Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

Sunday, November 29th

Crown Princess Mary attended the Christmas tree lighting ceremony held at Copenhagen City Hall Square.
* Frederiketmary.centerblog.net

Crown Princess Mary was invited to attend this celebration because this year is the 100th anniversary of a Christmas tree standing at the exact same spot at Copenhagen City Hall Square. Christmas is really all about traditions and the Christmas tree lighting ceremony has been a tradition since 2014 -with excepting twice during the second world war. The Crown Princess arrived to Copenhagen City Hall Square accompanied by Copenhagen's Mayor Frank Jensen. Despite the bad weather, hundreds of Danes showed up and seemed to enjoy the tradition such as the Crown Princess did. After a warm welcoming and a laud countdown she pushed the button and the tree lit up. It was also then covered with fake snow delivered by Santa himself. With a few pictures, lots of smiles and a "Merry Christmas" the Crown Princess enjoyed the evening and took plenty of time meeting the attending Danes.

The weather was really not that good -cold and windy. What we would call 'autumn' in Denmark. We even got a rather powerful storm in the evening. We could have lived without. Nevertheless, it gave Mary the opportunity to wear some of her pieces from her winter wardrobe. She kept herself warm in a bright red Diane von Fursteberg coat, first seen a couple of years ago, here, a grey turtleneck and black trousers. Maybe a pair of fitted trousers would have been better? I really can't decide. What do you think? Wide or tight? I completely fell in love with her hairstyle. Big and voluminous. Makes a great accessory just as the black heeled ankle boots from Gianvito Rossi and Hartmann's diamond earrings. A lovely inspiration for your own winter-look. Especially why you should consider a bright red winter coat instead of black or grey. Red looks magnificent no matter what you style is.

Coat: Diane von Furstenberg Mikhaila Red Wool Coat
Earrings: Hartmann's
Shoes: Gianvito Rossi Suede Pointed-Toe Ankle Bootie, Gray
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DR Ultra Gala -It's Nice to be Nice

Friday, November 27th

Crown Princess Mary attended the DR Ultra Gala concert 'It's Nice to be Nice' with the Mary Foundation in Sønderborg. 

* Jv.dk

The red carpet was changed in favor of a yellow one on occasion of It's Nice to be Nice. The yellow colour is associated with Dr Ultra which is children's channel made by DR, who hosted the concert. From the second the Crown Princess arrived to Skansehallen in Sønderborg, she was welcomed by so many kids taken pictures of her with their phones. Everyone would like to get a glimpse of the future Queen. As represent of the Mary Foundation and the guest of honor Crown Princes Mary attended the premiere of the Ultra Gala show which also was the beginning of a Denmark tour. This year the show focuses on how to prevent and handle solitude among children in the age of 7-12. The Crown Princess also attended because she was given very special friendship award It's Nice to be Nice. All because she is the most nice princess. It was handed over by the siblings Dikte and Malte and it was received with great honor. During a break she told the press that she really liked the show and its message to be a good and helpful friend. After the show it was time to write in the big solitude-book. An over dimensionel book where the children wrote their own personal advises on how to handle to solitude and of course the Crown Princess did the same. Her advise was: "REMEMBER that you are worth something -believe in yourself".

Despite the fact that Mary was all dressed in black, it was an fashionable and edgy outfit. Just named the nicest princess of them all, she rocked in a black suit. Of course this is not the first time we see her wear a suit. I remember a white, red and grey one as well. This simple suit she upgraded to the most stylish I have ever seen. She matched it with a sensual and classy black lace blouse. The perfect way to make your suit much more feminine. This one I found at Heartmade by Julie Fagerholt (Winter/Holiday 2015). Personally, I love wearing lace and I can't wait to find a similar blouse and wear it like Mary just did at the evening evening in Sønderborg. She matched her black suede metal cap-toe pumps from Gianvito Rossi with the suit, last worn at the premiere of You do not say no to Asger Jorn in 2014, here. One other thing I noticed was her hairstyle. Some time since we have seen an everyday hairstyle so elegant. Last year her hair was like this all the time. I kinda missed these updo's because I find them very inspiring how to do my own hair. Even though it look hard, it's quite easy. Take a look online for more inspiration and tutorials. She accessorized her "gala" outfit with round diamond earrings from Hartmann's and what looks like a silver ring featuring a green stone. Left we have the little shiny clutch from Carlend Copenhagen looking nice with the rest of the outfit and her burgundy nail polish. I hope I some day will get the chance to wear an outfit like this. In my opinion, this outfit is one of the best we have seen for a while.

Earrings: Hartmann's
Blouse: Heartmade by Julie Fagerholt Jula
Clutch: Carlend Copenhagen Vanessa
Shoes: Gianvito Rossi Metal Mesh Cap-Toe Pumps
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Christmas ceception with the Mary Foundation

Wednesday, November 25th

Crown Princess Mary hosted a christmas reception at Amalienborg palace in Copenhagen for the Mary Foundations working partners and collaborators.

* Kongehuset.dk
* Maryfonden.dk
* Frederiketmary.centerblog.net
* Princessesblog76.blogspot.com

At the beginning of this week the Crown Princess hosted a Christmas reception with the Mary Foundation and their partners, which has become a really nice tradition. This event gives the opportunity to thank everybody who have been involved or have supported the foundation's work the past year and to wish everybody a merry Christmas. Representative were all invited to glögg and æbleskiver. Probably you have heard about both these thing, if you haven't don't worry I will tell you more about it. Glögg or glühwein (German) goes back to Germany. It's a very traditional hot drink made of among others red wine, snaps, brown rom, madeira, oranges, lemon, cinnamon, star anise etc. Æbleskiver is from Denmark and I'm not sure it gives an English translation. Translated it's 'apples in slices'. Danes love them and is the epitome of Christmas. Primarily they are made of pancake batter. Back in time it was slices of apples, which were then fried. Today 'Æbleskriver' are pan fried in a round shape and them they are eaten with either/or both jam or icing sugar.

The Crown Princess welcomed her invited guests at Frederik VIII's Palace around 3:00 pm. From the beginning the atmosphere was great. Everyone were in a good mood in the room. I'm sure they had all had a great time. One of the guests, who had traveled all the way from Chicago to attend the reception, was Professor and Ph.D. John T. Cacioppo. He is a member of the the Mary Foundation's expert panel working with loneliness. At the reception, representatives as the Lauritzen Betina Ipsen who support the Netwerk project, Marketing Manager of DHL Express Susanne Kristensen works with the Free of Bullying's Children relay project and project manager in TrygFonden Christoffer Elbrønd and communications officer in DBU Mikkel Minor Jensen important project partners in Klubfidusen attended.

First, I thought she was wearing a black dress, which was the only thing I did not expect. Suddenly I flipped my computer screen by an accident and I realized that it wasn't black but green -her dark green suede dress from Prada. It is differently not the first time we see this dress, but I took my quite a while to identify it even though it's from one of her favourite designers. Very appropriate of her to wear a dress in this colour. Perfect to celebrate Christmas and her co-workers. She even matched the wallpapers. Maybe I'm the only one who noticed this little detail about the wallpapers. I remember at least three times she was worn the dress. All three with great success. In 2013 when she and Frederik ,along with the rest of the family, attended a dinner at Hotel Admiral with the President and his wife of Slovakia, here, then again at Prince Nicolai's confirmation in the evening, here, and then last in 2014 when she attended the Ultra Gala show, here. With that one picture published where we see her feet, I think I know what pair of shoes she was wearing. A pair of beige Prada pumps, last seen on October 8th 2015 when Mary attended the Free of Bullying seminar, here. What do you think? Am I right about the shoes? Beige pumps would be a great choice. Of course you all noticed her new silver bracelet featuring green stones. Mary has several times worn bracelets like this, but I have never been able to identify the designer -if it's even the same one. I also see a pair of earrings, though I can't decide which pair she's wearing. And then that red/burgundy nail polish. 

Dress: Prada Green Suede Dress

 Ideas for identification
Shoes: Prada Beige Pointed Toe Pumps
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The French Embassy's Prize for Human Rights 2015

Tuesday, November 24th


Crown Princess Mary attended the presentation of the French Embassy's Prize for Human Rights 2015 as patron of the Maternity Foundation taking place at the French Embassy in Denmark.

* Princessesblog76.blogspot.com

The Crown Princess attended this event only two and a half hours after the tennis event in KB-Hallen in Frederiksberg, here. Then in the afternoon she visited the French Embassy in Denmark to hand over the French Embassy's Prize for Human Rights 2015, which was  given to the Maternity Foundation. The foundation works to reduce maternal and newborn mortality in developing countries and has has the Crown Princess as their patron since 2010. When the Crown Princess arrived to the French Embassy at Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen the weather was terrible -rainy and windy. Despite the bad weather she took time to place a large bouquet of white lilies, next to all the other flowers, in front of the French embassy in memory of the victims of the terror attack on November 13th. Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Marie attended a ceremony a few days after the attack, but the Crown Princess was in Senegal at the time. Her gesture was noticed also noticed by the French Ambassador in Denmark and former Ambassador for Human Rights. So why white lilies? They are symbolized with both sorrow, sadness, grief and heavenly purity, life and beauty. Without a single

From one bouquet to another. Before the presentation began she was given a bunch of flowers from a little flower-boy. Accompanied by the French ambassador François Zimeray, Mary attend the presentation of the Prize for Human Rights 2015, which was handed over to the Maternity Foundation. At this, both happy and honorable day, Mary was dressed beautifully in black. Nothing new, but Mary wear her clothes as if it was the first time -every time. The black dress features a sequin belt and is from Prada. Last time we saw is was in 2014 when she attended the Ordrupgaard exhibition in Charlottenlund, here. At the time she also wore a red nail polish. I always loved the dress with its sense of a 50s dress. A few years ago I bought a very similar vintage dress that was in a really bad condition, but I had to have it. Today it is one of my personal favourite dresses and when Mary wore her Prada dress the first time I was thrilled. This time I kinda missed the Gianvito Rossi shoes because they were a really great match. At yesterdays presentation she chose another pair of Gianvito Rossi pumps in black and a matching Carlend Copenhagen clutch. She was also wearing her golden Orit Elhanati necklace. When she arrived to the French Embassy she wore some kind of black woolen coat and because of the wind, we had a glimpse of her reused diamond earrings. A little bit of everyday glamour.
Clutch: Carlend Copenhagen Vanessa
Necklace: Orit Elhanati The Abyss Necklace
Shoes: Gianvito Rossi Patent Pumps
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