To go bare-headed and/or bare-legged was wanton behavior not so long ago. To
not tie your bonnet strings was extremely 'prideful' or 'wanton' as a lady
could not control the wind (reap the wind) or chase after her bonnet. It was
wanton if done to, hopefully, cause a gentleman to chase after it
Linda wrote:
Thank you, Elizabeth W. and Sharon C. - I never realised that wearing a
hat could have so many implications! I wonder if the idea is modern of
doing honour to the occasion by wearing a hat, which seems to be
coming back into custom and not just fashion.
When I wore a hat as part of
On 21/11/2011 10:08, Kate Bunting wrote:
Linda wrote:
Thank you, Elizabeth W. and Sharon C. - I never realised that wearing a
hat could have so many implications! I wonder if the idea is modern of
doing honour to the occasion by wearing a hat, which seems to be
coming back into custom and not
Thank you, Elizabeth W. and Sharon C. - I never realised that wearing a
hat could have so many implications! I wonder if the idea is modern of
doing honour to the occasion by wearing a hat, which seems to be
coming back into custom and not just fashion.
When I wore a hat as part of my school
with your
blue veins showing through your skin.
Sharon C.
-Original Message-
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of Linda Walton
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:40 AM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Not tying your bonnet strings
-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of Carol Kocian
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 9:52 AM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Not tying your bonnet strings ?
If I may presume - at the Dicken's Fair, going from inside to outside,
they may
Most 19th century bonnets I've seen, real and costume, will stay on as well as
any hat and the strings don't really keep it on, except maybe in windy
weather or in an open coach. I'm willing to bet that many times the tying of
one's bonnet string, and how they are to be tied is dictated by
On 11/19/2011 1:57 PM, albert...@aol.com wrote:
Most 19th century bonnets I've seen, real and costume, will stay on as well as any hat
and the strings don't really keep it on, except maybe in windy weather or in
an open coach.
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There are various 19th-century paintings of women
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:
] 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
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
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:
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