Letizia and Felipe Varela: a love that lasts despite the years

In 2011, when she was still Princess of Asturias, the royal family wore this total appearance in rose quartz by Felipe Varela. Lady Letizia chose this design to attend Kate Middleton and Prince William’s wedding, which was held on April 29 of that year. It is a piece inspired by the 1920s, with Empire embroidery in matching thread, fitted and at knee height. The then-princess paired the dress with satin shoes signed by Magrit, suede gloves, a ruffled bag and a hat by Pablo and Mayaya.

We also find this elegant in your wardrobe two-piece tailored suit in crepe powder pink and satin trim, with belt thin attention to the slender figure of Doña Letizia. The royal combines the suit with a white lace top, which matches perfectly with the rest of the outfit. looks like. The royal family completed the outfit with matching shoes and bag, with loose hair that was a lighter shade in those years than it is now. It should be remembered that the monarch varied the tone of her hair, going from blond, brown and brown.

The royal family entrusted Varela to attend the wedding of Nicolás de Grecia and Tatiana Blatnik, which was also attended by her sisters-in-law and Iñaki Urdangarin. The frost took this Helena inspired dress Featuring an asymmetrical neckline, blue muslin, a bodice with ruffles and silver decorative ribbons around the top. It’s not the first wedding she’s attended dressed by the designer, once again demonstrating the confidence she puts in the company. For the hairstyle, the royal family wore very natural waves and very subtle make-up.

Again at a wedding, that of Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling, Letizia wore this Varela design that the experts didn’t like very much. It is a design in nude muslin embroidered with petals, roses and carnations in tulle, which was widely criticized for the color chosen by Letizia. half Danish BTnicknamed the queen as “the match princess”, because of her “sick” and “unhealthy” appearance that King Felipe VI’s wife had at the time, according to the aforementioned media. The braided bun in which she gathered her hair was also not very well received.

More than once we have seen Queen Letizia wearing this off-white tweed coat with hand-crafted crystal floral embroidery and georgette. This is a design that has caused much controversy ever since the designer was rumored to have plagiarized Oscar de la Renta’s design. The monarch’s chief couturier denied the facts and Letizia was deaf to continue wearing her dresses. This coat was released on Hispanic Heritage Day in 2016 and we’ve seen it several times since then.

In her first Pascual Militar as Queen of Spain, she opted for this long dress in double crepe opal green wool with floral thread and glass embroidery. It is a design that emphasized her stylized figure and that she decided to combine with a handbag also by Felipe Varelasome Magrit salons and earrings by Tous.

On Hispanic Heritage Day of the year 2019, the monarch once again entrusted her chief designer and opted for a light pink midi dress, which stands out for its embroidered sleeves with butterflies and geometric motifs, buttoned bodice and baby collar. A style that is completed with pumps, a bag in fuchsia tones and matching enamel earrings borrowed from Queen Sofía. Some thought it was too girly a design because of its shape and color.