On June 25, 2021, Queen Mathilde of Belgium presented the prize named after her to Debateville, an association that organizes speaking skills workshops for young people. The youth jury chose Debateville from 30 projects that are supported in the context of the call for projects 'Beautiful/Resilient'. (The Quuen wore a new dress by Natan)
The aim was to enable young people to restore their mutual, lasting bonds and help them to harness the forces they had to use during the pandemic crisis to get out of it and regain confidence in themselves and in the future.
In total, an expert jury selected 30 projects from organizations that work with children and young people. Each project received a grant of 4,000 to 7,000 euros, for a total of almost 185,000 euros. Debateville foster social mobility by teaching key skills through an afterschool debating program.
Another day, another Natan monstrosity. This dress does not do anything for Mathilde, in fact the contrary: she looks heavy and matronly. Why do these women not hire a stylist? It is a wellknown fact that Mary of Denmark has one and she is always dressed stylishly, fashionably and her clothes suit her!
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I agree Mathilde needs a good stylist, and this dress is a miss. The pleated sleeves and top bother me the most.
DeleteIt looks better on the model, but that is not a good comparison since we know most models are overly thin. Mathilde needs a good taylor/ seamstress imo.
Mary of Denmark is slender like a model and therefore a lot easier to dress, but I disagree that she is "always" stylisch, she has worn some pretty strange outfit's too on occasion.
Lovely dress, suits qM. Very well,
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O dear Mathilde... you are a lovely woman but Natan again (!) doesn't suit you at all. Get rid of him, send him back to his desert island. Pity he had the bad idea to come back again.
ReplyDeleteThe colour is good but the whole cut makes her look much bigger than she is. What a pity.
I see this repeated criticism about Natan; I think there is wide choice in its collection. It is up to her to make the good choice. However, the task has become increasingly difficult for her in view of her "new" morphology. She should probably take some (only some!) inspiration from Camilla regarding essential design aspects which have an impact on the look of women with "some" weight. She definitely has to abandon "inflating" characteristics (both design and colors).
DeleteThe Norwegian royal court has released new official portraits of King Harald and Queen Sonja and they’re really beautiful. I’m hoping that there will be a blog post with those photos.
ReplyDeletei like her but, that dress is NOT flattering.
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It's not the worst dress ever,but certainly not the best either. The shape is flattering, the colour is really nice but the fabric is all wrong. She should really try other Belgian brands than Nathan.
ReplyDeleteI think the dress is really beautiful, but it is totally wrong for Mathilde. This is a great style for someone very slender, but on Mathilde, it just makes her hips look huge.
ReplyDeleteI really like this dress and its ease is very suitable for Q Mathilde and this TPO (time, place, occasion).
ReplyDeleteThe colour story is energetic and fantastic, a fun interplay of orange red and magenta pink (as it appears on my screen).
Allover pleats are uncommon, and I really like the geometry at the sleeve. Nice movement in the skirt as well.
Well done, Q Mathilde, well done!
Вера💚🦋
I agree with you, Bepa, stunning in every way. Very flattering for her figure, young and fresh looking while being elegant. Shoes are elegant and match well. S.M.
DeleteI actually adore this dress and generally do not like Natan (which sets me apart from Queens!) This is very intelligent design which is flowing while tailored and the colors are excellent. QM is always confident and she carries this off beautifully.
ReplyDeleteA woman of Mathilde's age I think the dress looks nice. It is age appropriate. Mary I
ReplyDeleteI don’t think the dress flows very well. It looks almost round on Q. Mathilde, particularly in the sleeves, which in turn makes her look rounder/fuller than she is. The colours are gorgeous though, and she’s accessorized well. (V.M.)
ReplyDeleteI'm in agreement that this is a beautiful dress but on the appropriate type of figure, not Mathildes. I also like the colour very much.
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I agree to all of it.
DeleteWell, the dress looks nicely on the model, but is not flattering for Mathilde.
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C'est vraiment une robe aux couleurs lumineuses mais pas du tout pour la morphologie de Mathilde tant au niveau du buste qui mériterait d'être un peu dégagé avec un décolleté en V que de la jupe qui est trop ample - Peut-être qu'un changement de couturier lui serait bénéfique !
ReplyDeleteQuand notre reine ne met pas une robe de Nathan (pas que jaime tout ce qu'il fait) mais un modèle de Diane von Furstenberg ou de Caroline Herrera et j'en passe, vous et d'autres personnes font les mêmes remarques. A mon avis la mode actuelle surtout en ce qui concerne les robes est faite pour des femmes très minces comme Catherine of Cambridge (Kate), Mary of Denmark etc... A l'heure actuelle, Il est très difficile avec ou sans styliste de trouver une robe parfaite. J'espère que dans les nouvelles collections, les robes et les jupes deviendrondt un peu moins large et moins longs. M.J.
DeleteUgh. The waist of this dress is sitting on her hips, not on her waist. Then the pleated skirt flares out from there. She does not have an easy body to dress. She desperately needs a professional to help educate her, and an excellent tailor to make some of these frocks look better (if it is possible). I like the colors very much, which might be what drew her to this dress in the first place. ~d
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