I think it depends on the school as to the appropriate color if it's not black. Rutgers uses red; there's a Scottish one that is red wool; my Yale blue gown has the bell/balloon sleeves with 3 velvet stripes. The style of hat is associeated with school and degree also, I believe.
Kate Pinner -----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Susan Farmer Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:23 PM To: h-costume@mail.indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] possibly OT -- Academic Hoods Quoting Ann Catelli <elvestoor...@yahoo.com>: > The only academic I saw with an octagonal hat (in olive velvet) as > part of her regalia gradated from a university in Poland--I want to > say Warsaw University, but her page on my college website does not > mention the institute where she earned her PhD. > It's been 25 years since I took a class from her, so I do not > remember clearly. > You're seeing them a lot more. The Cheap Gowns come with the standard mortar board -- the Expensive Gowns come with your choice. (at least on one of the web sites that I looked at.) susan ----- Susan Farmer sfar...@goldsword.com Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Division of Science and Math http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
