Steeple-Hats,
Long hats, described by [Phillip] Stubbes ...as, "pearking up like the sphere
of shaft of a steeple, standyng a quarter of a yarde above the croune of
their heades, some more, some lesse, as please the
phantasies of their incontant mindes."
- from James Hlliwell's Dictionary of Archaic and
Provincial Words, 1855
Hats in the Reign of Elizabeth I were MANDATORY for
the lower and middle classes. Steepled hennins, were popular
in the mid to late 1400’s.
Our steepled cone hats, or "princess hats", are brocade covered
canvas with a nylon veil. We put a small hair comb inside to help them stay in
place and use velvet ribbon for ties that feel good under your chin.
