Queen Máxima of the Netherlandso attended the kick-off of a mentoring program for entrepreneurs in Amsterdam. She wore the same taupe ruched straw hat she wore back in May to visit a children’s hospital in Rotterdam. It is a great hat on her although I liked it better paired with the red suit she wore it with last time. I think her tailored and clean-lined Natan suit today would have worked better with a brimmed, classic picture hat.
Designer: Fabienne Delvigne
There has been much debate in the comments of this blog about this shape of hat- is it a turban? Is it a pillbox? I think it’s both, which leads me to propose a solution to this debate.Why don’t we call this new genre of hat, which is two parts pillbox and one part turban, a Pillban? What do you think (of both the hat and the proposed name)?
Update- no need to invent a new hat genre! This hat is actually a toque.
Photos from Getty as indicated
Royal Hats 
It’s a turban, albeit a small one.
Overall I think that her hats lack a bit of sophistication; alas! She’s not alone!
Is there a tiny “FD” on the back? Is that for Fabienne Delvigne?
My goodness- that is some blatant advertising, isn’t it? The FD on the hat certainly looks like Fabienne Delvigne’s logo I find that rather gauche.
All those new hats tullbans or just pillbans are not my cup of tea. I always like other types of hats on her.
I like this kind of hat very much on Maxima. Wearing a hat shows that she is important and she is Queen. This hat is not so formal and looks very good with her hair in a chignon. I like the name Pillban for this hat style!
You have to weave a rope of fabric when you put it on, so one might call it a ‘woven headpiece.’
The hat color fades into her hair. I prefer her in a contrasting color.
I agree. Maxima looks good in brighter colors. The pink hat she wore last week was very nice.
Agreed.
What about “pillbow” instea of “pillbox”?
That looks too much like “pillow”. it’s not a pillow!
The suit is elegant, I’m not often a fan of Natan. But I do agree that it would have been better accessorised with a bigger, brimmed hat. Pillban sounds a bit like a medication! It’s really hard to come up with an alternative, because turbox for example sounds like something you would use on a hotrod.
Queen Maxima has worn so many of these turban type hats recently – I wonder if she is setting out to make a recognisable “hat image” for herself, like Queen Beatrix did with her distinctive hat shape? I hope not! She looks lovely in so many different hats.
I’m not so sure that Queen Beatrix set out to make a specific “hat image” for herself- I suspect her main designers had that vision for her!
This hat looks a little dull this time. It’s nice on her but I like it better with her red suit too. I like the name pillban! That’s cute!