FW: ANST - Veil material?

[Nan Bradford-Reid]

At 11:58 AM 2/15/98 -0600, you wrote:
>
>
>I generally play very early period, but will be wearing something 
>15th
>century at an upcoming event. I'd like to create a headdress to go 
>with
>it, and have a good picture of one that appropriate from one of those
>"accepted" garb sources. (Sorry, don't have it here and can't 
>remember
>the title.)
>
>There is a veil on this piece that will go about to my lower back. My
>first instinct was to choose a thin silk, so it would be light and
>fluttery, but I wonder whether a medium-weight fabric would be a more
>accurate choice. Any later-period garb experts out there care to 
>offer
>suggestions?

Teleri--

For most of the 15th C headdresses, thin silk, like silk gauze or organza
will be fine.  In some of the pictures it seems that whatever they used is
thin and starched, but fluttery would be okay as most people aren't going to
be that picky.  As damp as it usually is for Lyonnesse, I doubt if you're
gonna get much flutter anyway <grin>

Catherine Harwell, AST, CIM
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