Queen Máxima was in Veghel today to officially open the theater de Blauwe Kei. Built in an industrial heritage complex on the canal, the theater completes a revitalization of the area into an arts and culture hub. For today’s opening, the Dutch queen repeated her oyster straw hat with straight sided crown, wide cartwheel brim and slim silk hatband tied at the front in a bow.
The hat’s classic shape and neutral colour is a great compliment to Queen Máxima’s delicate blue silk dress. While the ensemble isn’t one of the punchy ones we’ve come to associate with Máxima, it’s pretty and polished, which perfectly fits the bill for a royal day away. We’ve not seen this hat worn in five years and its great to see it paired with what I think is its best ensemble to date.
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A nice hat
I don’t care for the sad shoelace-esque bow, but otherwise it’s a lovely working hat that was perfect for the occasion and paired beautifully with this outfit.
Love the hat with a colored dress and I love this shade of blue. It is a very nice understated look for Maxima.
Queen Maxima seems to know how to dress for the occasion, and this is no exception. I particularly like the way she often wears a glove and carries its mate -so elegant. This hat is simple but no less lovely for that.
It’s a nice hat but would look so much better if the seam were at the back and not the front.
Seam? The dark lines visible on the underside brim are shadows from the silk bow tails.
Thanks, we all make mistakes. I looked at the other posts and it looked like a seam.
Lesley, I don’t think that’s a seam, I think it’s just a shadow of the streamers of the bow because it’s not always in the same place.
This is a lovely ensemble, well suited for an event where the focus is on the occasion and not the Queen.
Thanks, Matthew.