Is it really? Or just bad fit and/or undergarments??

[Cordelia Fitzgerald]

There is nothing I can say that would be positive about either of those dresses. Yikes!

Maxima's dress is so horrific that you don't even notice Sonja's dress right away, when ordinarily it would be the worst one in the picture!  Maxima's dress is ugly, vulgar, trashy, tasteless, uncomfortable looking, inappropriate, and just plain STUPID.  I'd be embarrassed if she were representing me/my country and I'd be offended if she showed up to anything I were hosting wearing that.

Possibly an unpopular opinion, but I think she gets it wrong far more often than she gets it right.

[Miss Marple]

Laurentien tries and fails - that one dress is unforgivable, especially because she (1) surely has a mirror at home (2) she has seamstresses on her hand who would have altered it for it (3) she is a part-time public figure.

Maxima was always perceived very positive and her chaotic hair and her style seemed to be the opposite of "not boring". Now that there is a more critical view of the whole family it is perceived as "unprofessional".

[Principessa]

[Principessa]

[DoloresYellowstone]

[Principessa]

I had exactly the same experiences due to your original post   :

I guess Max feels that wearing a bra on official engagements is optional 

[fairy]

Food for thought:
Are we going over board with the idea of female expression?
Sexy (according to Hollywood and the Oscar night fashion)is not only to hint, but really show, that the woman is going commando.
Yet then on the other hand, an imprint of a breast or the nipples, the peaking thru of a bra strap is considered inacceptable.

Maxima's dress is perhaps a tad high cut, but the bodice is not revealing or sexy in any aspect. And as a mammal, Maxima does have nipples, that contract due to cold e.g. and then might show thru a slim fitted garment. Is a bodily function so basic so taboo?

Just thinking out loud about this.... not at all a criticism or offence towards any poster here...

[Principessa]

[fairy]

LOL, those are not accidental bra straps, Princi. You are ruining my entire monologue....

[Principessa]

LOL, those are not accidental bra straps, Princi. You are ruining my entire monologue....

  

[Principessa]

[Principessa]

[Hester]

Mary’s prominent mons is back! Incredible that she thinks this body costume on a 50+ body does her any favours.

[Principessa]

 

[Hester]

Concrete spanx (and two microphones?😹)