Elizabethan accessories

Head accessories were very popular during the Elizabethan era and I feel the right hair accessory and finishing a look as a whole. At that period of time it was fashionable to wear hats and scarfs to cover up a section of hair and it would often give off enough shadow on the face to keep their pale complexion. Mainly the upper class or royalty would wear jewels to show of their place in society
and it was a indicator of how rich they were. Women would also wear hair nets they would make the hair nets from silk (if they were rich) and the poor women version would be made from crepe because hair styling during this era was very important. The upper class of society would decorate their nets with gold trimmings and jewels they would also sometimes try and emphasize the netting by wearing pointy hats to add more attention to the area.
                                                           
 Even in this generation we follow elizabethan trends
   by wearing head accessories My favorite inspiration n of the Elizabethan hats has to be Alexander McQueen's catwalk as it was taken to another level,
the designer had brought Elizabethan culture into this generation and still kept it modern, exciting and beautiful. I love how dramatic it looks with the whole outfit almost creating a mask to me this adds to the idea of Elizabethan women wanting to keep their skin as pale as possible to appear upper class.

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