Crown Princess Victoria was unrecognisable following unexpected sci-fi transformation
By Katie Daly,
2024-08-29
Crown Princess Victoria wears a slick low bun on every royal engagement and has done so for decades.
But in the nineties, the Swedish royal, now 47, wasn't afraid of switching up her hair look and even went for a daring look for a special occasion which had her looking like a sci-fi icon.
The princess was seen in 1997 arriving at the Royal Variety Performance in Trondheim ahead of King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway's 60th birthday celebrations.
She wore her tumbling brunette locks in two space buns on the side of her head, looking identical to Star Wars' Princess Leia played by Carrie Fisher.
The unexpected hairstyle was used to accessorise the then-20-year-old's halterneck raw silk dress which came in a bottle green hue and had a full-length skirt. As the royal headed into the event alongside Prince Edward , she wore a black shawl around her shoulders and popped on black heels.
Her makeup look was classically nineties with skinny eyebrows, a warm smokey eye, and your lips-but-better lipstick.
Queen Sonja of Norway was a beautiful hostess in an off-the-shoulder icy blue gown with a breathtaking tiara. King Charles also arrived in Norway for the occasion alongside King Felipe of Spain.
Crown Princess Victoria's 90s style
The mother of two's style in the nineties was a far cry from her modern aesthetic though the roots of her style today can be detected in her youthful fashion choices.
Prince Daniel' s wife is a major fan of a power suit for her royal outings and frequently rocks a brightly-coloured style from the highstreet brand Zara.
Her love affair with a power suit started in the nineties as Victoria was seen arriving at the 1997 wedding of Infanta Cristina of Spain to Inaki Urdangarin at Barcelona Cathedral in a white skirt suit with the most unexpected dazzling white top hat.
Skirtsuits were the royal order of the day in 1999 when the Princess attended the wedding of Princess Alexia of Greece to Carlos Morales Quintana at the St. Sophia Cathedral in London.
King Carl XVI Gustaf' s eldest opted for a neutral co-ord with a taupe hat and heels while her 17-year-old sister Princess Madeleine , now 42, chose a pale pink shift dress and blazer with a hat to match.
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