The time for looking back has come. Today: the nine hats that Máxima debuted in 2023.
Let’s start with the homegrown designs. The Dutch milliner Berry Rutjes delivered the hand-painted flower for Prinsjesdag 2023 to Máxima.
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Rutjes’ second hat appeared during a noble wedding in Spain. It is a slanted saucer hat with silk flowers on the inside. So it’s easy to guess what the milliner’s trademark is.
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Jolanda, Máxima’s maid, covered a donut with the fabric of the dress for the state visit.
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The backside:
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To commemorate our country’s history of slavery, Jolanda made a dark blue hat with a deeper meaning. The application on the hat is a subtle reference to the Angisa, the Surinamese-Creole headscarf that was previously worn by female slaves on the plantations. The base is a square starched cloth, which is folded in a zigzag manner.
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The velvet hat that appeared this fall comes from the studio of Fabienne Delvigne.
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The sun hat that appeared during the Caribbean trip was purchased at 360Five Everyday.
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And last but not least, three hats by the Irish milliner Philip Treacy also appeared.
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All in all, it was a beautiful, varied and economical hat year. With five state visits, several regional visits and commemorations, I certainly don’t think nine new hats are much. Which one do I like best? The latter, worn at the coronation of King Charles. The architectural, sculptural form, which comes into its own due to the delicate upper body underneath: I give the overall picture a big ten. Which hat do you like best?