Responsibility Day'

September, Monday 3rd

It was a big day for all the students on their first day at Copenhagen Business School. Makes me think of my first day as a student one and a half year ago. On the occasion Crown Princess Mary attended 'CBS Responsibility Day' taking place at Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center in Copenhagen. 'The CBS Responsibility Day' focus on responsibility - especially when it comes to business.

Looks like the Crown Princess was in a splendid mood when she arrived to Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center. She was one big smile at the welcoming. From first raw the Crown Princess paid attention to everything that was going on, on the stage. Later on she entered the stage herself and gave the most inspiring speech. She spoke of how and why responsibility is so important to keep in mind. In her speech she also took plenty of time talking about why it was such an important day for the students. That studies can open a whole new world of opportunities as well as make one grow as a person. Eloquent as always. Pay attention to her speeches; she mater words like few other.




Her being eloquent is no secret. Her being well-dressed is neither a secret. It showed at 'the CBS Responsibility Day'. Mary showed up wearing the most incredible workwear outfit. New pieces matched with good reused pieces. I am sure you all recall the Victoria Beckham blouse. Actually we have seen it at a couple of occasions. It was first seen at the annual meeting with the Mary Foundation, here, and later on an official photo on occasion of Crown Prince Frederik's 50th birthday, here. Do you have a favourite outfit?

Today she matched her blue creation with a brand new skirt featuring small dots. I haven't found anything similar yet. She embraced the look by wearing it with a new belt as well. I would like a few more close-ups. Also to get a better look at the other accessories. Hitting it with perfection Mary wore white pearl earrings and a bracelet both from Dulong Fine Jewelry. We get a glimpse of her wearing black pumps which I finally recognized as Valentino. You know the classy studded model. Quality also describes her Quidam clutch. Think she is wearing her black one, but the lack of pictures makes it a bit difficult to tell for sure.

She added a simple hairstyle, natural makeup and red nails. Pretty good, right? I wouldn't mind wearing this outfit myself any time really.

Blouse  Victoria Beckham Twist-Front Silk Crepe de Chine Blouse
Earrings  Dulong Fine Jewelry
Bracelet  Dulong Fine Jewelry Anello Pearl Bracelet
Clutch  Quidam
Shoes  Valentino Leather Rockstud Pumps Black

The Carlsberg Foundations Research Awards 2018

September, Sunday 2nd

What a pleasure it was to follow the French Presidential couples visit in Denmark. Both the Crown Princes couple, the Queen and the rest of the Danish royal family seemed to enjoy this state visit very much. If you missed anything from the couples two days in Denmark, then you can find much more, here and here.

Crown Princess Mary is back at work. On Sunday around dinner time she arrived to Glyptoteket in Copenhagen. She was about to present 'the Carlsberg Foundations Research Awards 2018'. With each award comes one million Danish kroner - DKK 750,000 are for research related activities; the rest are a personal reward to the winners themselves. For more than five years the Crown Princess has handed over the prestige awards, here, here, here, here, here. 'The Carlsberg Foundations Research Award' was first handed over in 2011, but I am not quite sure if the Crown Princess attended the first two years.

On stage she was this year accompanied by Minister of Research, Tommy Ahlers and CEO of the Carlsberg Foundation, Flemming Besenbacher. With a great smile on her face, she presented the two winners of the research award 2018 Professor Tim Bollerslev and Professor Poul Nissen. Congratulations to both of them with the award and honoring. The ceremony was followed by a dinner in which the Crown Princess also attended.




Each time we get to see Mary at this very special event; we also get to see some pretty amazing outfits which is why I had high exceptions. Something I rarely have. At the moment I can't tell if I am positively surprised or a bit disappointed. I had expected something completely else than this black dress. A black dress would do great for the event - maybe not just this dress. Actually I thought it would take much longer to identify this dress. Then yesterday it was found by one of you at Adam Lippes. He is a new designer to me. Neither do I think Mary has worn any of his designs before. Interesting to see if she will wear his creations again. So, tell me what you think about her new dress. Is the fringe a quality detail or way too much?

So the dress features a hemline of fringes. It is belted and has an interesting neckline. Let me know if you have any possible designers in mind. I am struggling.

For the new dress Mary had chosen to embrace the style by wearing cap-toe pointed from from Gianvito Rossi - seen on several different occasions. She also wore one of her old Prada clutches which features a lovely blue colour and embellished stones. It was first seen at the royal wedding of Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock in Monaco, here. Do you remember it? Somehow I completely forgot about this clutch.

Other than Rossi pumps and a Prada clutch she was wearing diamond earrings from Dulong Fine Jewelry, a few bracelets from among others Cartier and Annikat. And a brand new necklace. A reader suggested Tiffany (collection: Paper Flowers) as creator and from their response I no longer wonder about it's identity. But tell me what you think.

Dress  Adam Lippes Linen Crewneck Fringe Dress
Necklace  Tiffany Pavé Diamond Flower Pendant
Earrings  Dulong Fine Jewelry Lotus
Bracelet  Annikat Wing Cuff
Bracelet  Cartier Love Bracelet
Rings  Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen Love Bands Ring
Clutch  Prada Stone Embellished Raso Clutch
Shoes  Gianvito Rossi

Day 2. Official state visit from France

August, Wednesday 29th

Yesterday the French Presidential couple arrived to Copenhagen. They are on official state visit in Denmark hosted by Queen Margrethe. The Presidential couple was first welcomed at Kastellet in Copenhagen by Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary. Actually the two couple's enjoyed most of the day in each others company. Crown Princess Mary and Mrs Marcon had lunch together and paid a visit to the Design School at Holmen in Copenhagen. Meanwhile the French President join Crown Prince Frederik for a boat trip and met with Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen - among other things. In the evening Queen Margrethe hosted a gala dinner at Christiansborg castle with several hundred invited guests from both France and Denmark. Read about their first day, here.

The state visit only last two days which mean Wednesday 29th is their last day in Denmark. In the morning the official farewell took place at Christian VIIs Palace at Amalienborg. Both Queen Margrethe and the Crown Prince couple attended. A unique tradition was once more included - the French Presidential couple wrote in a guestbook and signed a window. I do not know for sure who was the first to write their signature, but presidents and royals have signed each their own window which are then once again place somewhere at Amalienborg. Simply a wonderful tradition.

Crown Princess Mary and Mrs Macron then visited Rysensteen Gymnasium. Seems like the two of them get along very well. And the students were thrilled to welcomed both of them. The Crown Princess was in a great mood and took plenty of time talking to the stuents. An introduction was also given to the program 'Global Citizenship Programme' in which the school participate. Meanwhile Crown Prince Frederik and the French President visited Dansk Industri. Prime Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen also attended this visit. The visit made it possible for all of them to attend the business conference 'Transformning France: A Nordic Perspective'.

After having spend time on their own; the Crown Prince couple and the French Presidential couple were gathered once again. The reunion took place at Glyptoteket in Copenhagen. When visiting Glyptoteket they had the opportunity to attend a cultural event where numerous Danish artists also attended.

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For one more day in company of Mrs Macron Mary had chosen to reuse one of her old blue creations. It has for a long time been suggested that Stella McCartney designed the blue dress. That was all wrong. The dreamy blue dress is from Vionnet. I learned about its identity from Heaven. She also shared with me that Princess Charlene has worn the same dress featuring a longer skirt, here. Mary first wore her dress at 'the European Emergency Medical Services 2017', here.

Once again we see her embrace the style by wearing that incredible brooch which I have never been able to find. Nor do I have ideas where to find it. The brooch features pastel pink and green colours and make a great match to the blue dress. Just as the white pearl earrings and a ring from Dulong Fine Jewelry does. Multiple bracelet were also worn. I have a hard time identifying each one of them, but I differently see her golden Cartier bangle.

As other accessories Mary had chosen a blue calfskin Quidam clutch and patent leather pumps in rose from Gianvito Rossi. I've always loved when she chose to wear darker and lighter colours at ones. She also stunned wearing some kind of red coloured nail polish. And that soft curly hairstyle blew me away. Absolutely wonderful. She has a certain glow that woman, right?

Dress ● Vionnet Layered Crepe Dress
Earrings ● Dulong Fine Jewelry Hook & Eye Earrings
Bracelet  Cartier Love Bracelet
Ring ● Dulong Fine Jewelry
Clutch ● Quidam Blue Calfskin Clutch
Shoes ● Gianvito Rossi

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- Return reception -
As the French Presidential couple attended the Danish official farewell ceremony; the couple hosted a return reception at Skuespilhuset in Copenhagen. Both Queen Margrethe, the Crown Prince couple, Prince Joachim and Princess Marie, and Princess Benedikte were invited as guests of honor.

Little has been said and shown from the event at Skuespilhuset. From what I see all royals were warmly welcomed by the Presidential couple with smiles and handshakes. With sincere words the French President thanked the Queen and her family for their hospitality in his speech at the reception. All this took place in the afternoon before the presidential couple left Denmark later that day.

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For the afternoon event Mary wore a brand new printed dress. Actually the print is flower petals - beautiful right? Somehow I can't stop myself from loving the fact that Queen Margrethe's dress and Mary's look very much alike. Mary's new dress has been identified by Heaven as Giambattista Valli (the name I always trouble to write and remember). This incredible creation features long sleeves, a wait band and mid-length skirt. I imagine the dress worn at so many different occasions in the future with all kinds of accessories. Maybe yellow pumps? Another belt? Its print makes me wanna try something similar.

At the reception in Skuespilhuset Mary wore simple, yet stunning accessories, to top off her look. Among other things she wore brand new black pumps as well. They feature little golden studs. Once again Heaven got the answer where to find these new pumps. She manage to find them at Gianvito Rossi. Kinda edgy next to the feminine dress. I have been told that Mrs Macron is very fond of Louis Vuitton. So I imagine that she loved Mary's box clutch, because that is from Louis Vuitton. It goes years back in time, but has only been worn a couple of times.

Dress ● Giambattista Valli Floral Petal Printed Dress
Earrings ● Dulong Fine Jewelry Lotus
Clutch ● Louis Vuitton Monogram Motard Clutch
Shoes ● Gianvito Rossi 105 Studded Suede Pumps

Day 1. Official state visit from France

August, Tuesday 28th

For four days we enjoyed an official visit to the Faroe Islands along with the entire Crown Prince family. We followed each step and enjoyed each one of them. It was a pleasure sharing all this with you. The visit was something we had been looking forward to in a very long time. Suddenly it was all over. Fortunately we did not have to wait long for another exciting event. Because on August 28th the Queen hosted an official state visit from France.

The French Presidential couple arrived to Copenhagen airport in the morning on Tuesday 28th. They were warmly welcomed by the Crown Prince couple at Kastellet in Copenhagen. Both couple's showed their respect to missing and/or lost soldiers with a wreath. Following the Presidential couple was officially welcomed by Queen Margrethe at Amalienborg. The Crown Prince couple, Prince Joachim, Princess Marie and Princess Benedikte did also attend the welcoming ceremony.

Mrs Macron was then invited to attend a lunch with the Crown Princess at Frederik VIIIs Palace at Amalienborg. The two of them met earlier in 2017 to discuss equality in Denmark and a future meeting was settled. Once again the topic about equality was brought up. On this occasion the Crown Princess had specially invited four other guests to attend the lunch - four guest with the purpose to enlighten about equality issues, a status and - challenges.

Crown Princess Mary and Mrs Macron also had the pleasure to join each other for yet another visit. The two of them visited the Design School at Holmen in Copenhagen. They were given a guided tour around the facilities, was introduced to the school and their work. Especially sustainability and sustainable fashion solution are something the schools students work with in their everday's.

Meanwhile the French President met with Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, visited the Royal Library and the Black Diamond. He also joined Crown Prince Frederik for a boat trip in Copenhagen Harbor.

Apparently the Crown Princess had a meeting with Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary General on Tuesday as well, here. Amina Mohammed is former special advisor to Ban Ki-moon. UN's 17 world goals - in particular goal number five about equality, was discussed during the meeting that took place at Amalienborg in Copenhagen. The conversation between was also focused on women-and girls rights and opportunities.





Mary was shining like a red rose when welcoming the French Presidential couple at Kastellet in Copenhagen. Somehow I expected something completely else. That is what make Mary and her style so exciting - you never know what she is going to wear. She had chosen a bright red dress from Raquel Diniz. I learned about the dress from Heaven who also told me that Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway dazzled in the exact same dress in 2017, here. Do you like the dress? I do. Much indeed.

The Danish Crown Princess was not the only one embracing a red outfit. Mrs Macron shone wearing a matching red dress and coat. Meanwhile Princess Marie wore a red long-sleeved red blouse and a black skirt.

She accessorized her new Raquel Diniz dress with diamond earrings from Ole Lynggaard worn a several other occasion. The same goes with the beautiful leaf Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen brooch. Her two golden bracelets are from Cartier and Dulong Fine Jewelry. As shoes she had chosen an old pair of python pumps from Gianvito Rossi. Incredible match to the red dress, right? Another interesting accessory is the brand new bright red clutch bag. I had a Danish designer in mind when Kate share her finding with me. She managed to identify Mary's new clutch bag as LIN8. I am simply in love with this creation.

With a magnificent hairstyle, beautiful makeup and red nail polish, she managed to amaze me deeply. Mary really knows how to make a great impression.

Dress ● Raquel Diniz Armonia Silk-Georgette Dress
Earrings ● Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen Winter Frost Earrings
Brooch ● Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen Leaf Brooch
Bracelet ● Cartier Love Bracelet
Bracelet ● Dulong Fine Jewelry Esme Bracelet
Bag ● LIN8 The Classic JLM
Shoes ● Gianvito Rossi

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- Gala dinner -
With Queen Margrethe as host of this official state visit from the French Presidential couple, she also hosted a gala dinner in the evening. Guests from both Danish and French public were invited to attend the dinner, which took place in the Banquet Hall at Christiansborg castle in Copenhagen. The arrival and part of the dinner was broadcasted live on Danish television. I watched only the arrival but it was an incredible sight. Princess Benedikte arrived first from the royal family, followed by Prince Joachim and Princess Marie, then the Crown Prince couple and Queen Margrethe. The French Presidential couple arrived last. Especially the arrival of the Crown Prince couple amazed me. It always look so gracious.

All guests were then greeted with a handshake and the evening was about to begin. As host the Queen gave a welcoming speech which can be watched down below. The French President followed her with his own speech. Dinner was then serviced. I imagine it being a wonderful evening for all attending the event.





By the commentators many blue dresses were predicted. That is why I hoped for anything else than a blue dress for Mary or any of the other Danish royal women. And we got... no blue gowns at all. Queen Margrethe stunned in a purple gown featuring black lace. Princess Marie wore what I think is a brand new gown with a wide neckline and little train. I hear that her tiara is new and presumably a gift from her husband on occasion of their 10th anniversary. Princess Benedikte impressed in a lovely dusty pink floral evening gown.

What's then about Mary? As the only royal woman wearing white, she showed up in a reused Lasse Spangenberg Copenhagen evening gown. Yet with few altercations. A black piece of fabric has been added across her right shoulder. It then works as a short train. I will leave the commenting about this alterting to you. Mary wore this floral gown at the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Mary Foundation, here.

She embraced the evening outfit with a black Sergio Rossi box clutch and black pumps from Gianvito Rossi. Other than this I see her wearing the incredible ruby parure inherited from Queen Ingrid. She wore both tiara, earrings, bracelet and a single hairpiece. If any of you manage to find a picture of her hairstyle, please share it with me. I would really like to get a better look of her stunning hairstyle.

Gown  Lasse Spangenberg Copenhagen Mikado Silk Dress
Tiara  The Ruby Parure
Earrings  The Ruby Parure
Bracelet  The Ruby Parure
Hairpiece  The Ruby Parure
Clutch  Sergio Rossi
Shoes  Gianvito Rossi Mesh-Paneled Suede Pumps