King Philippe and Queen Mathilde continued their inauguration tour to the city of Bruges today. She unveiled another new hat, this one a straw toque woven in a grey and beige plaid pattern. As turbans go, this one was fine; I liked the way it tied her oatmeal jacket (gorgeous!) and charcoal grey skirt together. On it’s own, I don’t think I would like this hat but with the whole outfit, it worked very well. What do you think?
Designer: Fabienne Delvigne
Royal Hats 
Maxima has the same one, since a few years!
Yes- I was hoping no one would notice so I could use this in a “Who Wore it Best” Poll!
Oh dear, I’m sorry!
She looks every inch the Queen that she is in these photos. She looks so elegant and graceful. I notice her husband is color coordinated to her outfit once again. I love when people do that! 🙂 I like this hat on her…she wears it well.
I love the neutral tones of the clothing and the hat, but I don’t think this is a great hat for Queen Mathilde especially sitting back on her head like it is and being so close to her hair color… it gets lost to my eye. Often times subtly is more elegant, but in this case I think a splash of color or if not color perhaps a larger bolder silhouette would have presented more visual interest.
I agree.That being said, I think Queen M is perfect. BUT if i can nitpick. The hat’s color or style need to be just a little more pronounced. This ensemble needs a little something more noteworthy to make it wonderful.
I am not a fan of the turnan; but I quite like this hat.
I would never have thought oatmeal and grey could work together but I like this. Hat looks good too. Well done!
I love neutrals together. I also (surprisingly) really like this hat.
I love your blog and look at it every day! This is from someone who has bought a few hats but never worn them. I absolutely agree that comments about people need to be respectful and it is YOUR blog so you set the tone and have the right to set the rules.
Joan
Gosh, I didn’t get turban at all! More like a peakless cap, because one can see definite seams attaching the different pieces of fabric to make the shape, can’t one? Rather than it being swathed around? It seems more structured than a turban, even though it is in a soft material so the structure doesn’t stand up. I can see in the second photo there is a sheen that makes it look like straw, but certainly the impression I got when I looked at the others was of a tweedy fabric! (Mind you, this is a really difficult one to see the detail of in photos.)
Hmm… now I’m wondering if this is more of a calot? I’ll do a post next week on calots (also known as Juliet caps) and we will clear this up once and for all!
Yes please. I learn so much from your blog about millinery.
Now this hat goes with her outfit. This is how a hat is suppose to work for an overall effect of a put together outfit. I like this one much better than the one the other day which had a diagonal stripe/plaid (can’t decide what it was from the pic) which didn’t really work with the outfit she wore.
I agree. Her hat pulls her whole outfit together. She looks really good.
Well, I like this one a little bit better then the half (back of the head) turban she had on the other day. The weave on this one is interesting. But that say, i still don’t like this style hat. It looks like it’s falling off the back of her head.
I didn’t know that was a turban! I thought it was more like a beret worn on the back of her head, but yes, I like it very much. she looks great in that outfit. I need to read more tutorials from you on what hats are what! Thank you.
Don’t worry! I don’t have all the hat types straight, either! What makes a turban a turban is that it looks like cloth wound around the wearer’s head. This hat does… and while it’s not a full turban, I’m still classifying it as a turban! We might need a new category for these modern turbans. What do you think of “Turbanette”?
I like that!