Day 1. Official visit to South Korea

20 May

Quite a while ago, it was announced that the Crown Prince Couple were going to Seoul in South Korea on an official state visit in May. That is now. I have really been looking forward to this state visit for a long time. Think we need a good old state visit. The couple are in Seoul from May 20-22nd.

During the day

On Monday, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary were welcomed by South Korea's Presidential couple at the Presidential Blue House. It was a warm welcoming. To me it seems like both couple's had been looking forward to meet.

Later in the afternoon, the Danish royal couple visited the demilitarized zone between North- and South Korea. Back in 2012 the couple also payed a visit to the zone, here. They met with Danish emissaries at the United Nations Command who, among others, talked about the current situation between the two countries. The couple also visited the Dora Observatory to attend the opening of a new art installation created bt SUPERFLEX - a Danish artist group.

The visit in Seoul focuses on Danish technology and quality products. That is why the Crown Prince Couple, the following tree days will visit places, organisations, etc. in South Korea. Visiting Seoul also mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic collaborations between Denmark and South Korea, which of course will be celebrated.

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I clearly remember all outfits Mary wore in 2012, when the couple visited South Korea. Back then she wore lots of light and bright colors and prints. That's not exactly what showed this time. At the welcoming she wore one of her old blue Vionnet dresses. It was been seen on several different occasions before going to Seoul. A really beautiful dress that features a cape matching both dress and color. What also perfectly matched the outfit is her bright blue quality clutch from Quidam. Amazing how to pieces match this perfectly.

Mary then embraced the style by wearing snakeskin pumps from Gianvito Rossi. I rarely see someone wear snakeskin pumps as beautifully as she does. Often she wears them with a plain dress or trousers, and it looks great. As accessories I see a rather large beaded brooch. It is not new. I have never been able to identify it, but she often wears it with this dress. The white pearl earrings and matching bracelet are from the Danish designer Dulong Fine Jewelry. Two other bracelets are from the same designer, and the last one is Cartier. Mary also wore two stunning golden rings. The simple one is also Dulong Fine Jewelry; the other one features a white pearl. I still wonder if these two rings are created by the same designer? During the day a pair of Ray Ban sunglasses protected her eyes against a warm sun.

SHOP THE LOOK

Dress ● Vionnet, here

Sunglasses ● Ray Ban, here

Earrings ● Dulong Fine Jewelry

Bracelet ● Dulong Fine Jewelry, here

Bracelet ● Dulong Fine Jewelry, here

Bracelet ● Dulong Fine Jewelry, here

Bracelet ● Cartier, here

Ring ● Dulong Fine Jewelry, here

Clutch ● Quidam

Shoes ● Gianvito Rossi

Dinner

About an hour before dinner time, the Crown Prince Couple payed a visit to South Korea' Prime Minister.

The visit was followed by an official dinner by the Prime Minister taking place at his residens. Both Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary showed up in a splendid mood. Especially the Crown Prince seemed excited about meeting Lee Nak-yon, the Prime Minister.

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Mary was dressed beautifully in an old floral dream from Burberry. I've loved it from first sight when she wore it at the 100th anniversary for women's voting rights in 2015, here. Back then I think some of you was not as excited as I was. I am thrilled she chose this one for the evening event with South Korea's Prime Minister. What do you think? Happy to see the dress again. She looked just graceful.

Mary carried her power pink Bottega Veneta clutch and velvet Gianvito Rossi pumps. So did she in 2017 when attending a dinner on occasion of Copenhagen Fashion Summit that year, here. A stunning combination of colors, materials and silhouettes. I like the fact that both dress, shoes, clutch and jewellery all matched in color. That's the way to do it. 

If you take a closer look, you find that she actually wore quite a lot of jewellery as well. First thing notable is the earrings. Worn before, but never identified. The same goes with the one bracelets featuring colored stones. Her two others golden bracelets are from Cartier and Dulong Fine Jewelry. The last one is also Dulong Fine Jewelry. Besides that Mary had chosen diamond rings from among others Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen. A really magnificent outfit of hers topped off with a beautiful hairstyle.

SHOP THE evening LOOK

Dress ● Burberry, here

Bracelet ● Dulong Fine Jewelry, here

Bracelet ● Dulong Fine Jewelry, here

Bracelet ● Cartier, here

Rings ● Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen, here

Clutch ● Bottega Veneta, here

Shoes ● Gianvito Rossi, here

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 3. Business promotion in Seattle

Saturday, May 5th

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The Crown Princess has been visiting Seattle from May 3rd on occasion of the launch of a Danish art- and culture business promotion. She has been accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs Anders Samuelsen all along. While visiting Seattle, the Crown Princess has both attended an opening ceremony at the National Museum, here, visited the University of Washington and stepped by the Novo Nordisk Research Center, here. On evening of the second day she also attended a gala dinner, here. During the last day in Seattle she had just one official event left -to attend the official opening of a new building at the Nordic Museum. She arrived in a great mood with a large smile on her face. Still in a cheerful the Crown Princess entered the stage and gave a speech as part of the official opening.

On her last day, Mary amazed the world in a navy blue dress. It goes back to a previous event about a year ago when she attended the European Emergency Medical Services 2017 (EMS2017), here. Do you remember her wearing the dress before? At the time I was not able to identify. A similar model was found at Stella McCarntey. It turns out completely wrong. Vionnet (collection: 2016) is the designer of Mary's incredible blue dress. Think this is the only dress, what we know of, that Mary's has from that designer. Hope it will not be the last time because Vionnet has some incredible designs.

 where it came from. Nor do I now. But a similar dress has been found at Stella McCartney, here. I can't tell if McCartney is in fact the designer of Mary's navy blue dream of a dress. I just know they look very much alike. As back in 2017 she embraced the style wearing a rather large brooch, white pearl jewellery from Dulong Fine Jewelry and a golden Orit Elhanati necklace. She also wore her stunning Cartier bracelet, which probably is a gift from her husband on occasion of their anniversary a few years ago. At least I like the thought. Mary wore a pair of beige Prada pumps as the day earlier. Perfectly dressed as she is, she styled the outfit with a matching ostrich clutch from Naledi Copenhagen. What made this outfit so beautiful and special to me, is her amazing smile and confidence.

Dress ● Vionnet Layered Crepe Dress
Earrings ● Dulong Fine Jewelry

Necklace ● Orit Elhanati The Abyss Necklace

Bracelet ● Dulong Fine Jewelry Anello Pearl Bracelet

Bracelet ● Cartier Love Bracelet

Ring ● Dulong Fine Jewelry

Clutch ● Naledi Copenhagen Allana Latte Beige Ostrich Clutch

Shoes ● Prada Natural Pointed Toe Pumps

The European Emergency Medical Services 2017

Monday, May 22nd

Crown Princess Mary attended the opening of the European Emergency Medical Services 2017 (EMS2017) which took place at Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center, Copenhagen. 

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It was as guest of honor and patron Crown Princess Mary attended the grand opening of the European Emergency Medical Services 2017, also abbreviated to EMS2017. The EMS2017 is a three-day conference where the latest research in the prehospital- and emergency medical field are presented. Researcher's from all over Europe are participating in the conference to, among others, create a new network and share knowledge. The Crown Princess arrived in an excellent mood and was warmly welcomed by a flower girl with a large bouquet of flowers. She was the one opening the conference with an inspiring speech. During her day at the Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center in Copenhagen, Mary was introduced to several new initiatives developed to make a difference in the prehospital- and emergency medical field. To me it looks like the Crown Princess was quite impressed of what she saw.

Usually when Mary is attending events like these we do not see her wear anything like this. But I am absolutely in love with her new navy blue dress. Finally I am able to tell that her beautiful blue dress is a Vionnet creation. I have the information about the dress from Heaven. Her new dress features some kind of cape in same colour and material as the rest of the dress. Looks just magnificent next to her dark hair and fair skin. She even matched the blue balloons. I would love to be the one telling you who designed Mary's new dress, but so far I can't. The way she accessorized her outfit makes the dress even more stunning. As jewellery Mary had chosen a pair of golden Dulong Fine Jewelry earrings and matching white pearl pendants, then her golden Cartier bracelet, another Dulong Fine Jewelry bracelet and a couple of Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen diamond rings. Not to forget that green and dusty pink brooch which I still have no clue where is from. I have been very troubled finding out what pair of shoes she was wearing -if they are new or reused. A closer look confirmed my suspicion; it is a reused pair of Gianvito Rossi pumps. These were first seen the photo series of Eurowoman back in 2016, here, where she wore one of my absolute favourite outfits! Last but not least, she was wearing one of her nude clutches from Naledi Copenhagen. 

Dress: Vionnet Layered Crepe Dress
Earrings: Dulong Fine Jewelry Luna Earrings w. Diamonds

Pendant: Dulong Fine Jewelry Globe Pendants

Bracelet: Dulong Fine Jewelry Anello Pearl Bracelet

Bracelet: Cartier Love Bracelet

Rings: Ole Lynggaard Copenhagen Love Bands Ring

Clutch: Naledi Copenhagen Allana Latte Ostric Clutch

Shoes: Gianvito Rossi Nude Python Pointed-Toe Pump