#victorian headwear

[burningflash]

Quilted hoods c. 1850

Obsessed! This is the winter look I’m aspiring for this year

[designedandplated]

Women's gowns and hats, 1841.

[walzerjahrhundert]

Bonnet

1875-1899

[ghw-archive]

Dame in blauem Kleid, 1839, Franz Eybl

[moonlight-syndrome]

headwear: supperate system

op: victorian maiden

corset: victorian maiden

gloves: alice auaa

[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!!!

[phrynefishersfrocks]

Hats & Hairpieces Recap

Season Two

Phryne wears a total of 36 hats and hairpieces throughout the second season, nine more than the 27 items in the first season. Her headwear ranges jeweled hair slides to elegant cloches to feathered headbands. The clear favorite of both this season and overall is her breaking and entering cat burglar beret with sixteen uses - ten of which are in season two alone. Coming in second is her linen detective hat, with seven uses this season and fourteen appearances overall.

1.Spanish Hat - A traditional Spanish hat in black felt with a wide brim and black ribbon hatband - 2x01, 2x01

2. Hello Jack - Blue straw hat with a curved brim, and antique ash-brown, blue, and black feathers attached to the black hatband - 2x01

3. Burlesque Headpiece - Spiral headpiece adorned with strands of glass beads - 2x01

4. Sequined Headpiece - Headpiece made in-house by the costume team stringing sequins onto very fine pieces of wire - 2x01, 2x01

5. Cemetery Hat - Black straw with green and white feather detail - 2x01, 2x02, 2x06 (base seen in 1x13)

6. Cat Burglar Beret - Classic black French beret made in a circular fashion - 2x01, 2x03, 2x04, 2x05, 2x05, 2x06, 2x07, 2x11, 2x12, 2x12 (also 1x05, 1x05, 1x06, 1x09, 1x10, 1x10)

7. Tan Straw Hat -  Finely woven straw hat with a modest brim and brown ribbon trim with a matching wide hatband - 2x01

8. Grey Summer Hat - Grey straw hat with blue overtones, organza petal detail and pearl decoration - 2x02

9. Beaded Headband - Black headband with black beaded detail - 2x02

10. Detective Hat - Tan linen wide-brimmed hat dyed to match her car coat - 2x02, 2x03, 2x04, 2x06, 2x07, 2x10, 2x12 (also 1x02, 1x02, 1x04, 1x06, 1x08, 1x09, 1x13)

11. Spiral Hair Slides - Jeweled spiral hair combs - 2x03 (also 1x12)

12. Beach Holiday Hat - Cream straw hat with pink and white silk organza band and button - 2x03

13. Beach Sunhat - Cream wide brim summer hat with raffia embroidery detail - 2x03, 2x03

14. Harlequin Hat - White felt with original Victorian twisted raw silk trim, osprey feathers, silkworm thread, and velvet bind with crystal buttons that match the coat - 2x04

15. White Felt with Bronze Motif Hat - Cream felt hat with bronze period flower motifs and hand-painted ‘pearlized’ beads - 2x04, 2x07 (also 1x05, 1x07, 1x12)

16. Pearl Headdress - Silver headdress made with glass beads and pearls - 2x04

17. Pom-Pom Hat - Plum felt hat with a 1920's silk pom-pom, navy vintage feathers, and antique navy ribbon - 2x05, 2x08

18. French Navy Hat - Antique silk moire band with buttons on a French Navy felt hat - 2x05

19. Showstopper Headband - Yellow feather pom-pom attached to a black headband - 2x05

20. Navy Velvet Hood with Tassel - Lucious navy velvet with silk satin insert and tassel - 2x06 (also 1x03, 1x07)

21. Red Flower Cloche - Burgundy red felt with cut out flowers and feather detailing - 2x07 (also 1x01, 1x01, 1x02, 1x04, 1x04, 1x05, 1x06, 1x09)

22. Red Felt Circle Hat - Red felt hat with black, red, and cream felt interlocking circles set on matching ribbons - 2x07 (also 1x05)

23. Racing Cap - Tan leather driving cap with metal guides at the sides to hold googles in place - 2x07

24. Leopard Print Cloche - Cream cloche with leopard spots, thin black ribbons holding cream and black feathers - 2x08

25. Maroon Day Hat - Deep pink felt hat with a pom-pom decoration of colorful modern and antique feathers - 2x08

26. Hollywood Felt - Chartreuse felt hat with pink velvet hat band, pink and black feather detail and bronze leaf - 2x09

27. Golden Girl Headpiece - Antique metal leaf with diamantes and black feathers - 2x09

28. Blue Feather Cloche - 1960's navy felt hat modified into a cloche, with 1920's feather band added - 2x09

29. Director's Hat - Green felt fedora with a matching hatband - 2x09

30. Vineyard Hat - Hat quality felt with green and black antique feathers with a black hatband and crystal button - 2x10

31. Radio Station Hat - Pink felt hat with brown hatband and a variety of colored feathers - 2x11

32. Green Velvet Hood - Green velvet hat with green silk organza insert - 2x11

33. Butterfly Hair Slide - Jeweled hair slide with a butterfly shape in the center and two loops extending to either side - 2x11

34. White Cloche with Grey Swirl - White felt cloche with icy grey velvet swirls - 2x12

35. Dr. Zhivago Fur Hat - White faux fur circular hat with felt insert - 2x13, 2x13

36. Christmas Party Headband - Dyed orange and black feathers with a 'nest' and small egg-like bead inside - 2x13

Hat and headpiece photos from the official Pinterest, official Facebook, Screencapped.net, Alekino Plus (now defunct) and various sources (x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x).

[ehlnofay]

been experimenting with how I visualise fashion in the Shivering Isles for fun and to help me flesh it out in my head... shoddily ordered design notes under the cut for those who are interested

the figure second from the right is armed and armoured in amber. they are a lumberjack. you never know which plants will take umbrage at being harvested so it's best to come prepared

inspiration was pretty heavily drawn from various historical fashions, as I'm sure is visible - regency and tudor a little bit, among others - but I also drew a lot from various historical costume designers like giuseppe arcimboldo, c. wilhelm and attilio comelli. maybe sometime I'll doodle some ideas that get as Out There as some of their artworks - here I tried to stick to simple drawings and basic shapes and colours, but it would be fun to try something like that. and I do visualise new sheoth's court as dressing exactly like a victorian theatre production

(I took some inspiration from the actual game design and art. very sparingly. I don't trust anything the shivering isles dlc has to say about the shivering isles... the devs have not seen the visions. they do not understand it as I do)

I developed a couple headcanons while making these... one being that the isles have their own distinct culture and aesthetic sense developed over time (most of its denizens were born there and can trace their lineage back over generations - there has been plenty of time for one to be developed) but the customs and conventions of the citizens' heritage has still at times been carried over. I illustrated this a little with the last two figures to the right - the rightmost figure is ohmes khajiit and sports traditional face tattoos, though the design is not at all like what would be designed in elsweyr. the second-rightmost figure is bosmer, and the significance of horned mammals and horns as symbols has carried over in their headwear. (though of course that one is based on the late medieval escoffion as well.)

the shivering isles don't have much in the way of cultural norms, and what there is varies enormously from settlement to settlement, but what is much more wide-spread (though still not universal) is superstition. many of the isles' mortal denizens wear clear silhouettes with sharp lines to make their shape distinct and set themselves apart from the landscape, lest they become indistinguishable from it and lose themselves entirely. hair is often covered for this reason and due to an association with mycelium and the root system. this isn't a hard rule, but it's very common, and not covering one's hair is seen as a statement about one's beliefs and relationship to the isles.

lastly, this wasn't intended from the beginning, but they ended up being in a sort of vaguely mania/dementia/mania/dementia pattern. I messed with the contrast and saturation to emphasise that, though I take that split with a grain of salt and don't know how much visual distinction I actually picture there being

thanks for looking! and reading! xo goodnight

[rmelster]

Hi my friend 👋, I love your drawings and artwork 😍. Love the attention to detail. Do you design outfits or just take inspirations from real period dress because I do that. Do you have sketches on paper? can you show me? Thank you

Hiiii! Thanks :)

My on paper work is either work for my art class or sketches of animals, but I intend to make sketches of headwear’s and jewels, because those are really cool and underestimated when making historical fashion in shows, etc.

My first awakening to actual historical fashion was paper doll designer Tom Tierney’s work.

There is also a whole paint book of his about Spanish fashion (from the Moorish fashions to those that appear in Velazquez’s and Carreño de Miranda’s paintings). You should check it!

The clothes I am more likely to design are for my OCs from The Raven Volumes, my own series. The first book occurs in the 1850’s, so I try to inspire myself as much as I can with accurate clothes from that period. However, I tend to imagine my own stuff :)

One great inspiration for making more Victorian oriented fashion is the work of an actual 19th century artist, Franz Xaver Stöber. He made many an illustration of fashion during his times. See.

Late 19th century photos are also a source of great inspiration. I once found a photo of a young man in the 1890’s that closely resembled a character of mine. That made me be able to shape him better:

[writer-somewhat]

This is an index of the many, many guides created by the Fountain Of Knowledge also widely known as @inky-duchess. However I decided to organize and revise to share, after seeing one ask about whether or not there was a compilation.

Also, I had to breakdown the list over multiple posts due to Tumblr's constraints, so I have added a handy list with each part.

Table of Contents

Part One Part Two ⬅ You Are Here Part Three

Character Creation

Appearance - Character Traits - Unlikeable Characters

Clothing & Accessories

Jewels Tiaras Part 1 - Tiaras Part 2 - Jewellery - Coronet Beauty Hair - Cosmetics & Makeup Men Headwear - Fashion - Clothes - Uniforms Women Headdresses Part 1 - Headdresses Part 2 - Headwear - Gowns General Dressing Your Monarch - The Suit - Footwear - Peasant Clothes Clothes By Era Regency Fashion - Renaissance Gowns - Victorian Fashion - Edwardian Fashion Clothes By Culture Middle Eastern - Celt - Native American/Indigenous - African Traditional - Asian Traditional - Russian Court Gowns

Writing People

Kings - Queens - Princes - Princesses - Male Consorts Heirs & Spares - Mistresses - Bastards - Ladies In Waiting Ambassadors - Wards & Fostering - Servants - Royal Guards

Court and Courtiers

Surviving Fun & Games Male Court Positions Part 2 Female Court Positions Monarch's Council What Nobles Do

Big Happy(?) Family

Writing a Royal Family Part 2 Ottoman Harem Great Houses (19th-20th Century) Russian Nobility Medieval Household

Etiquette

Courting - How To Dress - Balls - Tea - A Day At Court - Court Etiquette

A Day In The Life Of...

Royalty - Queens - Princesses - Noble Ladies - Courtiers

How to be Social

Tis The Season Debutante Ball Balls Hosting a Society Dinner Food & Drink Letters & Correspondence Going Hunting Gestures

Court Archetypes

The Good King The Bad King The Good Queen The Bad Queen The Princess The Prince The Male Mistress The Advisor The Mentor The Pretender The Dynasty The Dethroned Royals The Courtiers Ladies-In-Waiting

[blackswaneuroparedux]

And Englishmen like posing as gods.

- E.M. Forster

The bowler has travelled widely since its beginnings in London in 1849. Appropriated by everyone from cowboys in the American West to Quechua women in Bolivia, who were introduced to the hat by British railway workers in the 1920s, the iconic piece of headwear began with two men called - perhaps unsurprisingly - Edward Coke and Thomas Bowler.

Coke, the younger brother of the 2nd Earl of Leicester, walked into the famous London hat-makers Lock & Co with a problem. The top hats worn by his gamekeepers on the Holkham Hall estate in Norfolk kept falling off but they needed to wear something to protect their heads from low-hanging branches and poacher attacks.

Bowler, Lock’s chief hat-maker, rose to the challenge and put together a prototype. To test the hat’s strength, the story goes that Coke threw it on the floor and jumped up and down on it. The resilient bowler passed with flying colours and Coke paid 12 shillings for it.

The bowler’s combination of practicality and style has made it appeal to a wide range of people throughout its history. Railway workers and American cowboys - think Butch Cassidy or Billy the Kid - adopted it as their own because it would not blow off easily when they were on horseback or hanging their heads from the windows of speeding trains.

In Britain, the bowler was first worn by the Victorian working classes but by the 1950s and 1960s it came to epitomise the “City gent” - along with a pinstripe suit and a black umbrella.

Today, cavalry officers still wear bowler hats and suits for their annual parade in Hyde Park on what is known as Cavalry Sunday in May. The tradition stems from the fact the outfit was considered correct dress just before the First World War and officers are still expected to wear their City gent attire whenever they are in London on duty.

One of Britain’s most famous hat devotees, Winston Churchill is known to have favoured the Homburg, but he pulled off a bowler with aplomb. To this day, Lock & Co still sell thousands of Cokes each year to City workers and ex-military customers, while the Earl of Leicester continues to buy the hat to which his ancestor gave his name for his gamekeepers on the completion of one year’s service.

[designedandplated]

Women's headwear, 1st April 1887.

[steampunk123]

Steampunk Home Accessories

Indulge in the charm of a bygone era with our exquisite Steampunk Hats collection. At Steampunk wonders , we present a selection of headwear that transcends fashion, offering a blend of Victorian sophistication and industrial ingenuity.

[whennnow]

2021 Project Goals

January 6, 2021

Last year I finished a dream project of mine (the white Regency dress). This year I'd like to expand my Regency wardrobe with some help from my stash and lay the groundwork (or the foundation) for getting into the late 1890s.

I also have a new-to-me sewing machine! It's a Singer 5825 (if memory serves) and will need a suitably musical name and probably a professional cleaning. It has a LOT more knobs and levers than I'm used to!

What follows is an absurdly aspirational list of project ideas for 2021. *Top priority projects are starred.

Regency Era

I've got a solid basic garment, decent underthings, and some nice jewelry, so it's time to expand my wardrobe and level up! I also intend to purchase a pair of long gloves and silk stockings this year.

*A Chemisette - I intend to use fabric left over from my white dress for this, and one of the patterns from the AD Guide.

*Open Robe with Removable Sleeves - I have a silk-like fabric in my stash that would look stunning for the American Duchess/Simplicity 8941 pattern! I'll make the sleeves removable for maximum versatility.

Open Robe 2 with Short Sleeves - I've got a plum-colored striped poly taffeta that would look lovely for an open robe like this. Patterning it could be a fun challenge!

*Headwear - I have my eye on a straw bonnet which I would decorate, but I may also make a turban, or even dive into millinery with a Timely Tresses kit or an Out of a Portrait pattern.

Reticules - I have two poly damask scraps that would be fun as reticules, and plenty of other scrap fabric too. Any I make will be lined in scrap cotton.

Vest/Spencer/Bodice - I have a lot of stash fabrics that enough to make a spencer - yet alone a dress - but they would make excellent bodices to wear over my white dress!

1895-1905-ish

Time for a new era! I've always adored turn-of-the-century fashions, but I know that I'll need proper foundations before I start planning anything else, so this is my entry point to this era.

*Corset - This will be the most structural piece and my first foray into corsetry! I intend to start this right away and give myself all year to finish. I'm currently looking at patterns in the Symington collection as a starting point.

Combinations - Definitely of the split-leg variety, with lots of ruffles and lace. I think I'll use either Truly Victorian's E02 Edwardian Underwear pattern or Folkwear 203 Edwardian Underthings.

Corset Cover - Using the same pattern, probably.

Small Bustle/Bum and Hip Pad - I'm not curvy in the slightest, so I'll need some... extra help. Something like this or this (or maybe I'll just buy one of those.) Virgil's Fine Goods also has a hip and bum pad pattern out.

Bust Enhancer - Again, sometimes the proper silhouette requires some added enhancements. Wearing History has this e-pattern for a "Bust Improver."

*The GapToThePast blouse - I bought it, took it apart with the intention of improving the sleeves... and then didn't.

Misc.

*1930s Bra and Tap Pants - I bought Reconstructing History's 1336 awhile ago and just never got around to it. I'll start with a wearable mockup from stash fabric, but I might eventually do a set from nicer fabric.

18th Century Shirt - Truly a classic. I think I deserve one. I think it would improve my life. I want to splurge on linen.

Handkerchiefs - I already have some nice handkerchief-sized pieces of white cotton set aside from when I made my neckerchief/fichu. They just need to be hemmed and embroidered.

[nota1eks]

rahhhh fun facts by aleks alert sound the alarm

okay. so. the ancient romans apparently did something very similar to the modern salute as a formal greeting especially in military circles, but here's the rub: BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE THE MODERN SALUTE IS FROM !!

the modern salute is thought to be from a tradition among french knights who would, indeed, raise the visor on their helmet with their right hand (therefore showing that they weren't holding a weapon) to show who they were.

others speculate that it's from a tradition of taking off one's hat as a sign of respect, though, and as headwear became less easily-removed (think metal headgear like the pickelhaube), it evolved to simply having a soldier touch/nudge down the brim of his hat.

like most traditional actions, the origin of these things can be murky at best. my guess is that the modern salute is a result of both of these theories.

the modern salute only really solidified relatively recently -- as late as the latter half of the victorian era, for most militaries that use the salute.

but even then the salute varies, even within one military. navy personel in the british army (? could be american. i don't remember) salute with their hand facing palm-down to hide the tar on it or something, while the rest of the military salutes palm facing outwards. don't wanna show queen vicky your dirty hand, now do you?

in conclusion: goddamn knights and their courtesy rules. first i cant put my elbows on the table, and now i have to salute my superiors!? what the hell!?

Does saluting come from the motion of opening the visor on a helmet?

[rosscountyhistoricalsociety]

Man’s bowler hat, c. 1890.