"otsisto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<< Renaissance Faires also would have a booth selling chainmail/chain
headdresses. They range in size from cauls to long veils, a mix of chain
mail, looped chains and jewels. Old techniques, old shapes (veils), but the
product is modern.
De:I always believed they stem from the Edwardian view of the Middle Ages
and Camelot. But mostly I have seen the chainmail cauls in Erte's drawings.
< The only time I've seen one worn outside a "historic" (Renfair/SCA/LARP)
context was that Anne Rice wore one during a television
view. -Carol
De: I've seen them in plays and Halloween and one Goth. She had white blond
hair and the chainmail was black with red crystals.
They have also been used in films. More than one chain mail jewelry
vendor proudly displayed photos (in a book of their work) of their
headwear - and chain mail hand jewelry - as featured in movies. This
was especially true in the 1980s.
They are also often worn at neoPagan rituals and festivals.
Lilinah
who has a matching head and hand set for festive wear
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