On Thursday, 12 November 2026, Queen Máxima attended the national working conference “Make Room for Creativity” at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague. Organised by Méér Muziek in de Klas, the conference offered new insights, opportunities for knowledge-sharing and creative workshops for 150 local and regional partner organisations.
The conference opened with a musical performance by Ritmo Brassband, followed by a welcome address by Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, Honorary Chair of Méér Muziek in de Klas. For the occasion, the Queen wore a dark-coloured floral midi dress by Natan Couture, which she had previously worn in 2019.
This floral fitted dress looks quite good, her shoes and clutch color is good, blending well. Her earrings seem familar to me, I think she has worn these before, not quite sure what they are.
ReplyDeleteHello @ Ava, my friend, and thank you so much for your kind reply on another post.
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I am fine.
I am not entirely sure but I get the impression that Q.Maxima's dress is draped/ gathered on one or both sides of her waistline , hence those visible quasi- creases on the bodice.
Her demenor is just fine as she moves and greets people.
She is statuary but not a motionless statue, lol!!
Beautiful pumps and clutch.
Her earrings are splendid, look like sapphires.
Thank you for your most interesting and descriptive comments, a pleasure to read them!
By the way: yes, Q.Maxima is a breath of fresh air.
I applaud whoever brings smiles into this crazy , toxic world and she surely excels at spreading joy.
Hugs!!!
👍💪👋
I like Maxima for her intelligence, fun personality and (often times) quirky but fun fashion sense but her hair in these pictures is atrocious. Dry, scraggly straw that looks like it was caught in a wind storm and found a home on her head. I know many people commenting on this site don’t like it when anyone says anything negative about her hair but she’s such an attractive lady and it’s a shame she can’t take a little more time to style it attractively. We’ve all seen how fantastic she looks when she does!
ReplyDeleteThe rest of her outfit is fine if a tiny bit snug. The flower pattern on the dress is pretty and the dark blue suits her well.
5:04 the reason I don’t like when people say mean things about her hair is because it’s mean. Hair is personal, part of us. Your comment “ dry scraggly straw” is mean, you’d never say it to her face, her daughters can find it written here, and it’s awful to read. You can remain respectful and kind AND make comments, but the mean stuff, keep it to yourself or discuss offline.
DeleteAgree completely!
DeleteAnon.05:04. I think there is nothing wrong with commenting on the lady's hair, because it is a part of the whole looks. In this case Maxima's hair totally ruins the impression from this beautiful dress.
DeleteOf course you are allowed to say something about someones hairdo: it is an important part of the total look.
DeleteSo, if someone, in this case being the queen of the Netherlands, wears a cocktail dress with unkempt hair, you are allowed to say that. It is not mean, it is a fact ( for me) or for others: an opinion: also allowed!!
07:38 you do not run this sub. Stop telling people what to do.
Delete"Atrocious hair", "scraggly straw"? Of course this is mean - or at least very simple-mindedly chosen words . She has fine and thin hair, this looks like this when not shortened frequently enough. But - atrocious? Are gentlemen with much less hair atrocious too? Think about your choice of words.
Delete@13:00 Stop telling people what to do": did you notice that you do just this: tell people what to do?
DeleteSorry, Anon 7:38…her hair does look like straw and it takes away from Maxima’s overall look. What is mean about it? It’s an honest opinion and quite frankly I think it’s a bit disrespectful to others, especially for a queen, to show up with such a messy and unkempt hairdo. It’s as is she doesn’t care. And do you really think Max’s daughters will see these comments? Surely they have better things to!
Delete"hair in these pictures is atrocious. Dry, scraggly straw that looks like it was caught in a wind storm and found a home on her head." What a magnificent comment! Totally agree.
DeleteI disagree with the comment 13/11/26 07:38 that said it was 'mean' to comment about the hair. It is NOT mean, she is supposed to represent the country as the wife of a King, in manners, clothing, including hair, not look a right mess. If she has thin hair, pull it back in a low bun/pony tail, not leave it flying about looking so bad.
13:49 my point stands. If hair is off limits, the person who runs the sub would not allow hair comments. So I assume we are allowed to comment on hair since I see comments about it.
DeleteShe look lovely.
ReplyDeleteWhile men for formality are pretty much restricted to suit and collared buttoned shirt, we ladies are lucky with the range. All she has here is a neat well shaped dress and shoes, and that’s really easy, and it looks fantastic. I love all the coloured pencils on the tables!
ReplyDeleteBelle robe imprimée déjà portée mais je ne me rappelle pas à quelle occasion ?
ReplyDelete@07:38-there is nothing 'mean' in 05:04's comment. It is an astute observation and one made many times about Maxima's hair. There can be no excuse for such a mess. She must have the means to employ a good trichologist, and should!
ReplyDeleteDressed for a cocktail reception rather than a craft event. Poor posture plus badly fitted over the midriff not a good look.
Agree…and I like Max but this is overall not a good look!
DeleteNo 12:49, “dry scraggly straw that looks like it was caught in a windstorm” IS mean. You would never say it to Maxima’s face, because it is mean.
Delete@12:49 "There can be no excuse for such a mess. She must have the means to employ a good trichologist, and should!" Really? Should she? You know it? IMHO, there is one reason to behave verbally like this: you are hiding behind your anonymity and maybe enjoy distributing overly hurtful messages over women you've never met in person. I can't explain this almost ridiculous rudeness in any other way.
DeleteHer hair is not coiffed - but it is in no way unkempt or ungroomed or strawy or dirty looking, so stop "persecuting" her because she does not spend time every day to get that coiffed hair with extensions and all. Charlene is coiffed at every appearance, this is her choice and her time management. Máxima does not want to spend time with something like this - she has very similar to the Princess Royal's Attitude to her hair. To damn her and call her hair everything what it is not - yes, this is a bit short-sighted, to say the least .
ReplyDeleteThank you 14:01. I wholeheartedly agree. The criticism about individual’s bodies is not ok. Hair is part of that. And more than that, why are people asking any other human to be perfect? Criticising them if they have one imperfect feature? I’d much prefer people keep their perfected looks for rare occasions and stay natural the rest of the time.
DeleteMaxima´s hair is all but natural. She does spend a lot of time on her hair - she´s bleached it for decades, she has extensions put in and taken out frequently, she does get it coiffed at times (and to great effect).
DeleteHer hair looks awful in these photos, and it is not just thin and fine. It is damaged by years of processing, it´s poorly looked after, it hasn´t been cut in a long time, and the overall impression is indeed dry and scraggly.
So, the problem is twofold: poor hair care, and poor styling. Both avoidable. Both obvious. And someone should tell that straight to her face. It´s ok to go natural, but it´s not ok to represent a country looking scraggly. She should get a proper haircut. She should let her hair heal. She could put her hair up more often. Or have it coiffed to look presentable. But instead she is clearly ok going out like that. She doesn´t seem to care. I find that disrespectful towards the people she meets.
Anon 23:49: very well put into words!!
Delete@23:49 "it´s not ok to represent a country looking scraggly." Really? Don't you think it ridiculous to project your ideas to the whole country? Do you have an idea if people of the Netherlands think about her like this? For God's sake, her qualities as a person representing her country does not depend on the thinned out ends of her hair.
DeleteQueen Maxima in a rewear from 2019. It is called the Monet dress because the flowers are inspired on a painting by Monet, the painter. The dress is still beautiful and can be worn with navy accessories (which she did in the past) as well as the deep beige ones. The designer is Natan.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It’s a lovely dress and I really appreciate your memory for the details about it.
DeleteApparently, you all forget that she is the Queen of the Netherlands, and we simply tend to wear our hair a bit more naturally here than in some other countries.
ReplyDeleteYes 15:58, I figure a lot of the critique is out of other cultures, including the USA, where wearing makeup and styling hair with a lot of tools and chemicals is the every day norm. It’s just not the norm in Europe. Natural hair, brushed, without sprays and teasing and blowdrying etc is the norm.
DeleteAnon. 20:55. Maxima's hair doesn't look brushed to me.
DeleteAnon 15:58: : “ we” in the Netherlands are not the queen with a very big budget and very fashion conscious!
DeleteBye the way, I am dutch and wouldnot dare to go to an event like that witout combing my hair!
I’m one of the people who are sensitive about hair comments but I have to admit being surprised when I saw these pictures. Her hair really looks bad and it does distract from the lovely dress. Fine hair (like mine) can be put up or pulled back to look tidier or curled to look thicker. I’m not sure why she wants her hair to look like she just came in from a wind storm.
ReplyDeleteNice dress, abit of trim, perhaps a more blunt hair cut would make her hair appear thicker. It is fine at this length for her.
ReplyDeleteI think so many of us LOVE Maxima because of her hair! It's not always perfect, sometimes it looks thin and scragly, other times, full and flowy and mostly it looks like my hair and YOUR hair and the lady at the grocery stores hair. It rarely looks like Kate's perfectly, 'impossible to mimic unless you're a princess hair' or even Letizia's always sleek and sexy hair or Mary's thick and lustrous locks. For me, I think alot of Maxima's appeal is just looking like a regular woman who lives in unusual circumstances with great jewlery, clothes and a really special job. Maybe she could spend more time perfecting it but for most days, she's busy and it works. Love Maxima! Just my two cents.
ReplyDeleteShe is a busy lady, so I am okay with her hair not being perfect, she is in and out of cars,and buildings. I notice when she is at an event at the palace her hair is well groomed. As far as Catherine having the hair to aspire to I totally disagree. Hair that is the correct length and style for the shape of face and length of neck is the best looking accessory. Having thick long hair is not enviable.
DeleteThat’s a very good two cents. @16:54. Really well expressed.
DeleteMany women, who aren't queens with resources most people don’t have, are also very busy with work and family yet most somehow manage to have a neat, easy to manage daily hairstyle. It doesn’t have to be fancy but it doesn’t have to be a mess either. I think Max is great but her hair looks badly damaged, over dyed and brittle. It is a distraction from her work and as if she couldn’t be bothered to be well groomed for the people she is meeting. Disrespectful in my opinion.
DeleteI really don't mind if some of us expect better hairstyle and blunt cut and whatever from Máxima, critical opinions are OK. But "atrocious" and "like scraggly straw" blown onto her head: this is not OK for hair that is clean and brushed but not styled in any meaningful way. Dislike is OK, but verbal abuse is not.
ReplyDeleteShe's too busy laughing and smiling at everything, to be bothered about her scraggly hair and ill fitting Natan clothes. Bless her heart.
ReplyDeleteEverybody was so busy to write about her hair that the only one who wrote about her dress (me) told that it was by Natan. Nobody took the effort to look it up. On other occasions I didn't took deliberately the effort myself to see which reactions were following and yes each time I wrote that the designer was Natan, the bad comments about her dress started. This time with an interval of a day. To end my comment I would like to say the following about Queen Maxima's hair. There are more royal ladies who appear on this blog with bad hair which looks unkempt, dry like straw, who better went to an hair stylist to have a shorter haircut which is much more easy to style every morning before starting to work.
DeleteAnon.15:14. The author of this article (Helen) actually mentioned that this dress was from Natan. I have no prejudice towards this brand because it has some very good creations (including this dress) which suit perfectly to Maxima, Mathilde, Stephanie. You've mentioned some other royal ladies who have bad hair, could you be more specific on this point or do you want us to guess?
Delete@14:01- a similar attitude to the P.Royal about hair!! You must be joking- theP.Royal chose a 'working style' decades ago and it works for her,same with CPVictoria. Ladies who deal with potentially problem hair in the public arena and show respect towards those they are meeting rather than turning up like Maxim a with a 'scraggly mess'.
ReplyDeleteVerbal abuse related to the Queen's hair is taking a bad turn.
ReplyDeletePlease, stop the harassment.
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