Princess Sofia of Sweden has lent a choice of her hats to a brand new style exhibition. The royal mother of 4, in conjunction with King Carl XVI Gustaf’s sister Princess Christina, inaugurated the brand new “Hat Couture” exhibition on the Royal Armoury in Stockholm. Sofia appeared radiant in pink, crowned with a velvet scarf, for the joint day out on Oct. 23. Prince Carl Philip’s spouse and his 82-year-old paternal aunt each lent items to the “Hat Couture – Royal Hat Model within the Royal Armoury showcase.” Amongst Sofia’s hats on show is the yellow straw hat by way of Joanne Edwards that she wore to a thanksgiving carrier in 2023 to have a good time her better half’s father’s fiftieth anniversary at the throne, in addition to the red fascinator she wore to the christening of Princess Madeleine’s son, Prince Nicolas, in 2015.
Along with headwear worn and nonetheless owned by way of Sofia and Christina, the showcase — about hats worn by way of Swedish royals “from the mid-Twentieth century, the golden age of hats, to the 2000s” — options chapeaus worn by way of Queen Louise, Princesses Sibylla and Princess Margaretha, and a “few chic males’s hats” like Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf’s tall gray Derby hat and a Borsalino hat.
“It’s unbelievable amusing to turn each colourful unfashionable hats from the Livrustkammaren assortment and trendy creations from Princess Christina and Princess Sofia. We’re very thankful for his or her beneficiant donations and assist in hanging the nice hats and hair adorns of their context,” Malin Grundberg, museum director on the Livrustkammaren, mentioned in a press liberate, translated to English.
© Christine Olsson/TT/ShutterstockConsistent with the museum, “Hat Couture” marks the primary time that royal hats from the Royal Armoury assortment have long past on show in their very own exhibition. Following the engagement on Thursday, the Prince Couple’s Instagram shared a reel that includes pictures from the talk over with, together with a snapshot of Sofia making an attempt on a hat.
“These days Princess Christina and I opened “Hat Couture – royal hat style within the Livrust Chamber”. There, our hats and creations are displayed in conjunction with different royal hats from the museum’s collections,” the video was once captioned, translated to English. “The whole lot from colourful tablet jars, fancy turbans and blooming creations – all created by way of implausible modists! The exhibition is open till the top of 2026, welcome! @livrustkammaren.”
On social media previous this week, a in the past unseen picture of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia’s daughter, Princess Ines, surfaced on-line. The lovely image was once incorporated in a thank-you card despatched out in line with well-wishes for Ines’ christening, which came about on June 13. Throughout the card, a message from the royal couple learn: “We want to prolong our warmest thank you on your sort needs and thoughtfulness at the instance of the Christening of our daughter, Princess Ines.”
Sofia and Carl Philip welcomed Ines, their fourth kid, in February. The Prince and Princess also are folks to sons Prince Alexander, Prince Gabriel and Prince Julian.
