Red has emerged as the king of trends this fall/winter 23-24, crowned on the catwalks by brands such as Loewe, Armani, Courrèges and Valentino (the latter being the historical home of red almost by right). But the undisputed queen of red has been, in fact, the queen herself for decades.
In 2023, 20 years have passed since the engagement between Prince Felipe and the then journalist Letizia Ortiz was announced and at that time the current queen of Spain began her journey claiming crimson as her identity color, choosing it for one of her first appearances. at the wedding of Frederick of Denmark with a design by Lorenzo Caprile.
From those days until today, there are countless occasions in which Doña Letizia has dressed in red again until she managed to make it her signature color, which reaffirms her even more if possible as a reference and stylistic inspiration during this winter and in the face of the holidays. Christmas Therefore, to say goodbye to 2023 and welcome a 2024 flooded with the color of power dressing, love and passion par excellence, we review her ten best red looks from this last year.
A few days before Christmas Eve, the queen presided over the annual meeting of directors of the Cervantes Institute in Avilés wearing a dress by Dries Van Noten, completing the look with a wide black belt with a nineties look, boots by Latouche (El Corte Inglés), coat and bag by Carolina Herrera and spectacular ruby ??earrings by Aldao.
At the beginning of December, Doña Letizia dazzled at the meeting with the Board of Trustees of the Princess of Girona Foundation held at the Royal Palace with an ‘outfit’ consisting of a floral skirt by Carolina Herrera, an elegant shirt by Hugo Boss and the modern touch fashion that Mango’s ‘over-the-knee’ boots gave him.
For one of the most institutional events of the year, the opening session of the new Legislature at the end of November, she chose a sober but stylish burgundy flared midi dress by Carolina Herrera and matching shoes by Pinkchic guagua.
A few weeks before, at the El Mundo International Journalism Awards held at the Prado Museum, she went with a red Carolina Herrera two-piece in the purest American ‘power-dressing’ style, also wearing Patrizia Pep-type shoes. absolutely trendy Mary Janes.
At the beginning of November, she landed in Denmark wearing a Carolina Herrera pencil dress and dazzling earrings that had previously belonged to Queen Emeritus Doña Sofía.
For the Final of the Women’s Football World Cup this summer, red could not be missing either: the queen also wanted to support the winning National Team from the symbolic point of view of fashion with an impeccable Hugo Boss suit.
Perhaps one of the biggest launch events of 2023 was the gala dinner that Felipe VI and the queen offered to the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, and Verónica Alcocer, in which Letizia appeared dressed in a train dress. Carolina Herrera and the Floral tiara originating from 19th century Russia that Franco gave to Doña Sofía.
The queen not only wears red for the most famous events. On this visit to UNICEF – of which she has been Honorary President for almost a decade – on the occasion of the earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria at the beginning of the year, she was seen wearing a Hugo Boss coat in her favorite color integrated into a ‘ look’ much more casual.
One of her most rock’n’roll outfits within the protocol was perhaps this ‘total red’ composed of leather pants and a Hugo Boss jersey and patent leather heels from Lodi that printed security and style in equal parts.
On her official trip to Angola, the queen stood out with a romantic and airy dress with buttoned cuffs by Massimo Dutti and equally red bag and shoes that left no one indifferent.
