This is a totally fascinating video on women's headwear in the #Tudor and #Elizabethan era: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvLl...
I especially like the squared French hoods of Mary I's reign. #portraits #gablehood #frenchhood #clothing #fashion

Two featureless foam heads wear Tudor French hoods. Both have white linen covered bases, frilly gold trim around the face, satin covered crescents on top outlined in faux jewels, and a black veil in the back. The one on the left has a dark red crescent, the one on the right is black.

There, I think I have scratched the French hood itch for now, but a box containing reproduction Victorian fabrics has just arrived, and another itch may be forming. EowynsCloset on Etsy #tudor #elizabethan #anneboleyn #frenchhood

A French hood on a hat stand. The base, with curved cheek pieces, is covered in white linen, with a line of corrugated gold silk organza trim around the face edge. On top of that is a crescent covered in dark red satin outlined in faux jewels. A black veil trails behind.

French hood seen from behind, showing the black veil attached to the back of the crescent.

And she is done! Now to store her safely away from cat hair until she goes to her forever home, and get to work on her sister. EowynsCloset on Etsy #elizabethan #FrenchHood #tudor