Édouard, baron Vermeulen (born 4 March 1957 in

Ypres Ypres ( , ; nl, Ieper ; vls, Yper; german: Ypern ) is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders. Though the Dutch name is the official one, the city's French name is most commonly used in English. The municipality co ...

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, Belgium) is a Belgian fashion designer. He is known for dressing members of the royal families of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. He runs his own fashion label, NATAN, and has a boutique in

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. Vermeulen designed the wedding dresses for the following: *

Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands (née Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst; born 25 May 1966) is the wife of Prince Constantijn and sister-in-law of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. Early life Petra Laurentien Brinkhorst was born in ...

Queen Mathilde of Belgium Mathilde (born ''Jonkvrouw'' Mathilde Marie Christine Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz ; 20 January 1973) is Queen of the Belgians as the wife of King Philippe. She is the first native-born Belgian queen. She has founded and assisted charities to ...

* Princess Claire of Belgium In 2007, Vermeulen was a judge of the Young Belgian Designers awards. In 2012, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, Princess Alexandra and

Princess Tessy of Luxembourg Tessy Antony de Nassau (formerly Princess Tessy of Luxembourg; born 28 October 1985) is a Luxembourgish businesswoman and non-profit executive. She is a former member of the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg as the ex-wife of Prince Louis of Lux ...

were all dressed by Vermeulen for the wedding of

Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg (''Guillaume Jean Joseph Marie''; born 11 November 1981), is the heir apparent to the crown of Luxembourg since his father's accession in 2000. Early life and education Prince Guillaume wa ...

. In 2013, the now Queen Maxima wore NATAN to Queen Beatrix's abdication. The

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and her sisters wore NATAN to the inauguration of

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. In 2017, Vermeulen received the title of

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from King Philippe of Belgium.

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