It seems the royal archive got a workout this year as Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden set the sartorial gold standard in a gold gown previously worn to His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Golden Jubilee
Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden arrived at the 2025 Nobel Prize ceremony wearing a look that could have been lifted straight from the past, her hair set in a signature rolled chignon. It is the same sculpted style she wore to the 1994 Nobel banquet and, frankly, to most major state occasions since.
Her gown, a gold Georg et Arend number, also came with a déjà-vu moment attached. She wore it for His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Golden Jubilee, where the colour choice felt almost self-referential.
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Seeing it again at Nobel tied her look neatly to Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria, who arrived wearing Queen Silvia’s own 1994 Nobel gown. With the Her Majesty in Jubilee gold, and the Crown Princess in Nobel ’94, it seems the Queen's fashion archive did a lot of heavy lifting this Nobel night.
Queen Silvia at the Nobel prize ceremony in 1994. Photo: TT
Queen Silvia at the Nobel prize ceremony in 2025. Photo: TT
Georg et Arend have long been part of the Queen’s formal rotation, and the gown’s return at Nobel underscored why. Its clean structure and gold sheen held up effortlessly under the hall’s lighting, proving that a well-made dress rarely needs adjusting to earn a second life on a major stage – and what's not to adore about the scattering of red and green gems across the bodice?
As tradition dictates, Her Majesty completed the ensemble with the Sash and Star of the Order of the Seraphim and His Majesty’s Royal Family Order. Paired with the familiar chignon and tiara silhouette, the overall look was unmistakably Queen Silvia, even before she reached her place on the blue chairs.