Week in Review: Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, 9-15 January

Here's what Grand Duchess Maria Teresa wore the week of 9-15 January:

1. In Echternach, 9 January. Same coat and dress as last week, but this time without the brown stockings and with a pop of blue in the jewels. Much better this time!

Photos: Serge Waldbilling/Wort

Top 10 Worst of 2010: #1. Princess Mabel at Crown Princess Victoria's Wedding

I thought about it, and I thought about it, and here's what I came up with:

This thing just can't be topped. I mean, it hits all the criteria I set out at the beginning of this list:

Raucous laughter: check. Come on, it's both a tutu and business wear. Hilarity!

Gasps of horror: oh yeah. I'll say it again, it's both a tutu and business wear. WHY?

The rare, but potent, "OH NO YOU DIDN'T": never more true. This isn't something worn to a gala party where Mabel was the headliner. She wore this to someone's wedding. And you know the primary rule of wedding attire: don't you dare upstage the bride. If this isn't an attempt at that, then I really don't know what's going on here.

I'm just going to go ahead and assume this one made your list, so tell me: was it your number one?

Also, coming tomorrow: the outfits that almost made my list.

Week in Review: Princess Madeleine, 9-15 January

Here's what Princess Madeleine wore the week of 9-15 January:

1. On a date (allegedly) in New York City. Looks like a scarf and a fur vest, which is a whole lot of coziness. I hope it is a date - she deserves to have some fun this year!

Photo: Aftonbladet

Week in Review: Princess Mathilde, 9-15 January

Here's what Princess Mathilde wore the week of 9-15 January:

1.  New Year's reception, 12 January. We can go ahead and assume this is NATAN, since Máxima's been seen in similar tops.
2. Visiting an exhibition, 14 January.

On the left, we have a great winter outfit for Mathilde, complete with a great brooch to liven it up. On the right, we have half spring and half winter. I like the skirt, and I could learn to like the sweater, but I do not like them together.

Photos: Reuters/Daylife

Top 10 Worst of 2010: #2. Princess Elena at an Exhibit Opening

And the next stop on our trip through the worst outfits of 2010 brings us to a pause in the land of LOL:

Like I said before, this is a technicolor dream suit. Maybe just the jacket I could deal with, but the trousers just send this straight into comical territory. It's just...SO MUCH.

I guess that's just become Elena's territory of late. Those memorable costumes at Victoria's wedding pop into the brain, for starters. And this suit is a repeat from earlier times, so maybe she's always lived here. I can't decide if this is a case of trying too hard or not trying hard enough, but I thank her for the laughs anyways.

Photos: IPAPRESS/Belga

Top 10 Worst of 2010: #3. Bridesmaids at Nikolaos and Tatiana's Wedding

Not technically royals, no. But since they were bridesmaids, I'm going on the assumption that these dresses were chosen by Tatiana, or at the very least approved by her. So I'm counting it.

And really, how could I not:

This just does not compute. I mean, if you were going to the school dance with a bunch of your girlfriends and you decided to put on a silly show of solidarity, sure. That I would get.

But this is a wedding. A royal wedding, at that. I have to be honest, even if these were the bride's choice at a family wedding held in the Nowheresville that I hail from, I'd raise an eyebrow. And I have relatives that have been known to wear blue jeans to weddings. (Oh, how I wish I was kidding.)

Or maybe I'm just disappointed. Out of Tatiana, if I can't get something to fall in love with, I at least expect to get something high fashion. Not mall chain prom.

Photo: Getty Images/Europa Press

Top 10 Worst of 2010: #4. Princess Stephanie at the Red Cross Ball

Really, any number of Stephanie appearances this year were game for this list. But I picked this one:

 Like I said about Stephanie on National Day, she always looks guilty. And she is:

Guilty of abuse of tanning supplies in the first degree.

Guilty of reusing the foil wrapped around her dinner leftovers to wrap herself.

Guilty of not one, but two serious violations of the rules of decent cleavage. (Broken rule #1: A little goes a long way. Broken rule #2: Thou shalt not squish those bad boys.)

Guilty of wearing a sartorial mullet, and wearing it the wrong way around: the business end is supposed to be in the front, with the party in the back. This is night club in the front and gala in the back.

Oh, Stephanie.