Queen Letizia premiers ethereal Uterqüe dress for a visit to Menorca

13/8/2020

The Spanish royal family are on their annual summer holiday in Mallorca, however this year, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will spend their vacation attending various institutional events to support the social and economic recovery of the Balearic Islands following the COVID-19 lockdown.

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visit Menorca on 13 August 2020

Today, Their Majesties visited the island of Menorca. Their first stop of the day was the Cooperativa Insular Ganadera (COINGA) in Mahón. The Cooperative was founded in 1966 by a group of small scale dairy farmers who joined forces to produce Mahón-Menorca Cheese under the brand COINGA. Today the cooperative has around eighty farms throughout Menorca which provides around 150 direct and indirect jobs.

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visit COINGA on 13 August 2020

The King and Queen held a meeting with representatives of the cooperative. They also had the opportunity to observe the process of making cheese and toured the packaging facilities.

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia attend meeting with COINGA on 13 August 2020

Afterwards, Their Majesties moved to Ciutadella where they had a guided visit of 'Naveta des Tudons' a megalithic chamber tomb which is dated between the 8th and 13th centuries. The shape of the Naveta des Tudons is that of an upside-down boat, it was built using the cyclopean technique, with medium-sized stones embedded dry, without the aid of mortar.

To conclude their visit the King and Queen took a walk from the Plaza del Ayuntamiento de Ciutadella to the port, where they shared a lunch with the Balearic authorities who accompanied them on the visit to the Menorcan towns.

WHAT QUEEN LETIZIA WORE

DRESS: NEW! Uterque white organza dress with embroidery (£150).

HANDBAG: Bolsas FQ blue ikat print tote bag (repeat).

SHOES: Macarena 'ALBA50' espadrilles (repeat).

14 Comments

Wendy

17/8/2020 06:29:16 pm

She is following the "adlib" fashion of the Balearic Islands.

Sandy

18/8/2020 12:03:45 am

The dress is pretty, feminine & cool for summer. But it looks too much like a petticoat or nightgown. The wavy straps are an odd design. Plain ones would have looked better. I do like the embroidery and lacy hemline.

Laura

18/8/2020 01:06:52 am

While the dress is feminine and has a breezy vibe, it is much too juvenile looking for a woman of Letizia's age, who is also a Queen. The dress would be more suitable for one of her young daughters. I agree with Sandy that it looks like a petticoat, or a nightgown.

Jennifer F

18/8/2020 09:28:41 am

I appreciate that this style of dress is related to the Balearic Islands, sadly, it's another look that I dislike. I love that the Queen is experimental in her fashion choices, but I've found the recent array of different styles and prints overwhelming. In addition, the quality in construction, and design of most pieces has been lacking. I wish Letizia would choose better, and invest in timeless (classical & contemporary), quality pieces that can be worn year after year without appearing dated. There are too many details on this dress: the ruffled straps, smocking, dainty buttons, cutouts/embroidery, seam line at the knee and scalloped hemline. I would have preferred the designer to have finessed two or three details rather than incorporating all of the above onto one design. Fortunately, the brilliant white helps temper many of the features. The model's smocking extends to the waist, on Letizia, it finishes at an empire line where her bust is bigger. This adds to the overly girly and shapeless look. On a positive note, the lined dress is light and airy for an agenda in hot weather, and the deep square neckline reveals the delicate décolletage.

Simone

18/8/2020 05:31:57 pm

This kind of dresses in fact are classical and worn by the "jet set" and the rich people in Spain for summer, and worn by the mother and their daughters. It is typical to dress all the girls of a family with the same dress, the mother included.
You can buy them in the Balearic Islands but also in Andalucía, Valencia and all the places with Coast. The style in Spain in summer is sort of boho.
The Duchess of Alba, the woman with more titles in the world used to dress like that and her daughter Cayetana too.
Queen Sofía used to wear the same style and even trousers in Palma de Mallorca.
So actually she is not "experimenting" at all, if not wearing more classical things than earlier.

Wendy

18/8/2020 05:59:52 pm

That's right. Many women have this kind of dress in Spain for the day and with a silver heels sandals for the night. The top part is actually the most "Spanish" part, I remember these dresses with embrodery by the chest. They are called "vestidos de tirantes", and you can find them even tied with bows.
Spain in summer is a party and kind of "hippy" and even these dresses are worn by brides or you can wear it for a wedding as sometimes wearing white is requared for a wedding on the beach.
And Uterqüe is not the brand everybody could wear in Spain, it is considered expensive.

Jennifer F

19/8/2020 07:30:41 am

Hi Simone and Wendy, thanks for your feedback :o). Generally, I adore white bohemian dresses, until recently I didn't realise they are typical of the Balearic Islands. The wealthy are likely wearing a mix of high-end designers, from labels that are renowned for creating retro-tinged dreamy pieces. The Uterqüe dress pales in comparison to the enchantment of a designer such as Alberta Ferretti (link below). It's missing the refined artisanship that makes a truly special piece. I appreciate that for £150 (which is expensive) you can't expect luxurious quality. However, I am sure there are more successful examples of this style to be found from the high street, tiny independent boutiques and artisans, who have managed to capture the gauzy, loose romance that I associate with the early 70s.
https://assets.vogue.com/photos/55c651c408298d8be2279877/master/pass/_AG17364.jpg

Bertie

19/8/2020 07:17:13 am

I'm not a fan of this Uterque dress as I don't like a style that I think of as babyish,I don't feel that suits a grown woman. This smock is exaggerated by such a small and high bodice and the skirt swings out extra full with its generous flare, one which at least balances the clumpiness of the espadrilles. The ruffle straps seems insubstantial against the density of smocking detail.

However, Letizia remains as elegant and graceful as ever and it's unquestionably a sound choice for a summer visit on this most hard-working of holidays for the royal couple. I remain a big fan of the ikat tote.

BlondieBlueEye

24/8/2020 04:25:55 am

Hi Admin, I would love to purchase that lovely Bolsas FQ blue ikat print tote bag. I have gone on the website, but it is only in Spanish and I did not see where they are able to ship to the U.S.A. It looks like delivery is only in Spain. Any ideas or help, anyone. Thank you. 💙

Elizabeth (Admin)

24/8/2020 04:07:40 pm

Perhaps you can reach out to the company via social media?

Wendy

24/8/2020 05:47:01 pm

They money they recolect is for the Spanish Fibrosis Quistica disease (I do not know the name of the illnes in English) a charity, so they are not on sales.

Iker Ruiz Abad

24/8/2020 11:30:44 pm

They recolect money for the Cystic Fibrosis in Catalonia by donations, you pay voluntary what you want and they send you the bag, but only in Catalonia.

BlondieBlueEye

25/8/2020 11:04:24 am

Hi Iker,
So some day I will have to visit Catalonia, Spain and I will make sure I do a donation to the Cystic Fibrosis organization, it is one of the Countries I have not yet toured. I already have a list of sections of Spain I would like to visit. Thank you for the information 💙.

Iker Ruiz Abad

28/8/2020 12:58:56 am

BlondieBlueEye...you will always be welcome!!

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