On April 12, 2022, Dutch Queen Maxima attended the spring congress of NVVK that was held on the occasion of NVVK's 90th anniversary at the Wilmink Theater in Enschede. NVVK is a trade association that offers some debt relief and financial services that include debt counseling, budget management and financial administration.
NVVK unites organizations that offer help to people with financial concerns. During the congress, the Queen was presented a report on the effects of financial assistance of NVVK.
On April 12, 2022, Dutch Queen Maxima visited Ixta Noa in Zutphen, winner of the Big Apple of Orange 2021 of the Orange Fund. Ixta Noa employs trained volunteers who themselves have gone through a psychologically disruptive period in their lives and use their experience of recovery to help others with their recovery.
I like the hat, just not sure the colour is right with the colour of the dress. But hair up and looking smart. KM
ReplyDeleteI hope someone steals Maxime's earrings and no one will ever find them again. At the same time, a merciful thief could steal and destroy all her hats that are more suitable for the Argentine pampas.
ReplyDeleteDaniela
I agree whol heartedly. Perhaps you could persuade the thief to take this dress as well.
Delete@anonymous 12/4/22 18:07 and Nalerina
DeleteThere is nothing wrong with Maxima's earrings nor with her hats or dresses. She dare combining her clothes and accessories in a different way than people did before. In fashion magazines one can see regularly different shades of red, purple, pink etc... worn together and that is the way she likes it. The hat is something you cannot miss in the Netherlands it protects from the wind, the rain and in this case the sun. It has been very windy these days. It also protects her hairdo.
Queen Maxima is wearing her clothes several times and during several years at least you cannot say she is not aware of the problems with climate and environment.
En la pampa argentina las mujeres no usamos sombreros
DeleteI don't think the hat fits with the dress.
ReplyDeleteBut if the hat fits, wear it ............. as the old adage goes.
DeleteI agree, in color or style. Just makes the outfit look not pulled together.
DeleteChel
Maxima looks smart in this dress. It's a little heavier fabric for Spring but with the cooler weather seemingly all over the world this year, it's of minor concern. An inch shorter would also have worked though it looks OK as is. I like the style of her hat even though the colour looks different in every photo. Good decision to keep the jewellery to just the earrings. I like that a lot. A brooch would have spoiled the lovely neck to waist detail of the dress.
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Beyond my earlier comment about the hat, I also think Maxima looks smart here. No criticism from me about the earrings. The dress is fine.
DeleteThe dress is lovely and fits the Queen perfectly. Although I like the hat on its own, I'm not a fan of the purplish color (on my screen) with the red of the dress. Ditto for the belt and bag. I think her earrings are fabulous, as is her smile.
ReplyDeleteMuch better outfit and hairdo.
ReplyDeleteA "no" for me. The dress makes her very pompous. It's too long and the belt too high up. The colour though suits QM.
DeleteI don't agree that Maxima looks pompous. That is an odd statement to me. What I wanted to comment on is the placement of her belt. It is indeed too high, but that is where her natural waist is. The obsession she has with belting everything she wears, especially with wide belts, emphasizes the problem when she should try to disguise it. ~d
DeleteNot a fan of red and purples mixed together. However, the hair is in a nice up-do under the hat was pleasant. The dress fits well, and the Queen looks nicely engaged with the people involved in the occasion. Maybe black accessories would have been better, including the shoes and hat.
ReplyDeleteThis outfit looks fabulous. This dress suits her well, the color I love. Her accessories are a great choice. The hat she wears beautifully.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I think she looks great!
DeleteT'es belle ma puce.
ReplyDeletemerci ma belle.
DeleteLove the dress but the belt and hat are a bad color match. I also think the hat is a fail period. The dress itself is a lovely style for Maxima. It looks like a heavy wool more suited to the fall and winter than springtime but it is hard to tell in only photos. I also like her hairstyle.
ReplyDeleteOp een prachtige lente dag, een winterse hoed opzetten .
ReplyDeleteDat is Maxima. Ze schijnt graag alles te combineren wat in haar dressing hangt. 's Winters opdagen in een dunne jurk met cape erover. In de lente (alhoewel we er to op heden nog niet veel van gemerkt hebben) een winterse jurk en hoed dragen, zonder mantel weliswaar.
DeleteZij durft ook kleurencombinaties aan die weinigen haar durven nadoen. Maar men ziet deze combinaties ook op kledingwebsites en in mode magazines. Zo gek zal het dan wel niet weze.
Ce petit chapeau lui va à merveille sur sa jolie coiffure mais sa couleur n'est pas assez contrastante par rapport à sa jolie robe rouge ; sa longue silhouette peut se permettre une ceinture moins large ; j'aime bien ses boucles d'oreilles à clips ou oreilles percées ?!
ReplyDeleteCe petit chapeau lui va à merveille sur sa jolie coiffure mais sa couleur n'est pas assez contrastante par rapport à sa jolie robe rouge ; sa longue silhouette peut se permettre une ceinture moins large ; j'aime bien ses boucles d'oreilles à clips ou oreilles percées ?!
ReplyDeleteThis checks all the Maxima style elements: bright monochrome color, bold hat, giant belt, huge earrings. I like it. You will never miss her in a crowd.
ReplyDeleteMrs Cleaver
She has earrings that are much bigger than this ones. In fact she kept her jewelry to a minimum this time : no brooch, no necklace. Good of her.
DeleteThe fashion police on the beat again - a season is a season is a season...Siv
ReplyDeleteI wonder nobody saw it but I have the impression that Queen Maxima's dress has been damaged in the laundry. On some of the pictures it can be seen very well, the wool is damaged. In the picture where you can see the dress from top to bottom it looks like it has been badly ironed too. The material was looking better when she wore the dress for the first time.
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