Mathilde of Belgium and Brigitte Macron, together in Paris on the occasion of the official state visit to France, have chosen to communicate with their clothes the great harmony that exists between the two countries so close and yet so distant.
The last time a French president invited the Belgian head of state dates back to 2003 Jacques Chirac and his wife Bernadette they welcomed King Albert and Paola from Belgium. The importance of the event can be understood from numerous details, such as the ritual photo in front of the Arc de Triomphe and the grand banquet: Queen Mathilde’s wardrobe is one of these.
But let’s start with the first change of clothes. The sovereign in Brussels boarded the train wearing a checkered coat, made by maison Natanin the wardrobe since 2018, and arrived at the Gare du Nord with a look that paid homage to the history of French fashion.
The complete flavor back garnet color composed of a jacket with three-quarter puff sleeves and cinched at the waist by a belt, combined with a midi skirt, it was designed by Dior as was the brand new burgundy Lady that the queen held in her hands with a hat and shoes in tint.
Brigitte Macron instead she opted for a single-breasted plum overcoat and a blue dress gathered at the front to match the shoes. If we look at the photo that portrays the protagonists together, with Macron in a brighter blue suit and Philippe in a darker one, we clearly see the diplomatic intent in the choice of colorsespecially with the French flag behind them.
In the afternoon, Mathilde of Belgium and Brigitte Macron went together to the Opéra Garnier. Once the diplomatic framework was dismantled, what remained was the class and personality of the queen and her premiere dame. The Belgian sovereign, as is known, has a more classic taste and does not disdain 50s silhouettes.
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A New Look revisited by the maison that invented it, it couldn’t have been more appropriate for the occasion. Brigitte Macron, who certainly has a more contemporary style, has found hers liason with the queen, bringing the color of the coat closer to that of Mathilde’s accessories.
If the harmony between the two was only hinted at in the sunlight, as darkness fell it became more evident thanks to that horizontal line common to the dresses of Mathilde of Belgium and Brigitte Macron.
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The sovereign, dealing with the third change of clothes of the day, she wore a midnight blue velvet evening dress created by Dior characterized by bright embroidery on the shoulders and a light train.
There put from the premiere dame it was darker but the design, minus the large slit visible only from the back, was quite similar, especially in the upper part studded with sequins that also ran along the sleeves.
The dress code of state dinners in France include elegant but not excessive evening dresses and in recent years have not contemplated the use of tiaras. If Elizabeth II or Grace of Monaco but even Silvia of Sweden or Sonja of Norway have in the past illuminated banquets with their most sparkling tiaras, in the last twenty years this has no longer happened.
Queen Camilla arrives at Versailles in a Dior cape dress
The banquet in honor of the British royals was full of glamour. In addition to Camilla coordinated with Brigitte Macron, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Carole Bouquet, Hugh Grant and Mick Jagger were also present on the red carpet
There were fables about the possibility that Queen Camilla (also in midnight blue and also in Dior) last year restored the ancient traditions but the sovereign did not feel like reversing course, especially at a dinner held in Versailles on the day of the abolition of the monarchy in France. However, this does not stop the queens from taking their most precious jewels out of the chest.
So here is Mathilde with a pair of dangling earrings whose history is not yet known. It is not known whether this is a debut or whether the jewels come from afar. The queen may have left her tiara in the palace but she hasn’t given up the diamonds in her hair. In fact, she has set her butterfly-shaped brooch in the chignon, which has already made several appearances at gala dinners and official events.
A couple of curiosities relating to the red carpet set up at the Elysée for the banquet. Among the guests, it could not be missing Bernard Arnault accompanied by his wife Hélène Mercierregal with a cape dress very bright covered in sequins. At dinner the founder, chairman and CEO of LVMHa group of which Dior is part, was seated right next to the sovereign.
Mathilde from Belgium, however, brought with her the couturier who by virtue of the long and consolidated friendship relationship gives her style advice. The presence of Edouard Vermeulen at the state dinner he gives the measure of the importance of the soul of the Natan maison not only in the heart of the queen but also in terms of prestige for the Christian Dior in Brussels.
Source: Vanity Fair
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