Show Us Your Hats!

[jackrocks]

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I finished my first pirate hat! And I love it!

[DonaCatalina]

Your linkee no workee

[jackrocks]

lemme try again. Im sorry, Im just not techie.

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[gem]

lemme try again. Im sorry, Im just not techie.
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That looks smashing! Well done; love the keys & locks.

[DonaCatalina]

Very nice. The keys are such a unique idea for a hat. 

[gem]

I've been wanting a new hat this season, and after a couple of epic fails (a beaded coif I could not get to cooperate and the infamous straw hat that inspired the Garb Fail thread) I was hoping to find something at KCRF. We had a new hat vendor last year that sold more historical pieces, but they did not return this season.

But. This caught my eye on Opening Day at Lionheart Hats, and I'd been ducking back in to peek at it every weekend. Finally wore one of the ensembles I had in mind for it yesterday, and... well, you can see how it worked out:



Kethel calls it a "biretta," and it's a sort of cross between a muffin cap and a Tudor bonnet (the crown and brim, not visible in the photo, are green cotton velvet). She said she was also inspired by the Landsknecht era--hence the obnoxious fringe. (The first day I tried it on, I had on my cream/gold snood, and it looked even better!) I'm looking forward to seeing what else it looks good with.

[Rani Zemirah]

Gem... I am so in love with that hat!!!  Do you think you might take a couple of pics of the crown and the back side, please, so I can see how it's made, and what it looks like from other angles?  Is the brim the same width all the way around, or a little wider in the front than the back? 

Oh, and I think the "obnoxious fringe" is wonderful!!!  It gives it such a jaunty air, and makes it very festive!  Lovely!!! 

[gem]

I'll try to get some shots in the next day or so, but here's one (the only one, actually) from Lionheart's website: http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f56/LionHeartHats/fringedberretta1.jpg In general shape, it's like an oversized muffin cap with a very wide brim (Milord says it looks like Strawberry Shortcake's classic hat, and I don't really want to know why he knows that.).

The name of the hat is a bit confusing. The tag on my hat clearly says New Biretta, but this hat looks nothing like a biretta. On their website, however, they spell it berretta, not to be confused with the gun manufacturer.

And yes: the obnoxious fringe is the BEST part!

[Rani Zemirah]

I did go looking and found that one shot on their website, but it looks like the brim on yours is quite a bit wider than the one on the gentleman's hat, so maybe a bit different for ladies than for men, or maybe it just varies hat to hat?  Either way, I think it's beautiful, and it frames your face so nicely!  Is the brim stiffened with buckram, or some such, or is it softer than that?  It's hard to tell from the photo, but it looks like it has a bit of shaping to it, more than just being folded up on one side. 

[Drac]

Not Ren but this is waiting for Amy down in NOLA in the French Quarter -



This is for a Coronation Ball next weekend.  Had it made for her dress.

Jim

[DonaCatalina]

very nice work

[GryffinSong]

I don't have any ren hats yet, but am making my garb for a steampunk ball. I found this hat (without decoration) at a Goodwill store for $2. These are two decorations I've come up with so far. Still haven't decided which one I like the best, though I'm leaning toward the black lace with a few more feathers ...

[Dinobabe]

I don't have any ren hats yet, but am making my garb for a steampunk ball. I found this hat (without decoration) at a Goodwill store for $2. These are two decorations I've come up with so far. Still haven't decided which one I like the best, though I'm leaning toward the black lace with a few more feathers ...

Lol  I was going to say the left one, all brown.  Either way, awesome find and both look great!

[LadyShadow]

I like the one on the right the best. But they are both very beautiful.

[GryffinSong]

My first ren hat. I wasn't sure how to finish the brim so that it would lay flat at the outer seams, and then I remembered that I had this cream-colored braid laying around. I like how it dresses it up. Tomorrow is an SCA event, so I'll get to test it out.