> http://www.deredere.dds.nl/19thcent/19woman/Bustle/Bustle.html > I made my own hat! > I took an old hat made out of straw bands and took it appart to make a > hat to go with my bustle gown.
I'm in the middle of remaking a large straw hat into something more suitable for the 16thC. The crown is too tall and too square as it is, but I have only got to the unravelling stage;) > But I was wondering if the purple ribbon would be to colour coordinated. > Schould I put more stuf on it? > Like ribbons or flowers? > The dress is very simple... If you look at the bottom of this page http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/timelinepages/1870s1.htm and the top of this page http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/timelinepages/1880s1.htm you should see some nice examples of hats and bonnets of the time period you are doing. There is generally a bit more fluffiness.. and if I could just find the links page for the victorian links which seems to have completely fallen offline.... Anyway, Tara had a page on hats and bonnets from exactly the time you are doing, but I cannot find it as the links page has gone down and there are no links to it elsewhere. > Would this hairstyle be ok for that time period? > I need to keep it out of the way of my bowstring. It's actually rather a later hairstyle than you are after. The good news is that the hair could be tidied away to keep safe from your bowstring. http://demode.tweedlebop.com/hair_natural.html There are some very pretty styles there that would work well with the style of hat and dress you have made:) And some that are similar to what you have done, but in an earlier style. regards, micahela de bruce http://glittersweet.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 28/07/2005 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
