During King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima’s recent trip to Denmark and Germany, Máxima repeated her large grey felt hat with ‘slice’ diagonally folded brim designed by Fabienne Delvigne. We have seen this hat five times, each time worn with a different ensemble. Which outfit do you think works best with this hat?

Look 1: Début with a lilac beaded tunic and grey pencil skirt for the October 5, 2013 wedding of Prince Jaime of Bourbon Parma 

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Look 2: With a Natan grey draped sheath dress and gold accessories to open the Friesland Campina Innovation Centre in Wageningen on October 16, 2013

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Look 3: A grey pinstriped Natan coat and checked dress for the January 30, 2014 opening of Lely Group’s new campus in Maasslius

Look 4: A charcoal, brown and khaki green colour blocked Natan dress during the Swedish State Visit, April 5, 2014 

Look 5: A vibrant grey and orange cowl necked dress from Natan on a February 17, 2015 visit to the Dutch provinces of Groningen and Drenthe

Look 6: Visiting Hamburg on March 19, 2015 in a tri-toned Natan dress and coordinating oatmeal hued jacket

UPDATE Look 7: Máxima added a seventh pairing with this hat on her and the king’s February 16, 2016 visit to West-Brabant. Her black and white printed dress and grey belted cape coat are by Natan.

Look 8:  With a grey pencil skirt, tweedy swing top and belted coat February 8, 2017 while on a visit to Germany

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Look 9: With a grey and ochre lace Natan dress worn October 10 in Germany

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And on a lighter note…

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima concluded their visit to Germany with a stop in Hamburg today. For their visits to Hamburg Town Hall and famous Fish Market, Queen Máxima wore a new red dress and matching pleated hat. While the hat follows the shape of a traditional turban, Máxima wore it off-centred on the back on her head, treating it as an oversize calot hat. Since this is the fifth red hat in this style that can be found in her millinery closet, we can only guess that it must be one that Máxima likes very much.

After completing their state visit to Denmark, King Willem Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands moved on to begin their two day visit to Germany today. For their arrival in Luebeck, Máxima repeated her grey felt hat with ‘slice’ brim sharply upturned on one side. We have seen this hat numerous times on this young queen and today, for the first time, it was paired with this tri-toned dress. The hat is a staple for Máxima and looks great on her. I think, however, the unattractive dress doomed this outfit from the start. Next week we’ll compare all the outfits she as worn with this hat and I suspect, this one will not win. What did you think of Queen Máxima’s hat and dress combination today?

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