I like veils. I've got some stuff saying that Frankish Kent finds show earrings strung together on the wealth chains, possibly because they weren't showing ears. Also there's a bit about pinning the veil closed under the chin. But nothing looks so dramatic as a fluttering veil. I hear you on the pinning issue, though.
One thing they've found on high wealth people are gold-brocaded fillets, and then you could secure the veil to that - so you tie a headband on American-Indian-style, and then pin the veil. It could go around your face, or be clustered in the back...both are shown in my books.
There's a reference to a red silk veil (Arnegund?) - but I think everybody doing that is a bit much, and it sounds like you're already wearing a lot of red. I'd wear a really long white veil, pinned to a red or black fillet, and see if you can get some gold embellishment on the fillet.
Where did they wear wealth chains? I really like that idea. I had wanted to make a brooch, but the veil thing seems like it might cover it up too much. Still working on that.
The fillet is an option. I wonder if I could pin it to my circlet.
I thought about a red veil, too. We don't have a processional -- pretty much everyone we'd ask is either fighting or walking with someone else -- so it would just be me in the red veil. I kind of llike the idea. But, since I don't know how often I'll wear it outside this Crown List, I see the appeal of a plain white veil that could go with anything.
Okay, now remember that I've only been reading about the Frankish influence on 6thc Kent, England, which was considerable and close (2 Frankish princesses married Kentish kings)...so I really don't know about the extent of the probably much more stylish stuff happening on Continent.
But. Wealth chains are thought to be held on brooches that closed the dress. These could be horizontal, vertical - there seems to be a lot of room for personal taste. I'll scan some pages out of Owen-Crocker and Rogers for you (should, anyway, since I ought to put more about what I'm doing with Kentish stuff on GMA). A caution - be very sure about your date, because apparently clothes look very different in the 7thc, and the wealth chains aren't worn, except by Norse cultures. I'm still fuzzy about that, having concentrated on the beginning of the Migration Period, and not having gotten around to the end of it yet. Apparently clothes look more Byzantine later.
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One thing they've found on high wealth people are gold-brocaded fillets, and then you could secure the veil to that - so you tie a headband on American-Indian-style, and then pin the veil. It could go around your face, or be clustered in the back...both are shown in my books.
There's a reference to a red silk veil (Arnegund?) - but I think everybody doing that is a bit much, and it sounds like you're already wearing a lot of red. I'd wear a really long white veil, pinned to a red or black fillet, and see if you can get some gold embellishment on the fillet.
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The fillet is an option. I wonder if I could pin it to my circlet.
I thought about a red veil, too. We don't have a processional -- pretty much everyone we'd ask is either fighting or walking with someone else -- so it would just be me in the red veil. I kind of llike the idea. But, since I don't know how often I'll wear it outside this Crown List, I see the appeal of a plain white veil that could go with anything.
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But. Wealth chains are thought to be held on brooches that closed the dress. These could be horizontal, vertical - there seems to be a lot of room for personal taste. I'll scan some pages out of Owen-Crocker and Rogers for you (should, anyway, since I ought to put more about what I'm doing with Kentish stuff on GMA). A caution - be very sure about your date, because apparently clothes look very different in the 7thc, and the wealth chains aren't worn, except by Norse cultures. I'm still fuzzy about that, having concentrated on the beginning of the Migration Period, and not having gotten around to the end of it yet. Apparently clothes look more Byzantine later.
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