Today, in honor of the Dutch abdication, we’re covering a designer that according to one of my fav blogs is a fashion staple of the future Dutch Queen, Maxima. This is couture, but we make exceptions for royalty, right? 
Oh, shoulder pads for days! 
I’m smitten.
Yes, please. 
Wow. Is is just me or is this special? 
ok, not sure about this one. It looks like she got it caught on her something or other-
A subtle, classic evening coat is a purchase you will never regret.
Is my bow distracting you? 
Huh. Too much? 
I think it’s sweet that the designer let his brother model.
Anyone else wondering if her nipples are really oddly low? 
photo credits: Vogue Netherlands
Pretty Grievances 
Such fun. And we did get to see lots of bows and those now famous swoopy shoulder pads! That matched Maxima’s tiara perfectly. Oh, what a stunner…
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I tell you, that family jewelry was meant for her!
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Real high fashion for real women!!!! Yippee! So romantic and luscious! Couldn’t you just order up one of each?
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I had a really hard time just showing this few- Vogues pics are so much better than Style.com, too!
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Thanks for finding these. Maxima was wearing something with an enormous bow on the shoulder for her husband’s big day.
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She loves a bow!
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Love a bit of bow especially at the neck, tres chic (dunno dutch). I love all of these esp the big bow with the organza cape, haven’t a clue where I’d go with it. Thanks for sharing I will be adding this designer to my look-out list.
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I think a cape is just so stylish- altho I’m afraid I’d look like the wicked witches’ imperial guard!
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…all to do with attitude and with your rockin vibe deffo carry off a cape – nice floaty number!
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Drool. I saw this collection on Style.com and I’m absolutely loving it. Especially that first blue dress – what dreamy fabric!!!!
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These fabrics are just lovely! That watercolor floral is so pretty!
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Love the #2 blue..but would do away w/pads and long sleeve it. I was leaning toward print #3, but now all I can see are the underbelly of many frogs!?! And yes, the nipples are very low and seem to have their own leaning shelf. Fabrics are beautiful, but the huge bows and so much material at neckline just “choke” me up…
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OK. I thought they were locust, but now all I see are frog business parts!
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I like all of these & most of them i love. Another job for Vogue Patterns?
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Oh, that would be swell!
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Generally lovely, great fabrics. I’d calm down the bows and shoulder pads. Number six is a reminder to carefully check yourself after a bathroom visit to make sure your skirt’s not caught in your underwear.
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That can ruin a prom night, you knows?
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I laughed out loud at your “subtle classic coat” comment! I do however, enjoy the gold floor length coat a few images above.
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That coat is just tooooo special!! I almost included a from behind pic, it was that special!
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I love the fabric. Your research is impeccable.
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That Middleton girl needs to get some advice from Maxima!
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Hmmmm…. not too bad for fancy couture clothes. I don’t go for huge bows though.
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For couture, this was quite doable- the details were just lovely.
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I actually really love some of these! (surprised b/c most of the wed posts are a laugh fest over here 🙂 Thanks for posting! I’m inspired 🙂
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I get so excited when I find a tasteful day!
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The skirt got caught up the wazoodle when they wrapped the green tablecloth around that dress .. but there are definitely some good design ideas lurking in this collection.
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I was quite dazzled- once I found them- not speaking Dutch was definitely not helping me!
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I love the first two (well, minus the shoulder pads and ginormous bow) and the 6th one (with pinkish chiffon). But I can’t say that I understand the jacket thing or the need for gigantic bows…*shudder*
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I think the cropped jacket could be quite swell with a pencil skirt- am I showing my formative 80’s years too much?
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I think I need a YowzaThat’sAGinormousBowOnMyNeck to pull away from my boobs.
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How do you get a regular coat over it? Ok, this isn’t the person who owns a regular coat, I suppose!
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There’s probably a coat that has a big ass bow cutout. lemme go check.
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This collection is lovely. Some beautiful dresses by this designer.
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I think we did swell this time- Japan should be envious.
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Where do you find these designers? I’ve never heard of this one before, and I WANT so many things from this collection!
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Good stuff here!
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Wow, these are all so gorgeous and high-end, couture looking. Far to sophisticated for me to wear!! But, I will gawk at them from afar…..
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“too”, not “to”. Keyboard “o” sticks.
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Im a big gawker myself!
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Here’s a post on queen Maxima’s formal evening outfit. Lovely!
http://orderofsplendor.blogspot.com/2013/05/gold-star-maxima-in-evening.html
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Beautiful! I’m not used to seeing garments on wearable Wednesday that don’t have a touch of wtf… I do think my fave is that very first one, the sequins and checkers are beyond chic!
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I rather like the collection. Of course there are a few things I could do without, but all in all, pretty nice!
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The first one- gorj! I’ve been following the Dutch abdication also- FANCY HATS, Y’ALL. If you like other stuff about fancy-pants royals, go to this site! http://orderofsplendor.blogspot.com/
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Thats the site I have the links to- isnt it great?
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Oops, sorry. Didn’t look that closely I guess. I LOVE Tiara Thursdays! Or Tuesdays. Whatever Day.
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I cant coo enough about that blog, I love the jewel histories- Grannies Chips!!!
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Gosh, they are (pretty much) all lovely! Inspiring
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Okay, thanks for that blog. I didn’t get to bed til midnight! it is on the favourites now. =^)
Sandy in the UK
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Was I the only one unaware that the Netherlands has a royal family? That seems so weird to me. Anywho, it’s not my taxes so go for it. There are some gorgeous dresses there (and some look like they had an awful time with a salad spinner WTF) and like all couture I long to look at the insides to see how they did it! Thanks for the pics.
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I need the peacock gown for swooshing around the supermarket in my tiara. Oh so very lovely.
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I like to have a bag boy hold my train while I look at produce…..
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BTW, don’t know if you’ve seen this buzzfeed article on Ms. Swinton, but I thought you might enjoy it! 🙂
http://www.buzzfeed.com/amyodell/20-reasons-why-tilda-swinton-is-the-most-fashionable-person
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Oooh- thanks! The Swinton Watch deputizes you!
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I actually liked a lot of that. Now if only they made it in size mumu and I had somewhere to wear it too…..
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Oh my there was some really lovely stuff in all of that! I especially like number 1 (sans bow, 2, and 4. Now, to find myself a spare European prince in a bar somewhere and woo him…
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