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Day 3 of Dutch Visit to Germany

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King Willem Alexander and Queen Máxima continued their working trip to Germany today with visits to a river water project and famed Bauhaus in Dessau and Schloss Oranienbaum. For these visits, Queen Máxima donned her third neutral hued hat in as many days, a nubby tan silk linen headpiece. We’ve seen this piece and it’s matching swing coat on Máxima a few times- she carries the the retro vibe of the ensemble so well and utilises the neutral colour to make her gold jewellery sing. Great pops of colour from her skirt, shoes, gloves and purse round out the whole picture, making me almost able to ignore the elephant in the room- the hat’s open, doughnut shape.

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Designer: Fabienne Delvigne. It is the “Tino” design.
Previously Worn: Mach 14, 2016; November 13, 2014
If this hat was the pillbox it appears from front and side angles, I’d love it, full stop. I just can’t get on board with a doughnut. What do you think- has today’s outing altered your thoughts about this design?
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Day 2 of Dutch Visit to Germany

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King Willem Alexander and Queen Máxima continued their working trip to Germany today with a series of engagements in Leipzig and Wittenberg. Queen Máxima kept to yesterday’s neutral approach to working fashion, topping her aqua silk dress with a blocked beige felt beret worn on the back of her head as a calot. On paper, an unembellished beige felt brimess hat sounds like a yawn but leave it to the Dutch queen to mix it with stunning jewels, classic accessories and the right hairstyle and come up with an ensemble that is anything but boring.

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Designer: “Mare” beret by Bronte Amsterdam
Previously Worn: January 20, 2014; November 30, 2013
This is a more sedate hat on Queen Máxima than we usually see- one that hasn’t been worn for three years. What do you think about it, seeing it again today?
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Dutch Monarchs in Germany

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King Willem Alexander and Queen Máxima are on an annual working visit to Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia in Germany this week, taking part in a series of events designed  to deepen trade, investment relations, and cooperation in several industries between the two neighbouring nations. For today’s programme, which saw them visit the Anna Amailia library, Goethe-Schiller Archive, Alte Synagogue, and Buchenwald concentration camp, Máxima repeated her grey velvet felt upswept ‘slice’ brimmed hat.

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This hat is a hardworking piece for Queen Máxima (the hat she wears most frequently) and today it was an excellent topper for her mixed grey ensemble. Today’s calendar of events required some fashion sensitivity and head to toe, this hit the mark.

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Thoughts on this hat today in Germany?
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Dutch Queen Opens Education Exhibition

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Queen Máxima was in The Hague this morning to open the National Onderwijstentoonsteling (National Education Exhibition). For this event, she repeated her brown fedora variation with high crown, unstructured brim; and wide grosgrain hatband with bow loop on the side. The hat looks slightly floppier than I remembered it being the first time we saw it but its informal was a good fit for this event. While Máxima’s green accessories brought some much needed lift to the otherwise all brown ensemble, I’m not sure the mix of so many textures is a successful one.

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Designer: Fabienne Delvigne
Previously Worn: March 18, 2015
Don’t confuse this hat with a similar vagamond style also in Queen Máxima’s millinery wardrobe that she has worn more freqruently– the two are most certainly different hats! What do you think of this brown fedora today?
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Inventory: Queen Máxima’s Black Hats

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Black hats are a staple in any royal millinery closet, drawn upon regularly for memorials, Remembrance services and regular daytime engagements. Since beginning her royal life in 2002, we have seen 25 different black hats and headpieces on Queen Máxima covering all shapes and styles. Here are these 25 designs, in the order they were introduced:

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Designer: both are unknown
Introduced: Oct 10, 2002; March 20, 2003

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Designer: Fabienne Delvigne
Introduced: March 30, 2004, worn with feathers May 4, 2005; and without embellishment May 4, 2018

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Designer: unknown; Fabienne Delvigne
Introduced: May 4, 2004;  March 15, 2006; May 4, 2006

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Designer:  Fabienne Devigne; unknown
Introduced: October 31, 2006; May 4, 2008

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Designer: both are unknown
Introduced: April 30, 2009; May 4, 2009

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Designer: unknown; Fabienne Delvigne
Introduced: April 29, 2010; April 30, 2010

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Designer:  unknown; Fabienne Delvigne; unknown;
Introduced:  May 4, 2010; March 10, 2011; May 4, 2011

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Designer: Fabienne Delvigne; unknown; unknown
Introduced: October 28, 2011; January 9, 2012;  May 4, 2013

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Designer:  all are Fabienne Delvigne 
Introduced: November 2, 2013; June 25, 2014; March 22, 2014;

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Designer: Fabienne Delvigne; vintage piece from/inspired by Queen Juliana; Fabienne Delvigne
Introduced: Nov 8, 2015; May 4, 2016;  Nov 7, 2016 

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Designer: Philip Treacy
Introduced: Oct 24, 2018

This group covers the full spectrum of millinery shapes with pillboxes, fedoras, stovepipes, calots, fascinators, picture hats, turbans, perchers and even that infamous pair of antlers. I’m struck not only by the diversity, but by the consistent introduction of new pieces each year. Some of the oldest pieces are still in rotation (#4 and #5) while some more recent designs have only been seen publicly once (#14. #15, #17, #18).

While not every piece is successful (I’d be happy to see #7, #15, #17 and #20 retired), the collection shows immense diversity or style, material, scale and embellishment. The word ‘brave’ often comes up when discussing Queen Máxima’s approach to wearing hats and this group confirms how brave her style really is, corkers and all.

Which hats here stand out most to you?

Photos from Albert Nieboer via PPE; Corbis; Edwin Veloo via PPE;  Patrick van Katwijk via Monarchy Press; Patrick van Katwijk via Corbis; Albert Nieboer  via PPE: Albert Nieboer and Patrick van Katwijk via Corbis;  Pool via Getty