Yesterday afternoon, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands attended the 10th anniversary of the ROC education center in Utrecht. To open a new department of the RVD, take part in a guest lecture on entrepreneurship and speak with former student, Queen Máxima repeated a brown camel vagabond style hat trimmed with a grosgrain ribbon band and multi-looped bow. When Máxima wore this hat for Prinsjesday in September 2011, I did not like it- I thought it was too informal for such an important event. Yesterday, however, I liked it a lot. This hat seems so much better suited to yesterday’s engagement; while I thought Máxima’s brown boots, coat and dress were a sea of too much bland brown, I thought she looked very chic. What do you think of this hat?
Designer: Fabienne Delvigne
Previously Worn: October 6, 2011; September 20, 2011
Photos from and via Patrick van Katwijk and Patrick van Katwijk via Corbis and Semana
Royal Hats 
Maxima looks fabulous in wide-brimmed hats
I like the hat but not the dress/coat. Boots are great.
Nope, sorry. I certainly didn’t like the hat first time round, and I still don’t like the hat even in this context!
The outfit is bland brown, as you said, but it’s gorgeous. The hat goes perfectly with the coat. Necklace is fascinating. Boots, though, are too much.
I like the hat, but not the ribbon. But without the ribbon, the hat would be nothing. Is this synergy?