Charlene Lynette Wittstock met Prince Albert of Monaco during the Sydney Olympic Games just 20 years ago, although it would not be until 2006 that they would start dating to get married in 2011. Initially, Charlene of Monaco Monaco, a former swimmer and model, could not imagine the turn her life would take. These past ten years, we have witnessed her astonishing transformation as part of Casa Grimaldi. And it makes sense, since it was named the royal that invested the most in clothing last year. After reuniting with her family in South Africa, the country where she grew up, we review the style evolution of an unpredictable and groundbreaking princess.

A dress for a princess-to-be

From the beginning, she showed how comfortable she felt on red carpets, making an impact at almost any event she attended. This image, for example, was taken at the 2010 Rose Ball, when they were not yet married. During this period, light tones had an important presence in his gala wardrobe and he maintained a sober style that would change radically over the years in favor of a daring and unconventional aesthetic.

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A classic bride

On her second day of wedding celebrations, Charlene de Monaco changed her look for the gala dinner held at the Opera Garnier. Following the acclaimed Giorgio Armani bateau neckline she wore for the religious ceremony, she did not disappoint in this Haute Couture gown from the Giorgio Armani Privé line. She maintained the classicism of the previous one, although with some striking details that led her to do without jewelry: her round neck, subtle transparencies at the neckline and ruffled skirt with embroidered beading.

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Movie Hairstyles

In her early years at the helm of the Principality, Charlene boasted an endless list of elegant hairstyles fit for a vintage movie star: side-swept half-ups with dramatic waves of water (always perfectly positioned), high bows with bangs on the side or leaving the forehead exposed with a lifting effect updo. In those years, she wore a bob cut that she sometimes let grow, although it has never been common to see her with her hair loose.

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Discreet in blue for her civil wedding

For this first ceremony, she opted for a light blue look that, although it simulated the silhouette of a dress with a Bar al In the style of Christian Dior in the fifties, it was a set of blazer with silver buttons, lace top and matching palazzo pants. She signed it with the Swiss label Akris, one of her favorites, as she has relied on it for other major events, such as the Oscars or the wedding of the Dukes of Cambridge.

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The purity of white, her former great ally

It was precisely at the 2012 Oscars ceremony that Charlene wore this creation by Akris, a white dress with a drape like of rain of stars made with strategic draping and shiny decorations to stylize the figure. A true red carpet connoisseur, she chose a bold hairstyle that would become one of her favorites at the time, swept back instead of the conventional royal updo.

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Monaco National Day (2012): 'Old Hollywood' glamour

Monaco's national day's grand night party brings together Monaco royalty each year for make us witnesses of their most impressive gala bets, only comparable with those of some link or with the Baile de la Rosa itself. Although we are currently used to seeing a more rocker side of the Princess, in 2012 she still opted for minimalism and classic shapes. She chose a simple sleeveless cream dress with a sober slit in the skirt, to which she added a matching knitted coat and long satin gloves. Her beauty look was a sure hit, as she opted for the infallible red lips and a perfect bow.

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Pixie cut and knee-high boots make their debut

In 2015, to attend a children's event to commemorate Christmas, Charlene changed the heel with which we normally see her in acts of this nature for unexpected footwear that is not usually part of the royal wardrobe. We're talking about knee-high combat boots, which she wore with skinny black pants and a black turtleneck. Sports shoes would be added to this rock shoe to replace the heel for certain formal events, although there were still several years left to perceive an evident transformation towards a rougher aesthetic. In this case, by way of contrast, he added an original ecru high-necked cape. It is from this year that he begins to wear short, very short, pixie-style hair.

Corset top and leather skinny jeans

At the 2017 Princess Grace Awards in Los Angeles, she wore a black double-breasted blazer at the shoulders, detail masculine-inspired that would add sophistication to her daring combination of a corset with a Prince of Wales print and tight leather pants that she complements with stiletto-heeled pumps to reveal her most raunchy facet to date... although not by much. The following years, she attended the same event in a tight burgundy dress and a men's tuxedo with an open shirt that was very reminiscent of Angelina Jolie's historic look at the 2014 Bafta awards.

Futurist beauty and lots of glitter

On September 25, 2020, the Grand Casino de Monte Carlo served as the setting for the Planetary Health Gala, where Prince Alberto and Charlene made an appearance as hosts. After a year's absence from the red carpets, the latter dazzled with a draped, sequined wrap dress reminiscent of great screen legends such as Jean Harlow. Since 2019, she has grown straight bangs that a few months later she would radically cut, like we had never seen her before.

Monaco National Day (2020): a new Charlene

If we take a look at her previous poses on this important date, the transition that the Princess has gone through in stylistic terms. She changed the neutral tones and the feminine silhouettes for a preferential use of black. If in 2019 he was still betting on the 40s-inspired total white look with a very wide hat, in his last attendance he made clear the direction that his dressing room would take from then on. She wore a fitted coat with contrasting fuchsia trims and an oriental stand-up collar topped with a skullcap-like headdress that is enhanced with a net and transparent black gloves. The definitive haircut that would once again put her on numerous covers in all countries was not yet visible.

Her most surprising transformation

On December 16, 2020, she went around the world with her most radical change of look to date, a hairstyle never before before seen in real spheres. Charlene de Monaco completed her punk look, already anticipated by her leather jackets and pants, with a shaved side shave, with which she sports blonde bangs to the side. With this decision, she is crowned as the most risky royal of all and makes it clear that there is no cut with which she does not dare.

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