hats hats hats
I'm excited because I found an image of a woman with her veil off in a c. 1500 picture and the veil is on the ground beside her as well as a little round pillbox cap and a ribbon. Like... ooo under structure proof! The veil is also stiffly in the heart-like shape it had on her head - either because the artist didn't know how to draw it flattened or they really did starch the hell out of those things.
(She's getting beaten, alas, a man has her by the hair.)
It's in "The Lady in Medieval England: 1000 to 1500" by Peter Cross, which I'm reading right now. Another fun hat-related tidbit: The sumptuary actof 1363 forbade lower nobles apparel embroidered with precious stones - apart from ladies' headdress. You can't possibly deny a woman a good hat! That's just practical.
There's also a nice illustration of some ladies in kirtles with big flooppy over-hand cuffs, like Sunny was researching. I bet she's seen this picture already, though it's new to me. I like that there's one lady in a houpelande and two not, so you clearly see the under-dress relationship.
(She's getting beaten, alas, a man has her by the hair.)
It's in "The Lady in Medieval England: 1000 to 1500" by Peter Cross, which I'm reading right now. Another fun hat-related tidbit: The sumptuary actof 1363 forbade lower nobles apparel embroidered with precious stones - apart from ladies' headdress. You can't possibly deny a woman a good hat! That's just practical.
There's also a nice illustration of some ladies in kirtles with big flooppy over-hand cuffs, like Sunny was researching. I bet she's seen this picture already, though it's new to me. I like that there's one lady in a houpelande and two not, so you clearly see the under-dress relationship.