Costume and Fashion History. Fashion plates of hats and headdresses from ancient to modern times.
GREECE. ANTIQUE HAIR AND HEADGEAR. The women of Greek antiquity knew how to achieve a great variety in the arrangement of their hair. Veils of light or precious fabric, ribbons of various colours, flowers and fragrant ointments were often used in artistic hairstyles.
Mode of dressing the hair in vogue among the women of Shanghai, Canton, Shantou and Ningpo. Photo by John Thomson.
Russia. Popular hairstyles. The traditional costume of Russian women especially the Kokoshnik (Russian: Коко́шник) has survived all innovations of fashion.
Peasant costumes from Arkhangelsk Oblast and Veliky Novgorod, Russia 1912. Peasant art in Russia by Charles Holme.
Ancient Greece. Hairstyles and Hair Fashions. Hats and Head-dresses.
Cabinet des Modes, Ou Les Modes Nouvelles.
Head-dresses of the ladies of the 15th century. Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages by Henry Shaw
Les femmes des gentilshommes unissaient sur leurs manteaux ou surcots les armoiries de leurs époux avec celles de leur famille.
Burgundian type portrait of the 15th century. Burgundian characteristic headgear 1460 – 1500.
Isabella d’Este known as The First Lady of the Renaissance with a balzo, the famous Capigliari headdress.
