Queen Máxima has been a busy bee since returning home from her French state visit. A busy behatted
bee, specifically. Autocorrect just tried to change
specifically to
spectacularly on me there, but that's your call to make:
Wednesday: Queen Máxima visited the Outsider Art Museum.
I'm so used to seeing her in hats with big brims or no brims, a short brim like this is destined to feel stumpy. You don't have to sell me on the animal print accessories, though; I'm all in.
Monday: Her Majesty presented the Geuzen Medal.
This is not so much a hat as it is a linen bagel. You can
browse this gallery for proof or just take my word for it, I don't know how your Friday is going. (By the way, several readers have written to say that these repeated gold fan earrings are from JAR, exclusive jeweler and favorite of Princess Marie-Chantal. That's an interesting development for Máx and her statement jewelry love affair.)
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Tuesday: King Willem-Alexander presented the Military Order of William to the Commando Corps with Queen Máxima in attendance.
Photo: Defensie |
I saved the best for last. She loves her a gray hat, and this one had something special: three diamond ears of wheat brooches from the family collection attached to the side of her gray pillbox hat. This is the second time Máxima has used these brooches (the first as a hair ornament
during the couple's 2015 state visit to Canada), though she has yet to use them in their most familiar format,
the Dutch Ears of Wheat Tiara.
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I love this. I mean, of
course I love this, but for more reasons than my standard love of unexpected jewel deployments. The Military Order of William (Militaire Willems-Orde, also Military William Order) is the oldest and highest Dutch honor, presented for bravery; this is an important event, and I love that she's brought out some old and important brooches for the occasion. Paired with a simple gray coat with gray lace underneath, it's an incredibly elegant look.
(For more: Video here, second video here, gallery here.)
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