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Koningsdag 2024

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The Dutch royal family were in Emmen today to celebrate the king’s birthday and eleventh anniversary on the throne.

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Queen Máxima wore a design described by the milliner as, “a custom headpiece made of silk and feather butterflies by Berry Rutjes during the royal family’s visit to the city of Emmen for King’s Day. The butterfly is a symbol of the city, because of the butterfly garden. Of course she knows how to wear it like no other.“

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The effervescence of this design suits both its wearer and the informal occasion while retaining an elegant sophistication that isn’t costumey. The overall look is balanced, the lace skirt on the dress a great counterpoint for a head full of swirling butterflies. Yes, a wide brimmed hat could have done the same, but the butterflies are fantastically fun.

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Milliner: Berry Rutjes. Dress by Natan. 
Previously Worn: This headpiece is new. 

Princess Amalia followed the butterfly brief, adapting a pair of her mother’s gold brooches by Argentinian jeweller Celedonio into hairclips.

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Princess Ariane tied her hair back with an ecru velvet ribbon.

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Thoughts about today’s butterflies in Emmen?!

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Dutch Queen Holds Onto Her Hats

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Queen Máxima attended the 10th anniversary of Foundation Language at Sea (Taal aan Zee) that offers Dutch language lessons for foreign-speaking women, refugees and asylum seekers yesterday in The Hague.

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For this event, she repeated her olivey-avocado hued green felt hat with flat crown and wide, cartwheel brim trimmed with Petersham ribbon brim binding, hatband, and back bow.

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We’ve previously seen this hat and dress worn with a houndstooth coat, but the ensemble works so much better without it, the slightly different shades of green working more harmoniously, especially in indoor lighting. Yes, the colour is not going to be everyone’s cup of tea but it’s unexpected, brave, bold and just plain interesting. What stands out more, however, is the brim shape, elongated in the front and gently curved downward at the back. It’s subtle but really great.

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We’ve talked in the past about Queen Máxima’s large hat pins…  pins she might have wished she’d employed on this day!

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Milliner: Fabienne Delvigne
Previously Worn: Dec 14, 2018; Nov 22, 2018; May 23, 2018

Today, the Dutch queen braved windy conditions again, attending the opening of A Beautiful Mess restaurant, a social and vocational support enterprise for refugees in Amsterdam.

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For this visit, she repeated her red felt Garbo hat trimmed with slim leather hatband. It’s a more casual piece that seems to have suited this event well; beyond casual, the unfinished edges of both the felt brim and the leather hatband and the floppy brim (the back brim falls back sharply unlike the beautiful curve in the hat above) just don’t read handmade or couture. I want to see royal hats finished and trimmed with greater technique and finesse.

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Milliner: Fabienne Delvigne
Previously Worn: Dec 1, 2016; October 14, 2014; November 8, 2013

Thoughts on these two vibrant hats on the Dutch queen?

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Conclusion of Spanish State Visit

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The Spanish state visit to the Netherlands wrapped up on Thursday. Queen Letizia, not surprisingly, did not wear any additional pieces of millinery (tiara excepted!) while Queen Máxima finished the visit with a repeated tall bandeau headpiece in the same beautifully embroidered pink fabric as her coat.

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It’s a polished piece with full headpiece presence that fit so well for this kind of event- hosting a foreign colleague who rarely wears millinery. It makes a statement without stealing the show.

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Milliner: unconfirmed. Coat by Claes Iversen
Previously Worn: Nov 29, 2019; Oct 23, 2018

Thoughts?

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Spanish State Visit to Netherlands

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King Felipe and Queen Letizia in Spain kicked off a state visit to the Netherlands today.

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Queen Letizia topped her acqua caped coat with a curved headpiece in almond sinamay swathed in dotted tulle veil in the same hue.

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The quirky ‘s’ shape is unique and the scale works well for petite Letizia. Millinery statements don’t have to be magenta and wide brimmed (see below!) to pack real style punch and I really like the creative unexpectedness of this one, not to mention its lovely construction. What’s curious, however, is that based on the milliner’s photo below, the design was created to be worn on the left side, curving around the face. Letizia wore it on the right side, curved around the side of her head. I prefer her placement… but kudos to a design with flexibility.

​Milliner: Balel (Isabel Terroso). Coat by Moises Nieto
Previously Worn: This headpiece is new

Queen Máxima repeated a wide brimmed picture hat in deep pink parabuntal straw with sharply upfolded ‘slice’ brim and a raspberry ribbon hatband. We all know this go-to shape on Máxima and the vibrant colour elevates the drama. Monochrome ensembles in such a bright colour can be risky but the different textures on each element give enough contrast to keep the look from being overly one note.  Any time a royal matches their lipstick to their hat, I am there for it!

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Milliner: Fabiene Delvigne
Previously Worn: Jun 22, 2023; Jan 30, 2023; Aug 31, 2019; July 3, 2016;  April 13, 2016; April 27, 2015

Thoughts?

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Dutch Royals Attend Four Freedom Awards

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King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and Princess Beatrix attended the Four Freedom Awards today in in Middelburg.

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Princess Beatrix repeated a navy sinamay bumper hat with large bow tail that loops around the upturned brim onto the hat’s crown on the right side.

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Milliner: Susanne Moulijn
Previously Worn: Jun 15, 2019; March 7, 2013;  

Queen Máxima used the occasion to debut a new beret hat. The natural straw piece is simply trimmed with a stem and rows of dark zigzag stiching.

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She wore the same ensemble to a second engagement, Girls’ Day at Container Service Groenenboom, joining in girls who use this opportunity to visit companies in the field of science and technology.

Milliner: unknown. Dress by Natan.
Previously Worn: This hat is new

Thoughts?

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