Wimple
The Wimple (also whimple) was a very common head covering for women of the Middle Ages (c. 1200 — c. 1500).
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Bycocket
The Bycocket hat is a headdress with a pointed “nose” and brim curved back. This hat (most often) was made of felt and was popular among people with different social status –
Fauvism. 10 artists.
Fauvism is the style of les Fauves (French for “the wild beasts”), a group of early 20th-century artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism.
Green veil
The Green veil is a fashion accessory introduced by French artist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755 – 1842). After the French Revolution, she left for Italy.
Bertha collar
The Bertha collar is wide flat soft round (or semicircular) collar located on the shoulders from the neck to the décolleté.
Crespine
The Crespine (Crespinette or Сauls) is a detail of a medieval headdress. Initially, these are hair nets on the sides of the face.
Moretta and Vizard
Moretta and Vizard are black oval masks from the 16th-18th centuries. Moretta is a Venetian mask, and Vizard is a French one.
Escoffion
An Escoffion was female medieval headwear which was popular during the Late Middle Ages (1250–1500). But it gained particular popularity in the 15th century.
Sleeve puffs
The Sleeve puffs is sleeve supports, special pads on the sleeves to keep in shape. They gained popularity in 1820’s-1840’s. The pads were made of cotton or linen, stuffed with cotton wool, goose feathers or down.
Ruff collar
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.
Turban
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 –
Choker
A choker is a close-fitting necklace worn around the neck. Chokers can be made of a variety of materials, including velvet, plastic, beads, leather, metal, such as silver, gold or platinum, etc.
Samovar
A samovar (ru: самовар; literally “self-brewer”) is a metal container traditionally used to heat and boil water in Russia. Additionally, the samovar is well known outside of Russia and spread through the Russian culture to Eastern Europe, South-Eastern Europe, Iran, Afghanistan, the Kashmir region of India, the Middle East, Azerbaijan and is also known in some parts of Central Europe.
Toque hat
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.
Fontange
The Fontange is a high headdress popular during the turn of 1680’s – 1710’s. Technically, fontanges are the assembly: bonnet with ribbon bows which supported by a wire framework called a commode.
Arcelet and Attifet
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”
Ferronnière
A ferronnière is a style of headband that encircles the wearer’s forehead, usually with a small jewel suspended in the centre.
1800 – 1809 Hairstyles
We have a new post on Patreon about “Headdresses and Hairstyles”. Part 1: 1800 – 1809. https://www.patreon.com/bloshka_project Year by year. Each page is one year.
Vertugadin
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.
Partlet
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.
Place in art. Zaandam
Place in art. Zaandam (Netherlands) by Claude Monet (1840 – 1926). In early June 1871, Monet left London for the Netherlands and traveled via Rotterdam to Zaandam.
Peascod belly
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.
Zibellino
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.
The Boudoir
A lady’s toilet in the 18th century was a very important part of the day. For this, there was an “official bedroom”
TeaPot, Coffee Pot, Chocolate Pot
Sometimes it is very difficult to distinguish a TeaPot from a Coffee Pot and a Chocolate Pot …
Chemise a la Reine
Chemise a la Reine (The Chemise Dress) In the 1780s, the Chemise Dress into fashion. A white сhemise, which was worn on underwear, a corset, skirts, or even on a naked body, everything depended on the courage of the fashionista.
Impressionism. 10 artists.
Impressionism (fr. impressionnisme – “impression”) is one of the largest trends in art in the last third of the 19th century.
Briefly about 16th century, Holy Roman Empire
Briefly about hairstyles and headdresses 16th century, Holy Roman Empire.
Briefly about 16th century, Britain
Briefly about hairstyles and headdresses 16th century, Britain (Great Britain)
What movies to see about
What movies to see, to immerse yourself in the era? Films for the atmosphere, inspiration. Films based on real events, film adaptations of books, legends and just a fantasy about the past.
Casual wear
Women’s casual wear, 1890’s – 1930’s. Casual wear – the clothes for every day, especially comfortable, practical, within the fashion, but without excesses.
Miriam Haskell Jewelry
Jewelry illustrations by Larry Austin (1899-1981) for Miriam Haskell. Late 1930s – early 1940s
Hairstyles and headgear 1900s – 1970s
Briefly about hairstyles and headgear 1900’s – 1970’s (Russian Empire, Soviet Union).
Flowering Orchards by Vincent van Gogh
Flowering Orchards is a series of paintings by Vincent van Gogh (1853 — 1890) executed in Arles, in southern France in the spring of 1888.
1950s of fashion
1950’s Brief history of fashion in pictures. Women’s and men’s, headdresses and hairstyles, underwear, swimsuits and bathing suits
Men’s headdresses 17th century
Men’s headdresses and hairstyles. 1600’s – 1690’s. Brief history of fashion in pictures.
1940s of fashion
1940’s Brief history of fashion in pictures. Women’s and men’s, headdresses and hairstyles, underwear, swimsuits and bathing suits
Fashion accessory
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.
Headgears of the Middle Ages
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.
Women’s Headdresses of Ancient Rome
Women’s Headdresses and Hairstyles. Etruscans, Ancient Rome & Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire. 6th century B.C. – 6th century A.D. Brief history of fashion in pictures.
1930s of fashion
1930’s Brief history of fashion in pictures. Women’s and men’s, headdresses and hairstyles, underwear, swimsuits and bathing suits
19-th century’s fashion
Fashion Timelines. Briefly about the West European fashion of the 19th century in pictures.