Édouard, baron Vermeulen (born 4 March 1957 in

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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 *

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* 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 were all dressed by Vermeulen for the wedding of

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. 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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