In a message dated 1/7/2008 12:03:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I am making her a beautiful sheer cotton bustle dress.
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Mmmmmmmm...lov-er-ly!
A straw would be perfect, like Kim suggests. I think a boater is too
masculine for the frilly frock. They do wear straws similar in proportions to a
boater but usually tilted forward with the brim bending down on each
side...sorta
like a Pringel potato chip... and decorated with flowers and bows and such. A
ribbon can tie under the chin or behind at the nap of the neck, under a mass of
hair.
I have seen some women in wide brimmed hats in the 1880's in research I did
for a western. They seemed to be worn either straight on and perfectly
horizontal, or even on the back of the head, a style often exaggerated for
can-can
dancers. These seemed to lack a lot of fru-fru....not even a ribbon tied under
the chin or anywhere. But sometimes an enormous hat pin or two were visible.
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