Historical hats

Hats for ladies 1700-1795

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Farthingale Historical Hats on Instagram: "A new Silk Georgian Bergere commission now with its happy new owner😊"

Today, we’d like to show you an interesting and diverse collection of headpieces made by a young seamstress. Her name is Angela Clayton. And she makes clothes of various styles, designs, historical periods, and materials. The matching accessories used with these costumes include headdresses. In her collection, she’s got dozens of hats and headpieces inspired by the fashion of the 1400s, 1500s, 1700s, 1800s, and 1900s.

A while ago an internet friend asked if anyone would be willing to trim a bonnet for her. I eagerly volunteered for this project! Making hats and bonnets from scratch is fiddly, but just putting the trims on is the fun part! Katie sent me a delightful box of goodies. A pre-made, silk-covered blank bonnet from Timely Tresses was the base. Loads of lovely flowers and ribbons from Etsy! I consulted several fashion plates for design inspiration, including these. Katie asked me to just be…

A bit of an impulse buy, as a few of my items were, the Pink Hat has a beautiful, perfect Regency shape and some nice trim. I was so pleased with those aspects, I overlooked the fact that it was ov…

Farthingale Historical Hats on Instagram: "Sewing for the Jane Austen Festival! A new Regency Bonnet just finished and now in stock😊 See this one and lots more Regency bonnets on my website here https://www.farthingalehistoricalhats.co.uk/regency-hats"

Farthingale Historical Hats on Instagram: "Tricorn Riding Hat commission off in the post today😊"

Embroidered silk net veil, British, ca. 1830. Hat veils like this were worn both to partially conceal the face modestly and also sometimes drawn off the face, around the hat, to decorate it, as well as to facilitate flirtatious glances.