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A chaperon (/ ˈ ʃ æ p ər oʊ n / or / ˈ ʃ æ p ər ɒ n /; Middle French: chaperon) was a form of hood or, later, a highly versatile hat worn by men and women in all parts of Western Europe in the Middle Ages.
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
Women also wore the chaperon, a draped hat based on the hood and liripipe, and a variety of related draped and wrapped turbans. The most extravagant headdress of Burgundian fashion was the hennin, a cone or truncated-cone shaped cap with a wire frame covered in fabric and topped by a floating veil. Later hennins featured a turned-back brim, or ...
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
A hard felt hat with a rounded crown created in 1850 by Lock's of St James's, the hatters to Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester, for his servants. More commonly known as a Derby in the United States. [19] Breton: A woman's hat with round crown and deep brim turned upwards all the way round. Said to be based on hats worn by Breton agricultural ...
Portrait of a Young Man (Tymotheos) by Jan van Eyck, 1432.The liripipe is draped forward at left (subject's right). A liripipe (/ ˈ l ɪ r ɪ ˌ p aɪ p /) [note 1] is an element of clothing, the tail of a hood or cloak, or a long-tailed hood.
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 ...
The Meyrick Helmet is a Celtic: Brythonic helmet that is likely to have originated from Northern England in the 1st century AD. The flat plane extending from the rim is intended to protect the back of the neck, however some theorise it may have been turned in reverse to shield the eyes from sunlight whilst in battle German M43-style field cap of the "Bundesgrenzschutz" (BGS) (now called ...