Queen Máxima will be in Colombia in the coming days to draw attention to the importance of financial inclusion. Upon arrival she had a special bag with her.
Colombia has made good developments in the field of financial inclusion. 60 percent of adults now have a (bank) account. This was only 39 percent in 2011. Despite the increase, there are large differences nationally. Disadvantaged groups include small businesses, small farms, people living in remote areas and women. As an advocate of the UN, Queen Máxima will emphasize that everyone should be able to have access to financial services.
Fashion
If you want to convince someone else, it is better to build bridges than to deepen rifts. Máxima put her best foot forward upon arrival at the airport by wearing a so-called wayuu bag from the Colombian designer Silvia Tcherassi. As you may know, the Wayuu tribe lives deep in the La Guajira desert, close to the border between Venezuela and Colombia. They live close to the culture and pass on crafts from generation to generation. In addition to ceramics, they also sell textiles and therefore bags. It takes about two weeks for a woven bag to be finished.
The queen received the bag as a gift during a visit to Colombia in 2013.
Máxima’s slingbacks are for sale at Paul Warmer in Amsterdam and come from the Spanish label Toral.
More information will follow as soon as possible
