18th Century BigAss Caps

...one final push for Williamsburg!

With The Creature wrapping up (and boy does that feel good!), I have just enough time and plenty of organza left to make a BigAss Cap.

And I want it to be biiiiiiiiig. Fluffy. Ridiculous. I want it to eat my head.

So here's my inspiration:

Two Nerdy History Girls - Abby, Milliner's Apprentice at Williamsburg, wearing a big fluffy gauze (organza) cap

Lady Wearing a Large White Cap, c. 1780 - National Gallery of Art

Francis Alleyne, 1780 -85

French School, 1772-85 - Bowes Museum

The back of Samantha's cap - The Couture Courtesan

1777 French Fashion Plate, noting the cap design in the upper right - via

I don't have a pattern, but there are some resources online here:

Luckily caps aren't so very hard to figure out. I have this diagram from Art, Beauty, and Well-Ordered Chaos to go from, and tweak for proportion:

Click through for instruction

I best get on with it!

Comments

Mistress of DisguiseMay 22, 2015 at 12:27 PM
Hooray for big fluffy caps! There aren't nearly enough caps out there, there definitely need to be more. ^^ I can't wait to see what you make!
bauhausfrauMay 22, 2015 at 3:23 PM
Big honkin' caps are so ridiculous and fun. I love how in the third pic her cap is really trying to eat her head but her hair is so massive it can't!
M'ladyMay 26, 2015 at 7:49 AM
I love big caps...I made myself a mrs miggings supersize one only problem is I need more haor to help it stick up and out better.
MindLessMay 27, 2015 at 6:28 AM
I'd love to make one of these! Thank you for including the pattern!
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