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The Swirling hat (or “Rings of Saturn”, or “roll hat”) is a layered headdress of the 15-16th centuries. This headgear swirling (rolled, curved, coiled, twisting) around the head like a clock spring or a roll of toilet paper.
The Double apron (de. Doppelshürz) – is domestic garment, a two-sided apron that looks more like a loose dress. This apron was used for various household chores and was popular in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Le Chaperon à Bavolet is a fashionable headdress of the 16th century. To be more precise, this is a piece of headdress –
The Ruff collar is a lingerie collar formed by pleats or gadroons. It is placed around the neck that it hides and highlights the face of the wearer.
The Turban has come into Western fashion from the East, since the time of the Crusades. But it was especially popular in fashion in the second half of the 15th century –
The Toque hat is a type of hat with a narrow brim or no brim at all. The crown of the hat was of different heights, and, depending on the fashion, was soft or upright.
Arcelet and Attifet. Two fashionable 16th century headdresses. An Arcelet or the French hood is characterized by a rounded shape, contrasted with the angular “English”
A ferronnière is a style of headband that encircles the wearer’s forehead, usually with a small jewel suspended in the centre.
The Vertugadin or the farthingale is one of several structures used under Western European women’s clothing in the 15th – 17th centuries to support the skirts in the desired shape and enlarged the lower half of the body.
The Partlet is a fashion accessory of the 15th – 16th century. The Partlet was a sleeveless garment worn over the neck and shoulders, or to fill in a low neckline.
A peascod belly is a type of exaggeratedly padded stomach that was very popular in men’s dress in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
A zibellino, flea-fur or fur tippet is a women’s fashion accessory popular in the later 15th and 16th centuries. A zibellino, from the Italian word for “sable”, is the pelt of a sable or marten worn draped at the neck or hanging at the waist, or carried in the hand.
Briefly about hairstyles and headdresses 16th century, Holy Roman Empire.
Briefly about hairstyles and headdresses 16th century, Britain (Great Britain)
Fashion accessory is a wardrobe detail, without which it is impossible to imagine of the era. Some accessories were practical, others covered up the flaws or simply made the outfit “decent”, and still others were just beautiful knick-knacks.
Headgear, headwear or headdress is the name given to any element of clothing which is worn on one’s head. Part 2 Headgears of the Middle Ages.
