Tag: fashion

My newest book and magazine
Books & Magazines, Media & Co

My newest book and magazine

Nothing is more fun than walking into your hallway and find some royal mail on the floor. Today was one of these days! On the left the new yearbook 2017 of the Dutch royal magazine “Vorsten” with almost 200 pages full with photos about the royal year 2017. And that does also include other royal […]

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A Royal Dress from the 1980s on Display
Exhibitions, Travel

A Royal Dress from the 1980s on Display

Somewhat of a busy Saturday in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. A friend and I wanted to pay a short visit to the Noordbrabants Museum in this city in the south of the Netherlands. For me the Province of Noord-Brabant is quite a trip. There was another nice exhibition in a city near ‘s-Hertogenbosch, which made it easy to […]

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Unavoidable – Royal Fashion
Bits & Pieces, Miscellaneous

Unavoidable – Royal Fashion

Royal Fashion – a topic you can almost not avoid anymore nowadays. In the past few years the blogs about the clothes of princesses and queens have popped up, and regularly you’ll find hot discussions on Twitter about designers and other fashionable themes. When I started writing about royals more than 15 years ago, you’d […]

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A Very Royal Wedding in Wertheim (1)
Marriages, News

A Very Royal Wedding in Wertheim (1)

The actual wedding of Count Constantin Fugger von Babenhausen and Princess Sophie zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg took place on Saturday 24 June 2017 in Wertheim. But more about the wedding in a later post, as it doesn’t happen often that I get a few nice pictures of a Polterabend, the pre-party that took place the previous evening. […]

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Royal Weddings: The Do’s and Don’ts photo & copyright: Netty Leistra
Marriages, News

Royal Weddings: The Do’s and Don’ts

What are the things you absolutely shouldn’t do when being a guest or a fan at a royal wedding. I am sure there are some things you all can think of. Even royals and nobles sometimes do the wrong thing. Don’t wear huge hats, even when they look lovely on you. The people sitting behind […]

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Diana: Her Fashion Story
Exhibitions, Travel

Diana: Her Fashion Story

The one thing I really wanted to do when being in London early this month, was seeing the exhibition “Diana: Her Fashion Story” at the Kensington Palace. As this exhibition is highly popular, preordering an advance ticket is highly recommendable. I was not too lucky, as one moment they were still there, two weeks later […]

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Chapeaux! The Hat Exhibition has been opened
Exhibitions, Travel

Chapeaux! The Hat Exhibition has been opened

On 22 March Princess Beatrix opened an exhibition of her own hats at Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. Although expected, she didn’t wear a hat, probably the best in this case as there were already enough hats. The next day ‘Chapeaux! Hats of Queen Beatrix’ opened to the public and will remain open […]

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Chapeaux! Hats of Queen Beatrix
Exhibitions, Travel

Chapeaux! Hats of Queen Beatrix

In the afternoon of 22 March Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands will open an exhibition of her own hats at Museum Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands. “Chapeaux! Hats of Queen Beatrix” shows more than hundred hats the Princess wore as a Queen between 1980 and 2013. The exhibition will be on display from […]

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1917. Romanovs & Revolution
Exhibitions, Travel

1917. Romanovs & Revolution

This month, February 2017, it is 100 years ago the February Revolution broke out that led to the end of the monarchy in Russia. On this occasion from 4 February to 17 September 2017 the Hermitage Amsterdam, The Netherlands, organises the exhibition “1917. Romanovs & Revolution”. An exhibition that in October will open in somewhat […]

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Hubert de Givenchy – To Audrey with Love
Exhibitions, Travel

Hubert de Givenchy – To Audrey with Love

A real noble and royal surprise this exhibition “Hubert de Givenchy – To Audrey with Love” at the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, The Netherlands. By appearance quite similar to the exhibition about Dutch Fashion just over a year ago, this one is totally dedicated to the famous French couturier Hubert de Givenchy (* 1927) and […]

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