Sunday’s Inspiration: Amira al Taweel

There has been quite a lot of drama going on in Saudi Arabia with the women demanding the right to drive instead of being driven around and all.

Not that chauffeurs sound like a bad idea, but it is just so much easier to go back for that third pair of shoes you decided to buy in the end (but as usual it was too late) without asking your dad, grandpa, husband, uncle Sam to give you a ride.

I can already imagine their god, you sure are a pain in the ass faces.

On the other hand, lest we forget, Saudi Arabia is the place where wearing a veil is necessary and I personally hardly see shit even with a basic hat on, so I reckon it is quite dangerous with a full-on niqab.

Which brings me to Princess Amira al Taweel, who said that whenever the women-driving-ban is lifted, she’ll be the first to ride around in the streets of Jeddah or Mecca or both.

But let’s be fair – if she’ll be driving around looking that good, accidents will happen.

Meanwhile, here’s a few shots of her style:

Speaking of royal style icons – Queen Rania’s got the gear too.

Wednesday’s Inspiration: Queen Rania of Jordan

As prêt-à-reporter recently concentrated on Middletonising the UK, now the time has come to look at other royalties, Queen Rania of Jordan to be exact.

She has always been a true inspiration to me. An absolutely gorgeous woman who can balance it all – faith, motherhood, style AND being the queen of Jordan.

What I love about Queen Rania is that she would always turn up perfectly presented, very feminine and highly adequate, nonchalantly stealing the spotlight from all other kings and queens who either over-dressed or under-dressed.

Jordan’s Her Majesty would always get it just right and make it look like she wasn’t even trying.

She at times reminds me of Audrey Hepburn, an absolutely charming persona who is somewhat secretative and mysterious.

If I was to choose under what circumstances I could meet Queen Rania, I’d go for a casual day out in Amman, drinking arabesque coffee with rosewater and gobbling up middle eastern sweets – kunafa, baklawa and bassbusa, while wearing a chiffon maxi dress, pretty much like these:

In case you’ve missed last week’s inspiration – it was the lovely Aishwarya Rai.