There are plenty of surprises on this year's best dressed list from Vanity Fair (Samantha Cameron? Really?). But surely up there with the biggest is the omission of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden from the top ten most stylish women in the world. In a year when this future queen has continually stunned with her wardrobe choices, surely missing her out from the fashion action is a huge oversight?
One seriously fabulous dress that wasn't enough to put Victoria of Sweden on the Vanity Fair Best Dressed List 2015
Victoria has worn some cracking outfits this year. Nearly all of them have had a modern edge with a nod to high fashion and following trends with High Street buys. All those attributes are enough to put Queen Letizia on the list and to have sent the Duchess of Cambridge into the Hall of Fame last year so why no place for Victoria?
And some of her choices have been among the best outfits worn by royals this year. The red ball gown at the Nobel ceremony at the end of 2014 was sensational while the gala dress chosen for the wedding of her baby brother, Prince Carl Philip, was also exceptionally lovely. We've had brilliant geometric prints and smart shift dresses through the year but all of this has been overlooked.
For me, Victoria has been one of the best dressed women around for a long while but in the past twelve months her wardrobe has really gone superstellar. I think that the last year has seen her better dressed than Kate, than Letizia, than Mary - than just about everyone else. But perhaps because her profile isn't as high as theirs, she is overlooked.
High profile doesn't necessarily equate to success - Princess Charlene of Monaco has been just about everywhere this year and she is another big miss from this list. But Victoria's sure ad steady transformation into one of the most elegant women on the royal circuit was surely worthy of a nod?
Victoria has given us some outfits this year that on either Kate or Letizia would have been hailed as all time classics. Let's give this princess her due and start applauding her fashion choices. When it comes to best dressed, Victoria is up there with the very best.
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