I do like the mindlessness of just talking about fashion for a second, especially because this week has been A LOT! So let’s sit back and enjoy some of Queen Letizia’s fashion, can we? Queen Letizia, Prince Felipe and their two daughters are still doing a tour within the Spanish borders, highlighting local economies and encouraging a gradual reopening of businesses in the pandemic. The problem is that with all of the reopenings last month, Spain has also been experiencing a “second wave” of Covid-19. They were hit hard, like New York and Italy, in the first wave in March. The Spanish government set down big restrictions across the country and it worked for months and Spain flattened their curve. But there has been an uptick in the past month.
All of which to say, I’m not entirely sure why the Spanish royal family is still “on tour” and highlighting local businesses. But here we are. At least Letizia has been wearing some interesting Spanish fashion. In these photos, her white eyelet dress is by Vintage Ibiza, a local label in (you guessed it) Ibiza. Her red dress is by Adolfo Dominguez. Both are apparently pretty affordable (in the $100-200 range) which is consistent with Letizia’s choices. She’s not wandering around, doing one event a week while wearing a thousand-dollar summer dress. *cough* That being said, Letizia and Kate share one style tick: terrible wedges.
Increasingly, the situation with King Juan Carlos’ self-imposed exile is getting more attention from the English-language press. I’m currently reading this interesting NYT op-ed about how it was an open secret for decades in Spain that Juan Carlos had weaknesses for women and money. But the NYT also has a story about how Spanish politicians are somewhat rallying around Felipe and Letizia in the wake of Juan Carlos’ exile, and everyone is trying to make sure that Felipe and Letizia “look clean” given all of the scandals. Maybe that’s what L&F’s tour is really about too – “hey, we’re a perfectly unscandalous nuclear family, pay no attention to that other guy!”
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
But espadrilles (whether you like them wedge or not) are traditional Spanish/southern French summer shoes and Letizia always makes a point of wearing them every summer.
I really like the brown suede ones she is wearing with the red dress, they match the belt nicely.
The white ones are too chunky.
Yes–espadrilles are traditional & a good way to highlight Spanish products. I actually think Letizia generally knows how to style a look with espadrilles (Kate doesn’t). I also like wedges with the red dress but not the ones with the white dress.
Pretty family. I really like both of her dresses. The wedges are no bueno in the red dress pic.
+1
Their daughters are stunners
I love the word ‘stunner’.
Very Pre-Rapaelite!
They really are. And they look so much like each other, I can never tell who’s who.
What happened to their daughter’s leg?
Looks like maybe arthroscopy post-injury?
I read that she fell and needed stitches in her knee. The crutch is to keep weight off.
More Letizia, please! The red dress is sleek and beautiful. Not a fan of the white dress, too much fabric, although it seems cool and comfortable. Those shoes, hoo boy, they are hideous.
Yes, more Letizia!
[*And more of the daughters, too.*]
Well, you all know how I feel about espadrilles, so I’ll just ignore those.
I like both these dresses but I like the red one a lot more. They’re nice summer dresses that look comfortable but aren’t anything really special, which is fine.
I fecking loathe those hideous espadrille wedges. Woof. Otherwise, she is obviously beautiful. That shade of red is gorgeous on her.
red dress is gorg
What I like about her style is that it seems effortless. And casual, which is a great way, I guess, to promote local brands.
I also like the dresses the girls are wearing. The king looks ok too, good job guys.
(Btw, I always wanted to ask, do royal men have stylists? Or just tailors?)
I think the dress is a bit too dressy for espadrilles.
I love both dresses, and the girls’ dresses too, very age appropriate.
The espadrilles… well not for everyone..
Queen Letizia always looks elegant!! Just love her styling!
I wish I looked that good. I love eyelet and shirtdresses (even though I think hers is too long). As the mother of two preteens, I also appreciate that these kids dress their age—I especially like the flat shoes/sneakers. Very attractive family.
She wears clothes well and I always like her style. It always seems efforless, never fussy, overdone or costumy.
King Phillipe is SEXY AND DASHING. I would like a Prince Charles is jealous story, please 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I’m not a fan of the eyelet but I love the red. The whole outfit there is vintage excellence. Her girls’ outfits in the one photo with her in the red are also on point! They have grown up so much!