Royal Outfit of the Day: January 27

Royal Outfit of the Day: January 27

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Queen Máxima accompanied King Willem-Alexander on a short introductory visit to Rome, wearing a mauve dress with a ruffled peplum under a camel coat, with gray pearl jewelry and a repeated feathered hat.

I must say, this outfit doesn't do anything for me. After giving it a closer look, I'm impressed with the details - the pearls are perfect with this color; even the nail polish is on point - but...nah. I see she's going with a cape effect on the coat there, but in the end it just looks like she lost her arms (some tragic accident involving the door to the family jewel vault, no doubt) or she grabbed her hubby's coat at the last second (particularly in motion, see the video embedded below).

Photos: Getty Images

Royal Outfit of the Day: January 21

Royal Outfit of the Day: January 21

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Queen Máxima joined King Willem-Alexander to welcome French president François Hollande for an official visit to the Netherlands.

We've seen this whole thing before, of course, just with hair down and aquamarines on this time. Last time I gave the ridiculous sleeves a pass, but I'm afraid the pass has expired. They don't work very well when she's standing with her hands at her side, do they? Got to be awkward at lunch, too. They're just fighting for space, all sleeved up and nowhere to go. That makes two outfits this year that could use a serious volume reduction, and I'm starting to fear what could be next...

Video, above

Photos: Pool/Reuters

Royal Outfit of the Day: January 16

Royal Outfit of the Day: January 16

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Queen Máxima, wearing Natan, accompanied King Willem-Alexander to host an annual New Year's reception. Princess Beatrix, Princess Margriet, and Pieter van Vollenhoven were also in attendance.

When Máxima arrived for this event (click here for that), I had a hunch that her coat and pose were giving us the best of a potentially questionable outfit. This event is normally private, but as though they were reading my mind, the royal house allowed a video inside (embedded below). And sure enough...my original thought that her hair and copious use of aquamarine jewels is indeed the best thing here. Unless she was going for a cone-shaped upper body from the start, in which case, well done.

Photos: RVD/Natan/PPE

Royal Outfit of the Day: January 7

Royal Outfit of the Day: January 7

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Psst...: Yes, this is a new feature! See today's other post for details.

Queen Margrethe, accompanied by Prince Henrik and the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, attended the second day of the New Year's Court festivities, a reception for the Diplomatic Corps. The video above shows the event from 2012.

Yes, the video is showing you this event from a couple years ago - but guess what? It doesn't even matter, because the ladies wore the same stuff this year! Repeats ahoy, and that's why our outfit of the day is really from Margrethe. Some of you gave Mary a hard time for repeating her gown for the gala event, but here's her example: Margrethe wears this fur-trimmed blue outfit (from longtime couturier Jørgen Bender, if I'm not mistaken) for two days in a row for these daytime courts and has done so with the same dress for quite a few years. It's how she rolls, and it makes me appreciate any amount of variety from Mary all the more, no matter how small.

Margrethe, Mary, and Mary's brooch (as shown in the documentary De Kongelige Juveler)

Mary's gown is another altered repeat, but she wore the lovely sapphire brooch Queen Margrethe gave her when Christian was born. It's a family heirloom from Queen Ingrid's mother, and it's always a treat to see in use!

Photos: Polfoto/Scanpix/De Kongelige Juveler