I made a medieval princess hat (inspired by funerary art 💀 )

What you've been told about the butterfly hennin is a LIE!
And if you've never heard those words together...well...Hello! Today I'd like to talk to you about this late Medieval English headdress, and how I made my own!
A ton of medieval English art was systematically destroyed. Because of this, I had to look to brass memorial plates as one of the key sources for this project. They're pretty cool in their own right!
My construction methods are cough pretty historically inaccurate but I do my best to get the facts right! Any corrections will be posted below.
Hope you enjoy seeing this beast take shape!
00:00 Hello.
00:42 ICONOCLASM
03:19 Butterfly hennins
05:39 But how does it stay on?
06:30 Making the darn thing
08:12 Bedazzling
10:00 the butterfly part?
12:51 I'm fancy!
Full image list:
docs.google.com/document/d/14...
Copyright stuff:
Thumbnail: Brass of Anne Herward by Flickr User: Granpic, CC BY 2.0
Scratched out rood screen image from Flickr User: David (broken taco),
CC BY 2.0 via Flickr
Other scratched out rood screen Martin Harris, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
creativecommons.org/licenses/
Musics:
"Organ Concerto in D minor, BWV 596," Bach, perf. Herbert Manfred Hoffmann, via Musopen
"Murder Mystery" by Sir Cubworth (YT audio library)
"Midnight Magic" by Rafael Krux (orchestralis.net) CC BY 4.0
Sprightly Pursuit, Cooper Cannell (YT audio library)
My insta, for EXCLUSIVE BEHIND THE SCENSE CONTENT lol:
/ lydiarobb.art

[@MrTraewilliams]

I keep imagining an English mother and daughter arguing about the length of the hat's antenna. The mother yelling you're not going out wearing those long antennas, You know what they say about young ladies who wear them. Great video 💯✌🤟🤘

[@making.history]

😅 Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rachelboersma-plug9482]

Even now, tiara bases are wrapped in velvet (brown or blonde, depending on the wearer's hair colour) to help keep them in place.

[@lisascenic]

The apple mock-up fills my heart with demented joy.

[@sonobitches]

"a little lumpy and not strictly symmetrical" is exactly the medieval style

[@making.history]

Ha. This is true😅

[@OrrieInBetween]

I died when I saw the henin on the apple. You’re so awesome.

[@DipityS]

From the funerary images, I wouldn't have thought the headpiece would be so flattering and elegant. However, your end product was very feminine and flowing and pretty and I thought the term butterfly apt as when you moved it did resemble butterfly wings. Absolutely magnificent job done - I'm so impressed 😊

[@DipityS]

I had to come back and leave a befuddled question as to how I possibly missed the wire loop peeking out from all the medieval pictures? Did I just happen to never look at even one painting with that detail included? Unlikely. Are they such a small detail it's hard to pick out? Well, now I see them I can't miss them, so no. Well, for whatever reason it took me your video to even begin to understand exactly how much was going on up top which needed to be anchored - and then to understand that all those hats in the paintings must have included the loop otherwise the whole shebang would have just fallen off.

[@cherylhuot4436]

This was a fun video to watch. Really enjoyed it. Not editing out the mistakes makes it that much more charming

[@dizzyk54]

Another great video!! "to capture the English dead rich lady look" haha I love the end result. Vicki

[@paulkline1574]

I love the self own comments that pop up. "Captivated=looking at Pinterest whilst on the toilet" and *squeals in nerdy joy*. I am now totally charmed and am subscribing.

[@elidefigueira4106]

Hennins and escoffins are my favorites headresses of all time

[@annashanahan369]

I’m loving your videos! The blend of irreverence and research is perfect. I don’t know if you’ve tried stiffening the silk with gelatine? It’s less chunky. You can stick the fabric to a window (or a flat surface) to dry, for less ironing. Enjoying going through your back catalogue

[@robintheparttimesewer6798]

That’s brilliant!! I love the small scale demo!

[@rosiewilkin9117]

Wow. That is amazing! I'm just so mind-bogled by the skill and braveness of people willing to just have a go at making something and film it so the rst of us can get creative and have a go too. Thank you.

[@bc7138]

I appreciate all the research you've done into the historical background. The headdress has turned out really great too!

[@patriciamay5521]

That’s very impressive. I’ve always loved these princess hats.

[@kimsanderson3984]

You are so incredibly creative and smart!! Love it - and mistakes and oooooppps are all part of the process. Look forward to final installment!

[@making.history]

Thanks for all the kind encouragement! ❤

[@JohnsonFamReads]

This video is fantastic. Haha There are so many things that you did that I would have done too, and I love your honesty about mistakes! The product was beautiful! Amazing job!

[@EmelieWaldken]

6:38 ... I chose GARBAGE Dat humor. Love your style of video, very casual and funny yet thoroughly researched.

[@idontgiveafaboutyou]

The fashion and headdresses they should’ve shown on The White Queen lol

[@tougervang8331]

OMG. You look so rich and royal, and beautiful!

[@lgv4065]

GORGEOUS! Well done. 👏

[@deem7478]

Beautiful! Perfect for Queen Anne Neville.

[@karmaoutlaw]

Wonder too if the hennin was influenced a bit by the Romans who had traveled to Egypt, where there was evidence of royals with elongated skulls. Sort of a stretch, but then we recall what influenced the entire bustle trend. Hi Kim Kardashian. 😊

[@luisebehring2145]

You're doing such an amazing job at presenting thorough, well-sourced research! I've just embarked on my own houppelande ensemble, and your videos have been a breath of fresh air. Especially LOVE your deep dives into the history of various garments- your video about the history of hennins was so interesting!

[@kimmifer512]

Wow incredible job! You look gorgeous!

[@catherinejustcatherine1778]

Very nicely done! Great video, great project!

[@evelynlamoy8483]

I wonder if the more cylindrical Hennins are descended or recreated in the style of, older womens headdresses. As I understand it, cylindrical hats with veils off the back were a common womans style after the romanization of Gaul and other Celtic areas. Can't find much surviving from the period but there are some depictions in sculpture. Particularly a quick search showed me the "Bust of a Norican Woman with a Modius Cap, from Wölfnitz-Lendorf in the Austrian region of Carinthia. Weirdly checking the Modius style headdress and its most common in greco-roman art of Egyptians, such as the famous jar hat of the synchronized god Serapis. Perhaps to the Greeks and romans one cylindrical hat was the same as another.

[@yx6889]

I have really been enjoying your videos! Please do not get discouraged and keep going!

[@saiitome]

Looks amazing, I now feel the need to make a hennin!

[@somethingclever8916]

very nice work

[@TheGabygael]

Was it purposeful to make your velvet understructure thing look like and upside down oorijzer? If not it could explain how they came to be

[@rogerarrysheldon8394]

the most refreshing thing about pre-industrial everything is it was all one-of-a-kind... every single one of these hennins likely had the individual's practicality, ambition, resourcefulness, etc etc etc, baked into each one - such that, unlike items of the industrial period, which don't exist if they don't have VERY strict instructions and an ISO # to feign quality or legitimacy...or the unique authenticity of the automaton that sewn'd it in bangledesh... (bangledesh makes some nice fabrics these days and it;s diverse and affordable; i mean, hamtramck is just full of bangledeshis with looms back home and mad deals on hammocks... personally, i like linen and jute. amen. text text text. ) ;p

[@rogerarrysheldon8394]

modular head-dress scaffolding? is that what you just suggested...?

[@rogerarrysheldon8394]

repurp'in plastic@!!? oh man, i get you for reel. i will be dropping comments randomly hence - so, ill dig ya bye&bye - gr8 job!

[@rogerarrysheldon8394]

[that "great job" came off both ironic _and_ sincere, _right?_]

[@rogerarrysheldon8394]

oh, dude, you gotta level up your measuring tape game big time. shit ill mail ya 3

[@stevezytveld6585]

Lovely work. Well done. - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

[@making.history]

Glad you liked it! Thanks as always!

[@gabbytriestomakethings]

Lol if you don’t like your moms style