On Thursday 02 March 2006 11:02 pm, Kathryn Parke wrote: > Well, this is really fascinating, because I read about it as a part of an > ensemble worn to a Regency ball -- not a particularly young woman, but also > (I believe), not of the old, turbaned dowager variety. I can't imagine > such a thing being worn w/ a formal ballgown, and (although I don't claim > to be a scholar by any means!) it seems especially incongruous w/ a > high-waisted Regency dress in a light muslin or silk. (I'm not sure where > I saw the original reference.) I had pictured something more like a Juliet > cap -- have you ever seen such a cap on a woman, or in such a context?
I don't remember seeing any Phrygian or Alexandrine caps, but there was a definite vogue for odd headgear during the Regency period--such as turbans. Here's a whole page of period illustrations of evening wear with turbans: http://hal.ucr.edu/~cathy/dress/turb.html Actually, that turned out to be three pages--here are special links to the other two: http://hal.ucr.edu/~cathy/dress/turb2.html http://hal.ucr.edu/~cathy/dress/turb3.html This woman is wearing just a pair of ostrich feathers in what appears to be short, curly hair: http://www.trocadero.com/thenowhouse/items/425212/en1.html -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Physics is like sex; sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it."--Richard Feynman _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
