The Queen’s fashion rules

Monday, June 28
Day 1, Arrival, Halifax
Ready for rain, the Queen’s colour coordination extends to her rain gear

Tuesday, June 29
Day 2, International Fleet Review, Halifax
Nautically appropriate in white and blue, the Queen takes her bows to the limit

Tuesday, June 29
Day 2, Celebration of Nova Scotia, Halifax
Glowing in gold, Canada’s sovereign pairs a glistening brocade jacket—adorned with a new maple-leaf brooch—and a flirty skirt

Wednesday, June 30
Day 3, Leaving Halifax
A celery-hued hat and jacket, topping a floral skirt, brings a fresh approach to the traditional garden walkabout

Wednesday, June 30
Day 3, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa
The monarch masters the art of standing out without appearing garish

Thursday, July 1
Day 4, Canada Day, Ottawa
Her designer apparently Panatone-matched her outfit to the flag. A blingy maple-leaf brooch completes the nationalist display.

Friday, July 2
Day 5, Ottawa, with Michael Ignatieff
For a tête-à-tête with the Liberal leader, the Queen exuded a queen-mumsy vibe in a floral frock

Saturday, July 3
Day 6, Leaving Ottawa for Winnipeg
Again riffing on a garden theme, this outfit combines lilac with apple green accents and what seems to be a spray of chives on the hat

Saturday, July 3
Day 6, Arrival in Winnipeg
A mid-air costume change ups the lilac wattage

Saturday, July 3
Day 6, Winnipeg
Never shrinking in the face of steamy temperatures, Elizabeth II dazzles in a hot pink-and-chrome yellow cabbage-flower dress, equaled by a spectacular two-tone chapeau

Sunday, July 4
Day 7, Toronto
Cool and fresh in aquatic colours at the start of a humid day

Sunday, July 4
Day 7, Queen’s Plate, Toronto
The flashes of colour on the hat and embroidered skirt, add a little heat to the cool turquoise silk outfit

Monday, July 5
Day 8, Research In Motion, Waterloo
The Queen wears a dramatically festooned hat to avoid being “just another suit” during a tour of RIM’s factory

Monday, July 5, 2010
Day 8, Official dinner, Toronto
Who else can get away with mixing a crystal maple-leaf encrusted gown with priceless family gems, dating back a century? Only Elizabeth II, a.k.a. the “ice queen.”

Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Day 9, Farewell in Toronto