Bien Jouée!: Princess Marie Dazzles With Good Friends at Fashion Week, Debuts Flattering New Hair Style: Looks Even Younger Than Madam

"Salut, Mary! Crazy how I look even more younger than you with my new 'do!"

 

 

Compare la Belle Marie's visits to Copenhagen Fashion Week with Yrma La Douche's. Marie is so much more of an interesting, interested and polite and fun person to be around. She showed up at yesterday's show with her bridesmaid Agnete Arnø and her husband, former Fred Friend Christian Scherfig (former director of the Danish Design Centre) who is now firmly on Team Schackenborg. Marie and Joachim went to their wedding in the south of France a few years ago and recently, Marie, lille Henrik, Christian and his daughter caught up with each other in Hellerup over a light lunch in a cafe on a beautiful summer day. That's what normal people do! Not run over cyclists in the street, not spend their time making product endorsement deals in exchange for freebies with Danish and other multinational companies, not authorise a lab to take some of her husband's frozen swimmers and create Miracle Twins to show up the family, not flash her undergarments at a runway show and pretend it's just being 'fashion forward'.

 

Today, Marie debuted a wonderful, youthful new haircut at a Fashion Week event. Dennis Knudsen is her stylist and hairdresser; Marie and Joachim were recently seen at his 50th birthday. Arriving with her good friend and lady in waiting Britt Siesbye, she was wearing a Fashion Week designer's dress and looking fabulous. Strangers would see Mary and Marie side by side and think that Mary were 15 years older easily. Enjoy your summer, Marie!

 

"Hi everyone! So, you noticed something different."

 

"I'll get used to it. I feel good in my new frock, too."

 

"I'll have to get used to not touching my hair anymore."

 

Sexy without being overbearing!

 

"Hanging out at a great fashion event with my bridesmaid Agnete and her hubby Christian."

 

So, Cath Danneskiod Samsøe accompanied Marie and her party

 

 

She's got a look, let's just leave it at that

 

But Marie listens attentively to these fashion insiders in their house!

 

And doesn't preen or fake smile for the cameras!

 

Admiring a designer's work!

 

Stepping in closer to admire details - flattery!

 

WANT that clutch.

 

Discussing the new haircut? (Dennis, get yourself one while you're at it!)

 

Sharing a laugh with good friends!

 

Listening carefully!

 

People pulling in closer in a shared laugh! Sign of affection!

 

"See you tomorrow for that haircut appointment!"

 

Fred's Old Friend: Goodbye Fast Lane, Hello Mr. Mom

Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark used to be rather close friends with Christian Scherfig, the administrative director of the Danish Design Centre. But over time, the friendship with Fred hasn't grown since Mary and the bogwins came onto the scene. Rather, Christian has become closer to Prince Joachim. In fact, Christian's wife Agnete Arnø was bridesmaid to Princess Marie and Christian himself is godfather to lille prins Henrik. Joachim and Marie attended Christian and Agnete's wedding at Chateau Vignelaure in France where Joachim was Christian's best man (BB #40, 2009), in September 2009 a few months after the couple's daughter was born.

There is a profile of him in this week's Fri magazine in Berlingske. He discusses how he is leaving his very prestigious position as director of the world renowned Danish Design Centre and will be devoting himself to being a father to his 2.5 year old daughter Tuva.

Perhaps it is then not so surprising that Mr. Scherfig as a responsible, modern man who does not want the same distant childhood for his daughter as he had, is now closer to family man Joachim, rather than the childish and irresponsible Frederik.