Yesterday, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde continued their state visit to Portugal with visits to Lisbon’s Oceanarium, a hospital and a youth cultural center, as well as participation in an economic development seminar and meeting with social entrepreneurs. For this programme, Queen Mathilde repeated a hat described by the designer as “a small bell hat made of red Panama and trimmed with ribbon and a matching bow.”
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It remains a good hat for Mathilde- the scale suits her well and the colour is great on her. The combination of red hat with patterned lace dress is an interesting and well-balanced one that doesn’t overwhelm. Striking the balance with such strong colour and pattern combinations isn’t easy but this one works.
Embed from Getty ImagesWhat do you think about Queen Mathilde’s red hat yesterday in Lisbon?
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Very sharp! I’d like to see it worn farther back since it does fall rather low on her face.
I’m still not a big fan of this, as I agree with Deborah that the shape is a little too bucket hat; a wider lampshade brim would be more flattering. I also would like to see another outfit with this hat, just to see if that changes my opinion about the hat at all.
I saw that first photograph and thought “there’s the Queen Mathilde I love !!” I think she looks very stylish and chic !! Am I allowed to say that here ??😉 she looks like she’s got a spring in her step ! Very nice !
I’m going to swim against the flow here and say I don’t much care for this hat. The busy pattern of the dress makes it ‘read’ larger than it is, which in turn makes the hat seem disproportionately small. And it’s rather buckety for a formal hat.
HatQueen just a technical question. I was looking at Mathilde’s hat inventories and I’ve noticed that her 3rd green hat hasn’t been added to the list. Also the first photo doesn’t work for me. Is this an issue on my side or does anyone else have the same problem?
https://royalhats.net/2016/03/23/inventory-queen-mathildes-green-hats/
Maja, it’s possible that the 3rd green hat hasn’t been added yet because HatQueen has been busy with all the recent posts, but the first photo in the green inventory post does not work for me either.
I’ll get to it when I can. I’d appreciate your patience in the meantime.
HatQueen, no pressure! The amount of time you must devote to this blog is beyond awesome!
I didn’t want to sound like I’m complaining, just thought you might not have noticed the problem.
I do realize things have been very busy lately and really appreciate all you do.
No worries- you’ll find it’s updated now!
It’s a nice hat in a shape we don’t see too often. It suits Mathilde.
I do wish she’d tilt it slightly, but that is my only quibble. Great color, love it with the pattern, and the style is perfect for the slightly less formal agenda of the day.
Quite a nice hat for the occasion as well as on Mathilde.
I really like this hat. I much prefer it to the brimless turban style we’ve seen on Max recently- It’s a great way to be smaller but still with a lovely shape and brim.