Making the Most Marvelous Medieval "Princess" Hat // The (NOT a) Hennin, Part I, History & Wearing
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- čas přidán 29. 10. 2022
- A exploration of the most iconic headdress of the Middle Ages, the steeple-shaped hat that was not called a hennin! Who, what, where, when, why, and how they were worn.
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I’ve been obsessed with this style ❤❤❤
Have you seen the getting dressed video in which I show how to put this particular headdress together?
I recognize some of that camera footage! Especially the location of the piggy candle!
As well you should, lady-in-waiting and protege of mine! ;-)
Love all your garb, accessories (feasting, etc) and dance stuff! Could you please, please, please do more men's Italian garb vids. I know men's garb is not a common thing amongst ANY garb vid peeps but us guy's need info too ;)
Your wish is my command! 😀
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Super informative and appreciated as always!
These still show up frequently in children’s storybook illustrations. I always felt sorry for the ladies because I thought they were being forced to wear heavily embellished dunce caps (in general courtly life is a mischievous little boy’s worst nightmare unless he is breaking into the palace with his brethren from Sherwood Forest). You also often see the 12th century bliaut (the much lesser known male version never appears) and 16th century landsknecht-like puffed and slashed sleeves as common components in fantasy “princess” attire.
this was so helpful! im doing research on fashion of this era right now. im making my thesis film set in burgundy and france in that era, and everything is coming together except i still have to make the costumes! thanks for this!
Let me know if you have questions about anything else! I'm going to be producing a video very shortly on a Burgundian dance from this era as well. :-)
Bring back Ladies headgear! And Gentlemens too! I almost always wear a Stetson when outdoors. However the Gentleman part is debatable...
Thank you a lot for these videos😊
Looks like will be a really big help, while am gonna make one for a reenactor lady
Thank you for watching, commenting and supporting! And also for sharing your own project progress. I look forward to seeing the "haut atours" that you end up creating for your client! 🙂
I loooove hats! I have at least a dozen - one for every bow. Put an apple on that and I could hit it! If I miss you can keep the arrow...
neat video!
Thank you for watching and commenting! Are you the same wonderful Georgia who worked so hard to help me purchase tickets for my boys?
7:32 This mozaik frame is from edessa nowadays urfa a historical levantine city
Well spotted! I chose this ancient mosaic specifically to illustrate the theory that a conical style of headdress had existed for many centuries in that region of the world (from ancient times up to the 19th century, what you refer to in your other comment as the tantour), which somer fashion historians in turn claim was the influence for the Franco-Burgundian turret/haut atours. 🙂
Well that was fascinating! And now what am I to call my 15th century fancy headgear? I hate to use some medieval misogynistic killjoy's word for such a fun and interesting headdress. But "hennin" is the established and recognized term. Decisions...!
Sorry I missed this question! In English, you could call it a horn, mitre or even pointed bonnet; in French haut atours orvgrabde corne. :)
But more importantly, the word hennen, used in The One Source in which it appears, most certainly did not apply to this kind of headdress because this kind of headdress did not yet exist when that sermon was preached. It's all thanks to a Victorian mistake! :-)
Does anyone know who painted the two portraits of women at 4:43 (or who the two women are)?
Thank you for that question! Both portraits have been attributed to Hans Memling, the identities unfortunately lost to time.
Really interesting! I would love to see how you make one. 🎃
Thank you for commenting! Details on the construction will be coming up in part 2! :)
👍 - _also_ for the YT algo! 😊
_But_ 😉 I know "Hennin" from the arabic word "hanîn" (~ lovely), which IMHO indeed is a cone-shaped hood (also known as Flandery or Burgundy style hood)... 🤔
I am sure I over think things but I'll take a stab at some of the mindset around this particular headpiece. Most of your pictures seem to show very little of the ladies hair. I conjecture that at some point either geographically or practically that such a style would simplify the "making oneself presentable" operation. Anything to save time. As with many such ideas, the "let's dress it up a bit" takes over. And those who create the clothing for those with gold are going to "suggest" that which helps their bottom line. The aping of our betters will always follow. And the fact that the head gear adds to the height of the lady is always a bonus. especially for the vertically challenged. (Seems to be a recurring theme throughout time itself). There's my 3 cents.
Thank you for the thoughts! I actually think it's a very valuable three cents and no doubt part of the equation. 🙂
My "hennins" are held on with engineering. Mine were made by a friend who has a master's degree in theatrical costuming so she's got "mad skillz" that I don't.
Concerning around 3 min at this video... what do you think someone called my Sugar Loaf hat one day?
I have not personally encountered the term sugar loaf (or any of its medieval variations) in my perusal of inventories and wills from that period, either in French or English. The earliest reference I have been able to find in from 1607 (and refers to the kind of "sugarloaf" hat in fashion in that era). The terms I have encountered in the sources tend to be more generic in any case, such as cap or bonnet in English or chapeau/atours in French (and they often seem to apply to headgear for both men and women based on the identified owner or recipients).
How is this spelled, exactly? I can usually pronounce French, but parsing spoken French into written is another animal....
Thank you for the question! Haut atours and grande corne are the two French terms.
@@thecreativecontessa Thank you! I assume it would be "l'haut atour" (high attire) for singular and "les hauts atours" for plural? Love the phrase "la grande corne" (big horn), though. Makes me want to do something sheep-themed...
my dream to have one of these long veil horn hats when they made us wear face diapers - alas to fit into a car with that thing.... more complicated than I imagined🤣
Yeah, this headdress is definitely NOT made for modern vehicles. I always take it off if I have to travel thusly, But even the gown is too voluminous to comfortably fit in most vehicles!
BTW, the veil over the face is my medieval solution to sunglasses - it reduces the glare and allows me to see more or less normally, but no one to see my face. :-D