On the last day of their official visit to Oman and the United Arab Emirates, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde visited Expo 2020 Dubai. On February 5, 2022, The King and Queen attended the Belgium National Day at Expo 2020 Dubai. Then, accompanied by a UAE delegation, the King and Queen visited the pavilions of Belgium, United Arab Emirates, Japan and Singapore. Queen Mathilde's outfit is by Belgian fashion house Natan.
Natan Dress
I think the Queen looks beautiful in this outfit and hat.
ReplyDeleteI agree, she looks beautiful. Love the delicate look of the dress with the more substantial hat.
DeleteChel
Queen Maxima 2.0
Deletejill
Philippe needs a whole set of new suits to accomodate his growing belly.
ReplyDeleteMathilde´s dress is pretty but she looks overdressed for this visit. I´m also not sure about the combination with the hat. The dress is too delicate for the rather big hat, and it is more of a cocktail dress anyway, it´s not meant to be worn with a hat. Her shoes look rather small on her, and I don´t like the plastic clear part on them.
I like the colour of Philippe´s suit, and together they look well matched.
Well, I asked for a lighter coloured costume worn by KP the other day and what's he wearing today .... QM's wearing one of my (not too many) favourite Natan dresses, but looking at the pictures it's as if I'm looking at QMaxima .... therefore, although she looks fantastic, in my opinion not a good choice for this state visit.
ReplyDeleteMCS
We've seen this dress before. Is it a re-wear from Mathilde? Or does Maxima have it as well?
ReplyDeleteIt is a bit tight around Mathilde's hips as the crease marks show. But a nice cool colour for warm Dubai.
- Anon 9:13
Maxima has a similar one in a different colour.
Delete-Natascha
No Natascha Maxima's dress is exactly the same but the fabric has been cut in a different way. If you look at the picture of the models above the one in the middle is the same as Maxima's. The photo of Queen Mathilde is on the left of this picture. Do you see the difference ?
DeleteFantastic from top to bottom. Love the shoes!
ReplyDeleteCherry
Beautiful queen, beautiful dress and shoes, horrible hat.
ReplyDeleteIf this hat is horrible than Queen Maxima has a lot of horrible hats. Queen Mathilde has just one in this shape. The designer of this hat is Fabienne Delvigne a famous hat designer who also makes hats for Queen Maxima.
DeleteGorgeous look from Mathilde!!! I loved this dress when she wore it to meet with Queen Elizabeth a few years ago and adding the big picture hat makes it even better. One of few times Natan got it just right for Mathilde--notice the small belt instead of huge belt and how much better it looks for Mathilde. Mathilde looks beautiful and very elegant in this outing.
ReplyDeleteYes, the size of the belt makes all the difference. ~d
DeleteIt's Natan but I love it! What a surprise. Gorgeous summery dress and great accessories. Almost the best outfit of the trip to finish off with (it can't beat the gorgeous full length red dress and shawl )
ReplyDeleteUn look aux couleurs et tissu très rafraîchissants - Je crois que Maxima a ce même modèle ; le chapeau me semble superflu - Très agréable la couleur plus claire du costume de Philippe !
ReplyDeleteThis is a gorgeous look, very pretty and feminine dress, I like the length, it flows beautifully on movement. I love the flowing detail of the sleeves halfway down, really enchanting. The patterning of the fabric, is very effective and pretty. The colour of the shoes and clutch is on point. The pearl drop earrings are a perfect jewel accessory, simple and subtle, they offset the dress well. Queen Mathilde wears the wide brim hat, beautifully.
ReplyDeleteThis dress, hat and hair combo reminded me of Maxima. The dress of one 10 years ago from Valentino for her 40th birthday photo. With the mask on, and one not paying too much attention to the details, one could be mistaken that this is Maxima. Both queens have similar body shapes and dressing styles.
ReplyDeleteMathilde looks stunning!!.
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous overall look indeed.
I think it is not a kind of dress easy to wear, Just Mathilde and Maxima can pull it off appropriately with their majestic body types.
The lace bottom and the sheer fabric add some ladylike feminine details.
Accessories and jewelry are the perfect finishing touch.
La robe de Mathilde a une belle ligne mais la couleur est insipide à souhait les chaussures cutesques et le chapeau nunuche, il faut lui offrir une glace en pied.
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Does she use other designers besides Natan? She needs to widen her source of clothing and styles. She has a lovely dress on, but with the wide hat, and shoes with plastic bits, she looks like a clone of Queen Maxima, only with a lovely hair style.
ReplyDeleteIf you follow Queen Mathilde you should know that she uses a lot of other disigners. You could say it otherwise that Queen Maxima looks like a clone of Queen Mathilde. Of course they are both clients of Natan Couture. It is up to Natan to draw their attention on the fact that they have chosen about the same fabric and design. I suppose he does, but if the royal ladies don't mind, I suppose he cannot refuse. It is an old dress that she is wearing today. It is probably 4 or 5 years old. Queen Maxima still wears her dress too. If they don't mind why should we ?
DeleteI follow Q Mathilde closely, she is a lovely woman, with a slightly odd body shape, (high waisted) is difficult to fit. Her choices of outfits on this tour have not been my favorite, the fabric is too busy (that pantsuit comes to mind), or this outfit looks lovely on her, but I agree that the hat is a tad too much, and the plastic sides on the shoes just look cheap or tacky, whatever you call it. She is an intelligent, woman who does a lot of good, and has a wonderful family. As far as Natan, most of the odd looking clothing come from his label. I agree with the original poster 06:39, she could widen her choices. clare
DeleteWow!!! Shù Akabir.
ReplyDeleteWow, how funny, she wore exactly the same outfit as Queen Maxima wore to visit the same exhibition in November 2021!
ReplyDeleteSame hat for sure! Almost exact Natan dress. Very strange.
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