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Chaperon is a diminutive of chape, which derives, like the English cap, cape and cope, from the Late Latin cappa, which already could mean cap, cape or hood ().. The tail of the hood, often quite long, was called the tippit [2] or liripipe in English, and liripipe or cornette in French.
In central Albania (Tirana, Durrës, Kavaja) it is cone-shaped, and in North Albania and Kosovo round. Albanian hat (French: Chapeau albanois) [3] worn typically during the 15th to 18th centuries [4] and immortalized in Onufri's paintings. Qylafë [ˈcylaf]: a woolen high hat worn in southern Albania. [5]
A tall, pleated, brimless, cylindrical hat, informally, known as a chef's hat: Tricorne: A soft hat with a low crown and broad brim, pinned up on either side of the head and at the back, producing a triangular shape. Worn by Europeans in the 18th century. Larger, taller, and heavily ornamented brims were present in France and the Papal States ...
Bowler, also coke hat, billycock, boxer, bun hat, derby; Busby; Bycocket – a hat with a wide brim that is turned up in the back and pointed in the front; Cabbage-tree hat – a hat woven from leaves of the cabbage tree; Capotain (and women) – a tall conical hat, 17th century, usually black – also, copotain, copatain; Caubeen – Irish hat
Chaperone or Chaperon may refer to: Chaperone (social) or chaperon, a person who accompanies or supervises young people on social occasions; Chaperone (clinical), a person who acts as a witness during a medical examination or procedure; Chaperon (headgear), a form of hood or hat worn in Western Europe in the Middle Ages
Later on, capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. They have had periodic returns to fashion – for example, in nineteenth-century Europe. Catholic clergy wear a type of cape known as a ferraiolo , which is worn for formal events outside a ritualistic context.
A chaperone was part of the costume of the Knights of the Garter when they were in full dress [2] and, probably, since the Knights were court attendants, the word chaperon changed to mean escort. An alternative explanation comes from the sport of falconry , where the word meant the hood placed over the head of a bird of prey to stop its desire ...
His bag-shaped hat has a rolled brim and is decorated with a jewel. Early 15th century. Young man wears a draped chaperon and a dark robe over a reddish doublet. Note the characteristic high front neckline compared to the back neckline, Florence, 1425. A chaperon worn in elaborate twists, 1433.