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Historically, milliners made and sold a range of accessories for clothing and hairstyles. [2] In France, milliners are known as marchand(e)s de modes (fashion merchants), rather than being specifically associated with hat-making. In Britain, however, milliners were known to specialise in hats by the beginning of the Victorian period. [3]
The traditional ‘Made in France’ label is an incontestable draw for customers – the Pro France Ifop survey [3] (September 2018) reported that two thirds of French people ‘often’ or ‘systematically’ take the product’s origin into account when they buy a product or service, and that three quarters of French people would be ...
A toque (/ t oʊ k / [1] or / t ɒ k /) is a type of hat with a narrow brim or no brim at all. [2]Toques were popular from the 13th to the 16th century in Europe, especially France. They were revived in the 1930s; nowadays, they are primarily known as the traditional headgear for professional cooks, except in Canada, where the term toque is used interchangeably with the French Canadian ...
The people of Aragon and the Basque country adopted red berets while the black beret became the common headgear of workers in both Spain and France. [3] A big commemorative black beret is the usual trophy in sport or bertso competitions, including Basque rural sports, the Basque portions of the Tour de France, and the Vuelta Ciclista al Pais ...
The kepi became well known outside France during the Crimean War and was subsequently adopted in various forms by a number of other armies (including the U.S. and Russian) during the 1860s and 1870s. In 1870, when troops were mobilized for the Franco-Prussian War , large numbers of French soldiers either refused to wear the issued shakos or ...
A conical plant fiber hat covered in leather both at the brim and top, worn by men of the Fulani people in West Africa. Golden hat: This type of hat is a very specific and rare type of archaeological artifact from Bronze Age Europe. Hennin: Most commonly worn in Burgundy and France by women of the nobility, the hennin appears from about 1430 ...
Cambric was originally a kind of fine, white, plain-weave linen cloth made at or near Cambrai. [10] [9] The word comes from Kameryk or Kamerijk, the Flemish name of Cambrai, [10] [9] which became part of France in 1677. The word is attested since 1530. [10] It is a synonym of the French word batiste, [10] itself attested since 1590. [14]
An opera hat, also called a chapeau claque or gibus, is a top hat variant that is collapsible through a spring system, originally intended for less spacious venues, such as the theatre and opera house. Typically made of black satin, it folds vertically through a push or a snap on the top of the hat for convenient storage in a wardrobe or under ...