On February 3, 2025, Queen Rania of Jordan attended the opening of the World Summit on Children's Rights at the Clementina Hall in Vatican City. The Queen gave a speech at the summit. The summit was organized by the Pontifical Committee for World Children’s Day, which was established by Pope Francis in 2023 to promote the Catholic Church’s mission of advocating respect for the rights and dignity of children.
The summit was attended by Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani, former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Climate Reality Project founder and chairman Al Gore, and Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi, among others. At the event, Queen Rania wore a pink guipure lace-trimmed wool-blend midi dress by Oscar de la Renta.
Dress USD3290. It’s pretty - a lovely colour for Rania - but one can’t help but wonder if less pricey clothes don’t match the mood of summits for justice better. Whether there isn’t a better direction the clothes budget could go. Anyone else?
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DeleteWell, is it new or a re-wear. If it's a dress she's worn before I'm okay with it. I mean, if for some reason I was meeting with the Pope I'd pull one of my best, most expensive, (and appropriate) dresses out the closet. But yes, I get your point about the juxtaposition of the expensiveness of the clothes vs the subject matter.
No different than movie stars and rich people, they have the money, they spend it. And a good many are given the garments by the designers to advertise on their behalf
Delete17:32, valid points!
DeleteYou seem to focus solely on Queen Rania's look, though I know this is a fashion blog.
DeleteI suggest you spend some time googling for the Queen social battles and as an advocate for human rights.
You know, clothes do not mean much if compared to the amount of personal commitment and achievements as it is the case for Queen Rania.
Please, make sure you get to know a lady's innermost value before you judge her from the price of her outfits and her undeniable physical beauty.
@ P. the original, a lot of the posts on this blog about Rania mention the social causes she is visiting or trying to solve. They are not one dimensional posts. Christine
Delete@ P. the original, you really do write the most crazy things, telling others what to do as if you have ownership here? We are just happy to read your own thoughts, and value them, but there’s no need to tell others they’re wrong as you do! I agree with prev points above that there is a feeling of clash between her social causes and her riches. - J.D.
DeleteNo one knows how much Raina and her family do financially for the causes they support. It is unfair to judge the cost of her clothes when she is doing something charitable. It does not mean that the charities receive any less if the patron is well dressed. The time to criticize is when an employee of a non-profit is dressed in expensive clothes and accessories, or has expensive cars and luxurious homes. Then you can and should wonder where the organization's funds are going. Having people with status and name recognition donating their time to bring awareness to an important cause does not cost an organization anything. If the price of this dress hadn't been mentioned, I never would have thought to research it. I don't think it looks expensive, just fussy. It fits her style, but nothing more.
DeleteAnon 4/2/25 17:50. Late to the party, but I wanted to let you kow, I agree with everything you said. Always the same with a certain commenter, aggressive, bullying and patronising. Thanks for speaking up.
DeleteI agree with 17:50 and 15:57. She is still doing it again and again. We didn't hear from P. for a long time. She started again lately. I don't even bother anymore to read what she is writing. I know already what is in her comment without reading it.
DeletePretty dress, a lovely colour and gorgeous lace, but I don't like the open bits of the lace on the sleeves. It gives the impression that the beautiful Guipure lace (my mothers fav) has been accidentally torn, or worse, moth eaten. I love the idea of lace sleeves, but not as seen on the model. We cannot see the inner part of the sleeves on Rania's version of the dress, so maybe she had them changed slightly.
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Yes, same here: just a tad too much, those lace cuttings.
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DeleteViewing pics from other sites, the dress has not been altered. She's wearing it exactly as is shown on the model.
Wow what a beautiful coat and dress. Especially the pink dress with the open sleeves is so beautiful. Something one does not see very often, very original. Oscar de la Renta seems to be "the" brand worn by queens these days. Love queen Rania's hair with the blonder highlights.
ReplyDeleteI agree nicely said. I will add I don’t like the placement of the darts, perhaps they should be shorter so the point placement is better.
DeleteRania porte à merveille cette robe rose avec les manches en dentelle !
ReplyDeleteWhat rights does the Palestinian refugees have in Jordan?
ReplyDeleteWhat fashion wise?
DeleteSorry, Anon 16:29. Your comment posted before you discussed what she was wearing.
DeleteLovely dress but it feels more like springtime "mother of the bride" than middle of winter "serious meeting with the Pope." However, it is a nice choice with the white coat and - even though she's not catholic - it is permitted/traditional for married women to wear white when meeting with the Pope; "privilège du blanc."
ReplyDeletePrivilege du blanc is only given to queens from traditionally catholic countries and who are catholic themselves. For instance queen Máxima though catholic always wears black when meeting the Pope as The Netherlands is a traditionally protestant country.
DeleteQueen Rania would be inappropriately dressed if this was an official audience (dress too short, shoulders visible an no headdress)
Pretty outfit. It is not an official audience, so the white/black may not apply: She's not wearing a veil. The privilegio blanco is for the wives of reigning Catholic sovereigns; it includes Princess Charlene of Monaco. The unlined coat with no buttons sounds like a duster, mainly for traveling. Christine
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DeleteI agree with your comment that this looks like a mother of the bride dress.
Furthermore this to me is a spring rather than middle of winter look.
Certain colors are not reserved for a season anymore. Any color can be worn at anytime, though we still tend to reserve darker colors for fall and winter, and lighter colors for spring and summer.
DeletePrivilege du blanc refers to the gown or dress, not a coat.
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DeleteThe "privilège du blanc" also includes GD Maria Teresa of Luxembourg.
The unlined coat is worn by many queens and made by many designers. It is light and can be worn longer than a classic coat with lining. Not only for traveling but also to have with you when you live in a climate where the weather is changing 3 times on the same day just like the capes which are not lined too. I do not think when you live in a hot country you feel the need to wear dark colors during winter. This is something that is in the head of people who are living in Europe and North America where it is cold during winter.
When the pope came to Brussels last year Queen Mathilde wore a white coat dress, no veil. During the mass in the Heyzel Stadion in Brussels, Queen Mathilde wore a white pleated skirt and a short jacket by Dior, no veil.
DeleteQueen Rania, next to the Pope, for the same charity: how wonderfull!,
ReplyDelete( I seldom like her choice of clothing but that is of minor importance)
I agree. Proof that it is not religious beliefs that separate us, but demagoguery and hypocrisy
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Le manteau blanc est superbe. Le rose est joli, en revanche je n'aime pas du tout les manches en dentelle. Une robe plus simple aurait été préférable.
ReplyDeleteElle n'a rien modifié, ses manches sont découpées de la même façon que sur le modèle, c'est visible sur la 3e photo.
Paloma.
You know, upon closer inspection of the coat (see the first photo), it looks rather "cheap" imo. It doesn't have a lining. The seams are finished but just not a good look imo. But I'm sure it probably costs thousands of dollars.
ReplyDeleteThe majority of this type of coats from famous designers do not have lining, but are not cheap at all. Average designers are making their coats the same way, no lining. It is understandable that it may look cheap. I prefer coats with a lining they usually fall and fit better. On the other hand coats with no lining can be worn longer through the seasons because they are very light.
DeleteRania does not wear cheap clothes. Unlined coats and jackets of quality, which this is, can be more costly because the finishing must be impeccable because it is not hidden by a lining. Unlined coats and jackets have their place in a wardrobe because the weight and bulk are not always necessary for warmth but worn as a way to complete an outfit. I don't care for much of Rania's wardrobe because it is too fussy for my taste. This is very on brand for her.
DeleteThe coat is Armani but I haven't been able to locate it on the website but I'm going to assume the price is somewhere between $800 to $1000.00.
ReplyDeleteDouble cashmere coat, costs 4900 Euro. Well, well. Maybe better suited when such sums are given directly to the children whose rights they are fighting for :-). https://www.armani.com/en-it/giorgio-armani/long-double-cashmere-coat-cod-2WHOL093-T02O9-U0BN/
DeleteLovely to see a rewear of this feminine outfit. Her hair looks great.
ReplyDeleteLove the coat.
Nice dress and coat also the color of the outfit, but I would have liked it better in black, to keep within the Vatican's protocol for visits. Good charity.
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Dear fellow commenters, there are no longer any strict dress codes for official visits to the Vatican. Every lady visiting in an official capacity can wear whatever she likes, as long as it is not an overly short skirt or shoulders are uncovered. Some queens of catholic faith (or whose husbands reign over a country that is or was considered in the past mainly catholic) are allowed to wear white, but they don't have to. Others will choose to wear black, but also no longer have to. Same applies to a white or black veil for covering the hair. It's all much more easygoing now.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Queen Elizabeth stopped wearing black during her last couple of papal visits. In the 50s, she wore a full length black gown, veil and tiara. Over the decades, the protocol for papal visits has relaxed. I do prefer the tradition of wearing black, but I can understand why things change over time. I do think most women still stick to black, or privilege du blanc in the case of Catholic monarchs or their wives.
DeleteWe will see in due course another royal visit to the Vatican and the Pope because Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla will go in early April. So, very curious to see what she will be wearing.
Delete1. You forgot to mention that Queen Elizabeth when she stopped to wear black to visit the pope she was also the head of the Anglican church. From her it was tolerated that she didn't wore black anymore.
Delete2. It is only under pope Francis that the dresscode for ladies visiting the vatican became less strict. Also the female members of the staff of the Vatican and who are not nuns are allowed to wear no stockings during Summer and wearing normal but descent clothes like a skirt and a T-shirt or cotton trousers and sandals and a T-shirt, or simply a cotton dress with short sleeves,....
La robe est ravissante et élégante, avec un rose réussi, mais pour visiter des hommes en soutanes noires est-ce une bonne idée ?, pour moi c'est too much, un peu plus de simplicité s'impose. Bergoglio a l'air absolument subjuguée par la dame, ah, ah, ah, . Maria.
ReplyDeleteSad in a way. Tradition is part of History; it should be kept alive.
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No real fan of this fussy dress. Bit odd for the occasion too.
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