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A conical hennin with black velvet lappets (brim) and a sheer veil, 1485–90. The hennin (French: hennin / ˈ h ɛ n ɪ n /; [1] possibly from Flemish Dutch: henninck meaning cock or rooster) [N 1] was a headdress in the shape of a cone, steeple, or truncated cone worn in the Late Middle Ages by European women of the nobility. [2]
Over the headdress, gauze or silk was sometimes draped for weight distribution or aesthetic purposes. [1] The escoffion style was a sub-branch of a popular style of headwear called hennin . The style of the escoffion developed over time, eventually given its own name because of its popularity and distinct features which differed from the ...
From Audrey Hepburn and Eartha Kitt to Jackie O, the head scarf has let women with a strong sense of self keep their scalps warm, their hair laid, and their heads held up high.
Bongrace – a velvet-covered headdress, stiffened with buckram – 16th century; Breton – originating in 19th-century France, a lightweight hat, usually in straw, with upturned brim all the way round; Capeline – 18th–19th century; Capotain (and men) – a tall conical hat, 17th century, usually black – also, copotain, copatain
The tantour (tantoor) is a form of cone-shaped women's headdress similar to the hennin, popular in the Levant during the nineteenth century, but seldom seen after 1850 outside of use as a folk costume.
A headdress consisting of a scarf-like single piece of cloth wound around either the head itself or an inner hat. Tyrolean hat: A felt hat with a corded band and feather ornament, originating from the Alps. Umbrella hat: A hat made from an umbrella that straps to the head. Has been made with mosquito netting. Upe
These headdresses were shaped like bags, made of gold, silver or silk network. At first they fitted fairly close to the head, the edge, band or rim being placed high up on the forehead, to show some hair on the temples and around the nape; they enclosed the head and hair, and were secured by a circlet or fillet. Jewels were often set at ...
A conical plant fiber hat covered in leather both at the brim and top, worn by men of the Fulani people in West Africa. Golden hat: This type of hat is a very specific and rare type of archaeological artifact from Bronze Age Europe. Hennin: Most commonly worn in Burgundy and France by women of the nobility, the hennin appears from about 1430 ...