Actually there are different protestant christian groups (not amish or mennonite) where the women practice covering their heads - but come on I wouldn't use a...
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danabren@...
danabren
Jun 1, 2005 12:55 pm
... I've been called "my lord" (while wearing a Norman bliaut, go figure??), Jewish, Muslim, a nun, Sister Bertril.... Of course, that was in the old days,...
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Naomi Banta
nomiegail
Jun 1, 2005 1:22 pm
I wish I could manage that in our shire... I'm the only one who wears a sort of headcovering of ANY sort on a regular basis -- if I'm doing Elizabethan, it's...
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Cynthia Virtue
cynthiavirtue
Jun 1, 2005 1:51 pm
... Here's what I did: Hold an afternoon "seminar" with cookies and such, at your house or a friend's. Be sure to advertise the cookies, encourage new folks,...
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Kristen Dahle
kristen_dahle
Jun 1, 2005 2:04 pm
Constance writes: Actually there are different protestant christian groups (not amish or mennonite) where the women practice covering their heads - but come...
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Melanie Cozad
melaniesuzanne
Jun 1, 2005 2:22 pm
After reading the rest of the comments on this thread, I feel very fortunate that most comments about my veils and wimples are positive. In fact, my veil and...
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Elinor Salter
elinorsalter
Jun 1, 2005 3:15 pm
... I asked my husband - and he doesn't like my veil! He says it covers up my face too much (the veil fluttering down the sides). Wow, I would never have...
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Julie
julie_in_ramona
Jun 1, 2005 4:20 pm
Oops - sorry if I started something. I have waist length hair and hubby likes long hair. Is there an appropriate headcovering for a married women where her...
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Julie
julie_in_ramona
Jun 1, 2005 4:22 pm
OK, here's something I haven't seen on here yet...<G> I'm sun sensitive and always have a large hat on. I can find very little evidence of large brimmed hats...
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Cynthia Virtue
cynthiavirtue
Jun 1, 2005 6:29 pm
... No bare heads for northern Europe in the middle ages, unless you're Queen or a Saint, or a child. There's braided and updos of various sorts for Italian...
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danabren@...
danabren
Jun 1, 2005 6:44 pm
... There is documentation for every combination of fillet (coffee filter hat), crespinette (hair net), barbette (chin strap) and veil. ...
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Andi Pennell
hamletkitty
Jun 1, 2005 7:12 pm
... I can totally back this up. My husband didn't really care one way or the other when I began covering my hair appropriately for my 16th century clothes,...
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Dianne & Greg Stucki
alisone17404
Jun 1, 2005 7:33 pm
... From: "Naomi Banta" <ladynai@...> To: <SCA-Milliners@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [SCA-Milliners]...
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Chris Laning
chris_laning
Jun 1, 2005 7:42 pm
I'm away from my books, but I seem to remember seeing pictures of 1500s women in the Italies wearing rather low-crowned, wide brimmed straw hats. I actually...
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Cynthia Virtue
cynthiavirtue
Jun 1, 2005 7:56 pm
... If you get anything solid on this, I'd love to see it. It's fairly common for people at camping events, even if they're in early period garb, and it...
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danabren@...
danabren
Jun 1, 2005 8:03 pm
... Me three! There is a (13th? 14th?) century Spanish hat that is shaped like a flat cone, has pompoms around the edge, and is covered in peacock feathers (I...
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Cynthia Virtue
cynthiavirtue
Jun 1, 2005 8:11 pm
... Lordy. I'd love to make that hat. I should go look for the image.... (CV's guardian angels swoop down and seize her keyboard, shouting No! No! Bad...
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Yolanda Graham
pagangraeme
Jun 1, 2005 8:28 pm
... <snip> ... Whoever said that must be seriously blind since Her Excellency Mistress Danabren looks NOTHING like a man! ... Me too. I think I awarded my...
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danabren@...
danabren
Jun 1, 2005 9:04 pm
... It was pretty humorous (to me) - I was wearing a draped veil cum wimple, and the poor merchant was looking at my back. I turned around when he said "Good...
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Cynthia Virtue
cynthiavirtue
Jun 1, 2005 9:41 pm
I've been mistaken for Duke Cariadoc! Granted, I'm short and plump, he likewise (at least at the time) we were living in the same shire, and I was wearing the...
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Naomi Banta
nomiegail
Jun 1, 2005 10:20 pm
I'm threatening to start a medieval hat shop actually.... Mainly because I am good at hat making (I am the one who is known for things like cauls and ...
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Maitresse Yvianne
maitresse_yv...
Jun 1, 2005 10:33 pm
... I've been wearing a veil and wimple for 10+ years. Folks are so used to seeing my head covered that I get called a hussy anytime I don't wear anything on...
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Ginevra149@...
ginevra149
Jun 2, 2005 4:31 am
In a message dated 6/1/05 12:44:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time, claning@... ... I remember Veronia Franco's mother doing her hair this way when Veronica was ...
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Elinor Salter
elinorsalter
Jun 2, 2005 5:44 am
... I remembered seeing that too. http://www.dragonslaire.org/Articles/Journey_to_be_an_Italian_Beauty.htm (great article on period Italian Renaissance hair...
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Elinor Salter
elinorsalter
Jun 2, 2005 5:52 am
... *scares away the angels* Alphonso's Book of Games is a little too early, I think, but I found the picture on someone else's page. I am curious where the...
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Cynthia Virtue
cynthiavirtue
Jun 2, 2005 9:42 am
... heh -- I should find my copy of that and find out what she's being punished for! ... It's on a whiteboard. It doesn't ever seem to get smaller. -- Cynthia...
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danabren@...
danabren
Jun 2, 2005 12:55 pm
... *falls over dead with laughter* What a great picture! They both seem awfully happy, though... Danabren ^v^ ^v^ ^v^ ^v^ ^v^ ^v^ ^v^ ^v^ ^v^ ^v^ ^v^ ^v^ ^v^...
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danabren@...
danabren
Jun 2, 2005 1:27 pm
Alphonso's Book of Games can be found here http://games.rengeekcentral.com/ There are some other fabulous images in the Cantigas ...
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Ælfwyn
legolasfic
Jun 7, 2005 1:14 am
What is it? and where do you get it? Thanks! ... Ælfwyn...
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Ciorstan
ciorstie
Jun 7, 2005 5:19 am
... Heavily starched canvas, and it's usually in rolls and sold by the yard (for example, my local Joanns sells it near the quilting stuff; forms, batting,...
