catherinesvalois:Tudor Fashion: French HoodsOkay, we’re back with more Tudor headwear that is either
catherinesvalois:Tudor Fashion: French HoodsOkay, we’re back with more Tudor headwear that is either suspiciously missing in dramas depicting the Tudor era, or are not done well. Today we’re looking at French Hoods! French Hoods are usually shown as little more than headbands in costume dramas, but like headdresses of the Medieval and Early Modern periods, headdresses were meant to cover the hair for cleanliness and for modesty. The French Hood was no different. Attached to the band was a piece of cloth that covered one’s hair in the back. As to how much hair this headdress covered, the French Hood left more hair exposed in the front than headdresses like the Gable Hood, but it still covered most of one’s hair.This style is obviously French (hence the name), but it’s origins in England during the Tudor period is less clear. There are portraits of Katherine of Aragon wearing a French Hood in a 1520 portrait, Mary Tudor (Henry VIII’s sister) is said to have brought it back from France from her brief time as consort to King Louis XII of France, and Anne Boleyn is more frequently credited to making this style popular in England after she spent 9 years in the courts of Queen Margaret of Austria and Queen Claude of France where this style was popular as well. Whichever way this fashion came to England, it was very fashionable. Over the years and into Elizabethan times, a form of this style was still being worn, but the height of the band was a lot shorter.In this post I wanted to pay homage to my girls Anne Boleyn, Katherine Howard, and Elizabeth Tudor who while being family to each other, liked to wear this fashion and looked good doing it. -- source link
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