to an event, fifty-five years ago, that saw Queen Juliana in a voluminous, white satin hat. Can any of you help identify what occasion this was in 1962?
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No disrespect meant to Queen Juliana, but to me it looks an awful lot like one of those satin covers that ladies put over their hair curlers at night back then – my mother had a whole set of them!
Thank you mcncln for the newsfootage ! Lovely images of the royal couple and their four grown up daughters in happy circumstances. At the end there are some images of the evening reception with a dazzling display of European royals in glittering tiara’s. I was just one year old at the time, so of course I have no recollection of the event.
The hat seems to have a brim made of tulle, filled with coiled up crin, I think. Must be narrow bands of crin, what else could it be ? And crin was much used in the sixties. Possibly made by Agatha Cornelis Postma, who made a certain number of hats for the late Queen Juliana over a longer period, from the years after WW II until the 1970’s. (Source : “Ontwerpers van Oranje” by Els Smit, “Designers for the House of Orange”)
Great information, Wies! The festivities must have been thrilling at a time when Europe was still recovering from the war.
Its a giant sea anemone!
I really is. Gosh.
I believe it was Queen Juliana’s and Prince Bernhard’s silver anniversary celebration. They were on their way through Amsterdam either to or from a trip on the River Amstel on the Royal Barge as part of their celebrations.
The date I believe was 4 April 1962.
Thanks!
It seems the royal couple are celebrating their silver wedding anniversary:
http://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/video/news-footage/108152261
More stills here: http://www.gahetna.nl/collectie/afbeeldingen/fotocollectie/zoeken/weergave/detail/tstart/0/start/108/f/Persoons_instellingsnaam/Juliana%2C%20koningin
A closer look:
At first I thought the hat was a ruched satin bonnet, rather like a satin cushion, but the “closer look” pic has me mystified. Are there really massed coils of stiffened white tape jammed inside a tube “stocking” of sheer net? I’m not sure that I want to know any more!
Anyway, from a distance (how most people would have seen it) the hat looks lovely, working very well indeed with the overall ensemble.
Queen Juliana, September 19, 1961: Opening of Parliament. If it’s not the same, it is certainly a variation on said theme. Sorry, I couldn’t find a better close-up shot.
Wow – that’s rare to see QEII at a foreign royal event. She hardly attends any – ever.
The hat? Well you can see where Beatrix gets it from!
Your description is great… and I’m not sure I want to know more, either. I think this design is best from distant view.