Why hasn’t Letizia dressed as a flamenco? Lourdes Montes tells us that she is going to get it

We are not aware that neither queen letizia nor have their daughters ever set foot in the Seville Fair, where they have had fun máxima of hollandKing William and his daughters or the Queen Mrs. Sofia, dressed as a flamenco dancer on more than one occasion.

As far as we know, neither our queen nor the princesses have visited the Rocío pilgrimage, nor have they been seen on the streets of Pamplona during San Fermín. Or in Barcelona for the Sant Jordi festival, where books and reading are honored. Nor have they yet gone to the Fallas in Valencia, where one day we were able to see the infanta elena on the balcony of the authorities. We do not remember seeing Doña Letizia dressed as a chulapa, although we assume that she did. asturianinawith the beautiful regional costume of the wonderful land that saw her birth half a century ago.

We have not lost hope of seeing a queen as beautiful as the Oviedo aflamencada, at the Fair or at El Rocío. It has had some approximation: at the beginning of February we saw the queen in Luanda with a black dress with white polka dots signed by the Sevillian José Hidalgo, a designer who combines in his workshop the creation of flamenco fashion with pieces ready to wear. In fact, the model chosen by Letizia has a version in a flamenco dress within her Gitanos collection, shown on the catwalk We Love Flamenco 2019. Actually, Doña Letizia wore that dress in Angola but she had released it last summer with Jill Bidenin a short marl version, fitted waist and midi-length skirt.

Lourdes Montes (39) is the last to demand that the women of the Royal Family become visible at the next April Fair in Seville. The wife of Francisco Rivera (49), a flamenco fashion designer, sponsored this Wednesday in Las Rozas, on the outskirts of Madrid, Moons, a dental clinic specialized in children’s orthodontics and pediatric dentistry of the Dontegroup chain, leader in the Community of Madrid.

A month and a half from the Seville Fair, Lourdes finishes off the latest models from her collection of flamenco dresses. “We are at our peak,” she assured, “but I am very happy because we have been here for six years and the brand is already well established. It is satisfying to see that year after year our clients come back, they are very loyal,” she told us. As for her opinion about the queen of Spain, she insisted on Letizia’s “obligation” to follow popular traditions. “She must dress flamenco, she has never done it and I think it would be wonderful,” said Fran Rivera’s wife.

And since there is no rivalry between Rivera’s current wife and the previous one, Eugenia Martinez de Irujo, Lourdes confirmed that this year she has Eugenia again as a client to dress her in flamenco: “We have a fantastic relationship, she is wonderful.” She thinks the same She is, the daughter of Francisco and the Duchess of Montoro, with whom he maintains an excellent relationship. “She is fantastic, good, generous and a very involved person with everything and she always does it very well. The children love her very much because she is their older sister, she is wonderful, she gives them all their whims. Tana arrives and it’s a party”, finished off the second wife of Fran Rivera.

Lourdes’ dream of dressing Letizia as a flamenco dancer is not so unthinkable if we look at Doña Sofía or other European royals. The emeritus has attended the April Fair on occasion dressed as a flamenco dancer, on horseback or on foot and wearing faralaes costumes, she has walked through the Seville Royal Palace and has also participated in the El Rocío pilgrimage.

The first time was back in 1968, when she was still a princess, and her dress has become an icon. Made in a white poplin fabric with a large red polka dot, V-neckline at the front and at the back, elbow-length sleeves with three ruffles finished off with an embroidered strap and length above the ankle, as was worn at that time.

In 1972, Doña Sofía joined the El Rocío pilgrimage for the first time and starred on the cover of Hola. These appointments were followed by others in later years and also new flamenco designs with multicolored, green or white polka dots, varied and colorful shawls in plain tones and accessories or flowers always to match. In some of his Andalusian dates he was with his daughters, the princesses Elena and Cristina, also dressed as flamenco dancers.