Queen Sofia, at 86, proves to be an expert in the trend of wearing layered necklaces

To preside over the presentation of the Ibero-American Patronage Awards at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando

The Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando has hosted the presentation of the Ibero-American Patronage Awards promoted by the Callia Foundation. This is a social initiative whose purpose is to promote patronage through the testimony of great benefactors. One of the faces most closely linked to this artistic project is Queen Sofia , who is a regular at this event every year.

The mother of Felipe VI presided over this tenth edition from the front row of the auditorium of the emblematic building where she saw how the work of Eduardo Costantini , Simon de Pury and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation was recognised . For this occasion, the monarch opted to wear a deep blue dress with straight trousers and a top, over which she wore a tweed blazer with structured shoulders in which small touches of pink, yellow and green tones appeared and from which she had pinned a daisy-shaped brooch .

Although if there is something that stood out about the look of the queen emeritus, it was the number of necklaces she used as accessories . A very common style trick in Doña Sofía’s outfits that in this case she carried out with a collection of gold and silver pendants in which different figures were combined.

Queen Sofia has been proving herself to be an expert in the art of layering for years . Especially when it comes to jewellery, as she loves mixing bracelets and necklaces of different styles, shapes and lengths to achieve a very interesting, casual result.

It is true that there are no rules when it comes to combining multiple layered chains in the same style because any creative idea can be valid, but, if you want to get it right when wearing them, the technique to follow is to avoid the most ostentatious models and opt instead for thin and minimalist necklaces so that they can all be displayed in a cascade manner, just as King Felipe’s mother usually does with designs full of charms in which you can see crosses, beads, flowers, small medals and even a nazar, the traditional amulet intended to protect against the evil eye.