On September 21, 2021, Queen Mathilde of Belgium paid a visit to a branch of the microfinance institution microStart in Charleroi. The Queen first attended a round table meeting in the bakery Les Tartes Vertes with microStart beneficiaries. The meeting was about female entrepreneurship and financial inclusion. Afterwards, the Queen met with employees of microStart Charleroi.
MicroStart provides advice and grants microcredits to (future) entrepreneurs who do not have access to financing from the traditional banking sector. Created in 2011, microStart is an initiative of Adie, a pioneer in European microfinance, BNP Paribas Fortis and the European Investment Fund. The Queen wore a printed coat by Dries Van Noten.
Dries Van Noten Richy Printed Coat
Wow, Mathilde! Love it!
ReplyDeleteJosh
By far not the best design by DvN; QM can look so much better (in a DvN). Earrings are too bulky to my taste.
ReplyDeleteMCS
Mathilde has here the hair style I rather dislike for her, I find it a bit old fashioned. Pleased to see again this original coat/long jacket
ReplyDeleteYou are right about Queen Mathilde's hair. I think she had a bad hair day, which doesn't happen often. I like her coat and clutch. She worn this outfit before but it is still very stylish. MJ
DeleteI rather like the bright jacket worn over dark or plain outfit---Grand Duchess Maria Theresa, for example, often looks great in such an outfit---but not this. The colours are good but the asymmetry just makes it look weird in my view. I think the long jacket over trousers look is a good one for Queen Mathilde, just not this jacket.
ReplyDeleteQuelle idée de porter une veste aussi laide, et la pochette en prime. A oublier .
ReplyDeleteMARIAMAR
For sure there can be different opinions, but I think this jacket is great, and has an original styling.
DeleteElégant ce manteau multicolore déjà porté qui convient très bien à la silhouette de Mathilde ; il a l'avantage de pouvoir être aussi bien combiné avec un pantalon qu'une jupe droite ; bonne idée que la pochette reprenant son imprimé !
ReplyDeleteMathilde, the earrings are way too large, the jacket is not my favorite, with a difficult to look at asymmetry. jj
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun jacket, and perfect that she has just the black top and pants as to keep the focus on just the jacket. I am not a fan of those earrings, however. They compete with the jacket. But otherwise, she looks great.
ReplyDeleteChel
Oh my...not a fan of the coat at all. Its too shapeless. I could handle the asymmetrical print if the coat wasn't so boxy. The earrings--big no from me. Mathilde likes to wear large pieces of costume jewelry and, ususally, I like her choices but not this time. The simple black pants and top are a wonderful choice--I like Mathilde best in simple, tailored lines--to highlight her coat but I just don't like the style.
ReplyDeleteA 10+ for me - except the earings.
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