I think they were designed to be worn straight. When I did 18th century re-enactment 30 years ago, we were told that soldiers' hats should be worn with the front point an inch above the left eyebrow.
Kate Bunting Librarian & 17th century reenactor ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 21:22:27 +0930 From: "Claire Clarke" <[email protected]> Subject: [h-cost] 18th century Tricorn hats ....round heads...not! ...maybe To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Not especially my period, but were they worn straight on the head? If you wear a hat tilted back so it sits where an alice band would be, rather than around the crown of your head, then the crown of the hat can have a circular rather than oval profile. Claire The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct any concerns to [email protected] The policy is available here: http://www.derby.ac.uk/LIS/Email-Policy _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
