Royal Trip of the Day: March 30

Royal Trip of the Day: March 30

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Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary have been on an official visit to Japan on behalf of Greenland, and Mary packed a nice little spring palette for us to review.

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To start, this repeated Stella McCartney coat in a pale pink snake print. I actually really like this coat (and I'm not a natural Stella fan, to be honest), but I think it fared better the last time she wore it, with white trousers. Fred wore a suit.

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The couple were joined by Princesses Hisako and Tsuguko of Takamado, for a scissor wielding competition to open an exhibit with Greenland artifacts. Mary's repeated Mary Katrantzou landscape print dress (a signature for the designer) was my favorite look of the trip; it has a whole cherry blossom feel to it, and it works with the patterns on the Japanese princesses' gorgeous kimonos without imitating them.

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Then there were a couple of plain dresses to round things out. The above outfit took on a day that included lunch with the Emperor and Empress, and the one below was for a dinner with the Crown Prince (and the Crown Princess, I believe, though she did not pose for photographers).

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FRED UPDATE: Still wearing a suit. However! He has a range of gray or blue. So that's fascinating.

One final outfit, over there on the right: a Dolce & Gabbana lace dress (per Style of Mary) worn to a concert the first night (not well covered, but here's a video). Basic and bordering on a case of lace fatigue, but it goes so well with the rest of the trip wardrobe, I'll let it fly.

Photos: via Getty Images, Matches, Dolce & Gabbana, BilledBladet video

Royal Outfit of the Day: June 27

Royal Outfit of the Day: June 27

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Video: Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary attended the awards show for the Reumert Prize last Sunday.

Mary has had several engagements recently, and this was my favorite frock of them all. It's a pretty dress on its own, definitely made better in movement, and I love that she went with a detailed lace shoe. But what I love more is that she's rocking a dress she first wore nearly 10 years ago - pre-babies, yes, but a classic look that doesn't really go out of style.

The dress from Céline Ready-to-Wear Fall 2004, the last collection Michael Kors designed for the brand.

And we must give out some recognition to Frederik and his navy tux too - he completed a triathlon the morning of this event! (I did a triathlon last weekend too, if a triathlon is a thing that involves three different desserts.)

Mary also debuted a dress from Mary Katrantzou this week. Katrantzou's stuff is instantly recognizable due to her use of prints, in particular stunning landscape prints - probably a love-it-or-hate-it thing, but this one I love. (Click here for pics.) Now if I could only get her to scoop up some of these dresses that have a little more purple in them...

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