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Taken from several period images, these hats are constructed from a tube gathered with a small band on top, or at the side.

Gathered hat £25
 

Gathered hat

Gathered hat

 

Gathered hat

 

Simple hat made of 2 lined pieces in the shape of a bag. The brim is rolled up as much as is needed to fit any size of head. The similarity in shape to the chaperon is notable, though of lower cost and status.

Bag hat £25

 

Bag Hat

Bag Hat

 
 

Bag Hat

Bag Hat

   

A simple shape seen throughout many centuries, in the 15th century it was seen with or without a simple brim, or with sections cut out of the brim.
Plain hat £15
Cutaway brim £20
 

Round Hat

Round Hat without brim

 

Round Hat – cutaway brim

     

 

Worn by ladies of wealth, the henin was a felt hat that tapered towards the end. On the continent, it was sometimes very long, but in England, it was worn truncated. Can be worn plain, with a soft frontlet strip of velvet or silk and/or with a silk veil. Sometimes wires, sewn to the hat, lifted the veil up.

Black wool felt henin £95

Silk covered felt henin £165

Velvet or silk frontlet £20

Silk veil £35

 

Henin with veil and frontlet

Black wool felt henin

 

Henin with veil and frontlet

Henin with “butterfly” wires

   

Hoods

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Hood

Hood £45

The medieval hood is a garment born out of practicality; cold weather-wear turned fashion item. The liripipe (the point at the back of the head) was extended until it reached outrageous proportions by the end of the 14th Century.During the next century, the hood returned to being just a useful protective garment in bad weather.

Hood

Hood

15thC Ladies Hood

15thC Ladies Hood £35

Ladies wore an open hood over a tightly tied coif or headrail.

15th Century Ladies Open Hood

14th Century Ladies Hood £25

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