Queen Mathilde of Belgium is leading the Belgian Economic Mission to Türkiye from May 10 to 14, 2026. The Queen is participating in activities scheduled for May 10, 11, and 12. Queen Mathilde arrived in Istanbul on May 10, where she was ceremonially welcomed at the Istanbul Airport State Guest House by Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir.
Later, First Lady Emine Erdoğan welcomed Queen Mathilde at the entrance of the Ceremonial Hall of Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul. After posing for the press at the Crystal Staircase, the First Lady and the Queen proceeded to the Medhal Hall for their meeting. Emine Erdoğan later toured the Century-Old Elegance exhibition, organized by the Institute of Maturation, together with Queen Mathilde.
The First Lady also presented Queen Mathilde with a brooch featuring honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, and tulip motifs, handcrafted over the course of a week by instructors from the Institute of Maturation using traditional needle lace and embroidery techniques.
First Lady Emine Erdoğan and Queen Mathilde also viewed garments from the Anatolia collection designed by Turkish fashion designer Özgür Masur at Dolmabahçe Palace. The 100-piece collection was created following a three-year research process conducted at women’s institutes across Anatolia, reinterpreting the region’s traditional production techniques and fabrics through contemporary designs.
The camera's perspective is in more than one photo quite bad, looking upwards. For someone with beautiful long legs, this perspective makes them look as if wandering on stilts. How can they choose such a bad perspective? But, independently from the photographer's fault, Mathilde's two-piece in pink is not really favourable for her - at least from the waist upwards. The top is just a lot of fabric pulled together at the waist, at the neckline and at the wrist - more than this is not offered here, as if made in a hurry, no time for design and fitting. She an do so much better - as the first ensemble with black pants and patterned jacket (thankfully without lapels) shows.
ReplyDeleteYes the choice by the photographer to take shots up from the ground do skew her legs. Agreed. I assume the pink is Natan; for some reason tops from Natan all too regularly look like the designers gave up the design and chucked something together.
DeleteShe is such a lovely lady, always warm and no red carpet manners like some other queens. Her new hairstyle suits her perfectly, it’s fresh and modern.
ReplyDeleteI like all the outfits of all the three ladies. I find the cream outfit with deep red head covering worn by the Minister of Family and Social Services particularly stylish and attractive. Mathilde looks lovely in both her outfits.
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Sa longue veste ou manteau à motifs déjà porté est une excellente idée pour arriver sur le sol turc mais non pour le haut de sa tenue qui se retrouve ceinturé depuis la taille pour arriver sur le pantalon ; à mon humble avis, cela n’est pas à son avantage !
ReplyDeleteI love the striking colours of both of Mathilde's outfits. They stand out but not in an overpowering way. The multi-colour swing coat of the first outfit looks great with the black pants. The coral two-piece is more feminine with interesting gathering on the sleeves and neckline. It seems Mathilde and Maxima are two of the hardest working royals. They are always out and about.
ReplyDeleteShe looks wonderful, both outfits look good. The long jacket particularly looks splendid, combined with the blue top and pants, perfection. Her shoe and clutch, great color nice combination. Her hair looks soft, and natural. These outfits look very appropriate for this visit.
ReplyDeleteVery nice look for Q Mathilde. Once again far away from home. Nice to see her.
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