Costume accuracy question for the Great LJ Oracle(tm)
This came up on the Ren Faire History Snobs tribe (a wonderful place to be a history snob, BTW).
My friend John, who is quite the history buff, has made an observation that:
"based purely on looking at period portraits. My contention is that the ENGLISH GENTRY and NOBILITY wore exclusively black hats from the beginning of Elizabeth’s reign until at ( Read more... )
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The gray Unknown Man's hat is right at the cutoff time John specified and the white hat is long past it. The pink Bermondsey hat so far is the only colored man's hat we've found within the period, but I find it interesting that it's a a big party painting and not a formal portrait. Like, colored hats were fine for wearin' out, but for your portrait the highest fashion was black.
From Marion's page: http://www.curiousfrau.com/Images/Fete_at_Bermondsey_detail.JPG
Who knows? I am fascinated!
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Death and the Lady
The lady is in one of those high crowned hats (which I don't like so I didn't make it for my recreation of the gown). But "Death" is wearing a buff or brown or perhaps reddish coloured hat!
As to men's hats. What about the white leather ones in Janet Arnold? Or will your questioner say they are not English??? I don't have JA to hand as I'm at work but she seems to think its ok to use some continental clothing to apply to English useage.
I found Kat Rowberd's Elizabethan Geek Costuming Review and checked out just the men's clothing ( ... )
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