Week in Review: Princess Eugenie, 30 January - 5 February

Here's what Princess Eugenie wore the week of 30 January - 5 February:

1. a) and b) Out partying in Verbier, 4 February. Now, this just makes me glad no one's interested in publishing my evening shenanigans in a national newspaper.
2. Skiing in Verbier, 5 February. With these ski pants, she'll be easily located in case of an avalanche. Smart move, really.

Photos:  Bauer Griffin/Zimbio/Isabelle Favre/Bancroft Media/Daily Mail

Week in Review: Princess Beatrice, 30 January - 5 February

Here's what Princess Beatrice wore the week of 30 January - 5 February:

1. Leaving a party at the London Louis Vuitton flagship store, 1 February. Action shot! Even princesses have to hail their own cabs. Who knew?
2. Skiing in Verbier with the family, 5 February. What can you say about a skiing outfit? Looks pretty good for something designed to make you look heavy.

Photos: Pacificcoastnews.com/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe/Zimbio

Week in Review: Princess Mathilde, 30 January - 5 February

Here's what Princess Mathilde wore the week of 30 January - 5 February:

Visiting the University Hospital of Gent, 3 February. A coat over a matching dress? Or a dress with a coat looking part? Perplexing, but I think I like it. Or maybe I just find the belt flattering - a well-placed belt will get me every time.

Week in Review: Crown Princess Mette-Marit, 30 January - 5 February

Here's what Crown Princess Mette-Marit wore the week of 30 January - 5 February:

1. Visiting the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 31 January.
2. Attending a dinner at the Hotel D'Angleterre,31 January, a) with coat and b) without.
3. Visiting the UNAIDS building in Geneva, 1 February. 

Best and Worst of the Week

Number 2's the best, no question. The cardigan's kind of ruining the thing, but the coat makes up for it with that little touch of fur to class it up. Now, on the worst side, I'm torn. Neither 1 nor 3 are terrible. The texture on the skirt of 3 and the detailing on the jacket of 1 both add interest to what could be plain and boring outfits. Yet: the pink scarf is just too much extra and too unnecessary on 3. That's not as bad as this, though, from Outfit 1:

Seriously? Brown shoes? That suit, though it looks black, is in fact navy. But that still doesn't make this okay.  Also, peep toe shoes + tights = bad news, so I have my worst. What's yours?


Photos: Daylife/Reuters/Belga/DANAPRESS

Week in Review: Princess Máxima, 30 January - 5 February

Here's what Princess Máxima wore the week of 30 January - 5 February:

1. Starting a youth healthy weight program and visiting the Korzo theater in the Hague, 1 February, a) with a rather bathrobe-like coat and b) without, where the trousers could use a little more length.
2. a) and b) Visiting the Mytikas project, 3 February. Because there weren't many good pictures from this event, I present you with c) the last appearance of these trousers from 2009. Gorgeous reader Susan termed them "knickerbockers" when she emailed me about this travesty, and I couldn't agree more with that characterization. I'm filing this one under "things that should be worn on a Scottish golf course" and also "worst outfit of 2011 contenders". 

Best and Worst of the Week

Outfit 1 is not the sort of thing that I would name the best of the week under any other circumstances, but I can not abide by knickerbockers or shootie-looking things. Excuse me, I mean SHOOTIES. And KNICKERBOCKERS. Good grief. To be fair, if I were grading based on jewelry alone, I'd flip that verdict: 

I love those gold earrings, but spiders as jewelry just creep me out. We have officially reached the perimeters of my magpie love for shiny things.

Photos: PPE/ANP/RVD

Week in Review: Crown Princess Mary, 30 January - 5 February

Here's what Crown Princess Mary wore the week of 30 January - 5 February:

1.  Appearing via video for World Cancer Day, 4 February. And this is how you handle appearances before you're ready for a full body shot again - another Princess lesson from Mary (who really didn't look that dour in the video, screenshots are tricky business).

Photo: tv2fyn.dk

Week in Review: Crown Princess Pavlos, 23-29 January

Here's what Crown Princess Pavlos wore the week of 23-29 January:

1. Attending the Christian Dior fashion show, 24 January.
2. At the Chanel show, 24 January.
3. At the Jean-Paul Gaultier show, 26 January, a) so you can see the jacket, and b) because you can't miss the scarf.

Leave it to the fashion shows to bring Marie-Chantal out of hiding! Safe, tame and elegant - a real couture lady - right up until the end, when she hits us with the scarf and flat leopard boot double whammy. Just...wow.


Photos: Profimedia/Pacificcoastnews.com/Getty Images/Pascal LeSegretain