Linda wrote: >Thank you, Elizabeth W. and Sharon C. - I never realised that wearing a >hat could have so many implications! I wonder if the idea is modern of >"doing honour to the occasion" by wearing a hat, which seems to be >coming back into custom and not just fashion.
>When I wore a hat as part of my school uniform, ( yes, a very long time >ago), I would have been grateful for ribbons. In Summer terms, I must >have covered many miles with one hand holding it on my head; Autumn and >Spring terms were not so bad, since our school Winter coats had an >especially wide hood to cover the hat, and that tied with a gathering >string. Thinking back, we must have looked very sweet . . . >There were certainly rules about never being seen out of doors without >your hat - nor your gloves, (brown leather for Winter, white cotton for >Summer). Was there some ettiquette behind glove-wearing too? As you say in your 3rd paragraph, I think before the mid-20th century everyone routinely wore a hat out of doors, even if they only had a very shabby one. We used to sew elastic to our school panama hats. Our winter hats were knitted caps, so keeping them on wasn't a problem. Kate Bunting Librarian & 17th century reenactor _____________________________________________________________________ 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 info...@derby.ac.uk. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
