Regency Era Womens hats by Anna Vienna

Regency Era Womens hats by Anna Vienna

1. Women’s hats in the regency era (1810-1820)

2. Fashion in the period 1810-1820 Women’s fashion in the period 1810-1820 , or regency style fashion adds elegance and lightness. At 1810 the fashion started to change drastically. Hats and bonnets were an integral and very important part of the fashion of that time. They denoted one’s marital state, as well as fashion sense and class and economic status. A housekeeper, for example, would were a more elaborate hat or bonnet than a scullery maid. Hats were also worn as a sign of respect , inside a church.

3. Hats vs Bonnets The definitions of these two are: Hat: “ a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown and brim”. Bonnet: “ a cloth or straw hat tied under the chin and worn by women and children”. In reality it is not at all easy to distinguish them because we usually observe a combination of features of both.

4. A hat A bonnet

5. Different types of Bonnets Capotes or scoop-shaped bonnets: were popular in the early regency. The brims were always narrow and made of stiffly reinforced fabric, and merged smoothly into the crowns, which were soft and shaped to fit the head.

6. CAPOTE

7. Poke bonnet: was an evolution of the capote. Poke bonnets were narrow-brimmed insofar as the diameter of the brim.

8. All in all there were hats in wonderful colors and designs wish as the fashion changed and their lengths and designs evolved.