[Sca-cooks] hats, andperiod spectacles

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 12:19 PM 11/19/02 -0500, you wrote:
>> i am still getting used to wearing head dresses.......
>> it does take some practice for people in our modern society...
>
>Not only that-- but while wearing hats is period for most people in most
>time periods, there are certainly times and places and people during our
>period who would be wearing hats only when the weather required it.

Could you give some examples? From  what I have seen that would be by far
the exception.

>Wouldn't it be nicer if the hat-advocates would say something like "I wish
>more people would wear hats that go with their personas and outfits, I see
>so many outfits that would look so much more period with a hat or
>headcovering..."

Implicit, I would have thought, as the hat is _part_ of the outfit, just as
much (or more so) than belt, jewelry, etc.

'Lainie
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