Lena, Names of hats changed alot in the '80s & '90s. Sometimes the latest fashionable name was applied to a different style. (Funny. that still happens today!)
I'd have your friend look into store catalogs for the period & place & social milieu she's interested in. Catalogs are useful in that they match up a style name with a picture and a price-point. Here in California, that would probably be Weinstocks of Sacramento (1890s). On the east coast perhaps a middle class Sears catalog (if they sold fashions in '93 and onward) or an uppercrust fashion mag like Harper's Bazaar. You'll know your local London & Oxford shops better than I ever could, so I'll leave you to that. --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:19 AM, Lena <lenast...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > I was asked by a friend about the correct name for a hat type worn by women > in late 19th century England. And while I do historical costuming, the 19th > century is really not my thing, so I thought I would ask the experts here. > > She described it as a small top hat, bigger and flatter than the miniature > top hats you see in steampunk garb, often swathed in ribbon and tulle. > > Picture examples: > > - http://100megspop3.com/adira/victoria/1882estacaoa.jpg, the one on the far > left, though that may be a mutant bonnet. > - http://100megspop3.com/adira/victoria/1884myraa.jpg, on the right. That's > bigger and less frouffy (technical term :-) ) than I was thinking of. > - http://100megspop3.com/adira/victoria/1881estacaob.jpg , the middle hat, > which makes me think that maybe what I'm seeing is a small bonnet worn on top > of the head? > Is there a common name for this type of hat? Or are there several different > ones depending on minute details in appearance and/or construction, > alternatively no specific name at all? > > With thanks, > Lena (mostly lurking) > _______________________________________________ > 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
