[Sca-cooks] 50's vs '70s

[Elaine Koogler]

I dunno....I'm taking the word of one of my students who has done a 
great deal of research into particularly the high Middle Ages. She says 
that the caps were ubiquitous for men, but other sorts of head coverings 
were typically worn by women. The caps I spoke of as being worn by women 
in the Italian Renaissance were work mostly by young women and were 
quite ornate...but were generally made by that some design.

Kiri

Olwen the Odd wrote:

> Um..I'm not a garb expert by any means, but for all I'm worth, I do 
> believe someone should check into this better. Those little white caps 
> were worn for centuries by both men and women from many regions. Not 
> always white or unadorned by either sex. By the Italian Ren veils and 
> such sort of went away and many hats did too, replaced on women with 
> the ribbon braiding and all manner of floppy hats for both men and women.
> I just scared myself...
> Olwen
>
>> True...I missed your intent. I guess we do the same thing for what we 
>> do. One of my students has told me that those lovely little caps with 
>> the tie strings were only worn by women in the Italian 
>> Renaissance...and then they were made of fancy 
>> materials/beaded/embroidered. The plain white ones were worn by men 
>> in many other periods. Sigh. The longer I stay in this game, the more 
>> I learn!
>>
>> Kiri
>>
>
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