Queen Letizia was right: when a guest wears the same dress, naturalness, smile and zero drama

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This event has given rise to one of the most commented anecdotes of the Queen.

Of course.

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Once, the night before an event I was attending as a guest, I had a revelation in the midst of a bout of insomnia: there is something that binds me to the Duchess of Cambridge and Kim Kardashian.

It is a dread, or for the less dramatic a bug in the stomach, shared between mere mortals, Hollywood megastars and international royal women.

The fear that another guest wears the same outfit as us.

What if the nightmare becomes reality?

Who looks better in the same dress?

Let's not fool ourselves,

to match the same dress at a party.

You have chosen your outfit with all the love in the world.

Or maybe it was a super last minute choice.

But no one wants someone else to wear the same dress (and let's not say, if it suits her better than you...).

But in 2022, the era of large clothing chains, mass production and the globalization and democratization of fashion, this is the order of the day.

If it happens even to the Queen of Spain herself!

And it is that, contrary to the black legend, the protocol does not prohibit someone from wearing the same color as the Queen (the protocol does not prohibit anything, in fact, and less something of this type).

So the strange thing is that we have not seen Doña Letizia more times matching one of the guests of the event on duty.

Things have improved a lot since the time of the court of Marie Antoinette in which, yes, a careless lady could end up with her

for matching the queen in the tone of her dress.

One point for the Queen

Today, the fact that the Queen wears the same outfit as another guest, far from being a drama, is a boost to her personal brand and, therefore, to the institutional brand.

The Queen and Inmaculada Vivas with the same look.

And then, what to do if a guest steps on our outfit?

Well, we mark ourselves "a Letizia".

Following the example of the Queen, we approach the aforementioned naturally and, wearing a big smile,

(until five minutes ago, this technique was known as "a Samantha Jones" because at greats of the red carpet also happens to them, even if it is in fiction).

It is not necessary to fire our stylist, or the friend who accompanies us shopping.

There's no need to barricade yourself in the bathroom until the last guest leaves, or sneak a bottle of tequila to forget... Just

The best, the humor

At the 1998 MTV awards, the two biggest divas of the moment,

came out on stage together wearing the same kalua colored Vera Wang and with a stroke of the pen they dismantled the rumors that said they got along worse than the Coyote and the Road Runner.

They accompanied the image strategy with a sense of humor: "I love your dress," said Mariah, "yours is much prettier," replied Whitney.

So

as the Beckham's when they stood on the red carpet in matching dresses in the early 2000s. And losing sleep only for important things.

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