#hats and headwear

[assessthatdress]

I see lots of guides like this for different elements of dress - &despite the good intentions, a lot of time they mix highly specific construction terms with general aesthetic/stylistic terminology to try to cover a breadth of styles that don't actually have consistent nomenclature among designers/sewists - but hats are a category where styles do have pretty much universal and consistent naming!

[cuties-in-codices]

noblewomen's headwear

in 15th c. manuscript illustrations, mostly french and dutch

sources: Paris, BnF, Français 2693, fol. 64v // Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 53, fol. 3r // Paris, BnF, Ms-5070 réserve, fol. 120r, 260v, and 387r // Basel, Universitätsbibl., O I 18, fol. 50v // Vienna, ÖNB, Cod. 1857, fol. 51r // Paris, BnF, Français 77, fol. 242v // Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 49, fol. 91r

[bebemoon]

look for the name SEPTEMBER (requested by @murnswhyte) | linennaive "daphne 26" pleated linen dress w/ lace-up arm sleeves in "rose brown", prada autumn leaves heeled suede boots (a/w 1999), grosgrainhat (on etsy) wool felt button beret w/ chin strap ribbons in beige, alkemia "the spicetree" perfume (cardamon, nutmeg, rosewood, spice tree, grains of paradise, black mountain cherrywood, mossy cypress), { nails } plaid autumn gel nails by @orl._eri on instagram

[historical-fashion-polls]

submitted by @edwardian-girl-next-door 🩷🤍🖤

[sesamenom]

downsides of treelight hair: must either wear a veil at night or deal with treelight in your face

[assessthatdress]

it's a little wild to me that 180 years ago, withinin only a few years, photography went from basically brand-spankin'-new to a saturation point where we have thousands of surviving portraits of everyday people (they were still relatively expensive in the 1840s dgmw, but way more accessible than a large scale painted portrait, even miniatures could be pricey). Here's just a sampling of more ladies from the 1840s 👇

this last one is Ada Lovelace(my beloved) around 1843 - this would have been around the time she was developing the concept of computer programing! like?!?!?! 5 years earlier and you had to get an artist to paint you and suddenly we have photos of actual historic figures we can contextualize into history!!!

[frostedmagnolias]

Woman's Hat

c. 1900

United States

Silk chiffon and tulle

LACMA

[squid-ink-symphony]

HAS ANYONE DRAWN THEM TOGETHER YET????

[prodboycat]

CFIERCE antenna hat

[stanford-photography]

Whimsical Headgear 11 By Jeff Stanford, 2024 Buy prints at: https://jeff-stanford.pixels.com/

[toyastales]

Feathers

[warpedwings]

Misha Collins - Unusual Headwear

[bebemoon]

look for the name MITZI (requested by @spookylilmoonpie) | selkie "the sussex duchess" houndstooth corset & matching "the sussex degas" houndstooth skirt, comme des GARÇONS faux fur shawl cropped jacket (a/w 1989), ruemarcel "kelly 512" polished black leather ankle boots w/ side button details, clue "warm bulb" eau de parufm (burning dust, hot air, bllack pepper, immortelle, paper, sparked tobacco, sandalwood, amber-preserved vanilla), helen kaminski "monty" bow beret

[historical-fashion-polls]

submitted by @edwardian-girl-next-door 🩶💛

[vintage-sweden]

Ella Andersson, 1942, Sweden.