Interesting. I wear a bonnet at the Dickens Christmas Fair and I often do not tie my bonnet under the chin, but rather lower down. I do this purely for practical reasons---it makes the bonnet so much easier to get on and off. We have to be going from "inside" to "outside", depending on where we are at the fair and just being able to pop it on without struggling with the ribbons is so much easier. I will add that mine is balanced so that I do not "need" the ribbons or a hatpin to keep it on. Sharon C.
-----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Linda Walton Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 11:40 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Not tying your bonnet strings ? Thank you for sending this information, it's very enlightening! Now that I can see it as 'vain' rather than 'proud', it makes a lot more sense. (I'll write to my sister at once, so she can add the idea to her family history record.) -Linda On 13/11/2011 22:29, Carol Kocian wrote: > > Interesting - in 18thC reenactment, I heard that you did not tie > anything under your chin unless you had a chin to hide. I don't know > if it came from an 18thC source, because various "folksy" things are > shared in reenactment. > > -Carol > > > On Nov 13, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Linda Walton wrote: > >> As the list is so quiet, I'll take this opportunity to raise a point >> that has always puzzled me, and hope that it will not be off topic. >> >> My great-grandmother lived in the North of England, (north >> Lancashire), at the end of the Victorian era, and I know very little >> about her, except that she was considered a very proud woman because >> she wouldn't tie her bonnet strings. >> >> It's bothered me all my life, and of course I should have asked my >> older relatives, but I've left it too late now, and they are all gone. >> >> So: can anyone explain what that was about? >> >> Awaiting all suggestions with interest, Linda Walton, (in High >> Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
