A lot of modern westerners forget that the sun touching one's skin will be hotter than the sun touching fabric that prevents the rays of the sun from touching one's skin! Especially when wearing layers where the base layer is linen!

I think I shall make this coif for wearing in summer. I have black hair and this seems simple but with mighty protection.

Well, I do like the narrator’s. Coif…

Thank you for taking the time to leave such a lovely compliment! Not everyone appreciates my particular brand of acerbic wit. In fact, this video and my series on medieval women's underpants are two of my most controversial videos, as per the comments. 😅

Also, welcome to my channel! ❤

Thank you for the comment and compliments! You might also enjoy my segment on medieval women's underpants if you have not already seen it. 🙂

Oh, and the collar - It is a replica by Armour and Castings of an original worn by Maria Portinari as depicted in several different portraits of her. Their work is amazing! You will see several of their pieces in the video I am about to release on getting dressed Burgundian-style from the skin out.

Yeah, I am a bit feisty! Thank you for sharing your story. Several people have accused this video of misandry, completely ignoring the very real question of misogyny and the way the women are often more restricted than men that I am actually addressing. One that obviously continues to this day in many places.

@@thecreativecontessa absolutely. People who equate stating a fact of our lived experience/the experiences of people in the past with missandry when speaking out against misogyny really grind my gears. It's very frustrating 💕

@@zoes_story It is also truly sad that some of the greatest misogynists are women...There is a comment below this video complimenting the depth of information while also accusing me of misandry, and I am sad to see how many people have given it a thumbs up!

😊 thank you for watching and complementing.

The soaked coif technique is indeed an excellent one! Thank you for commenting! It really supports the channel! :-)

Thank you! Some people appreciate my wry sense of humor - others can be offended by it (complete with accusations of misandry)! 😅

I totally appreciate your sense of humour!​@@thecreativecontessa

Bare helmet hair is definitely not a good look for anyone, and one that should especially not be immortalized on the forgetless Interwebz!

Wow, thank you! Your comment really made my day! I fear I may have joined the Historical Costuber community too late for fame (or even a decent income for the amount of effort this all takes), but I'll keep going a little while longer and see what happens! Welcome to my Creative Community, and I look forward to walking this path with you!

Thank you for sharing, Lenora! Linen really is the far superior fabric as far as heat dispersion goes!

Agreed that this was exactly the purpose. The coronation ceremony was all about rendering tangible the otherwise intangible transition from non-ruler to God-Appointed Ruler, so all of these little aspects were meant to made an indelidble impression for the participants as well as the witnesses. This was also why there was an entire set of undressing/dressing rituals in many coronation ceremonies (when I was crowned Queen of the European SCA kingdom, we incorporated many of the medieval transformation rituals into the ceremony, including the dressing in new ceremonial clothing and annointing with oil mixed with the soil from the four corners of the kingdom).

What sort of head coverings do you tend to wear on a daily basis? I personally where a variety from broad-brimmed hats, to caps, to scarfs tied fetchingly. Full covering I generally reserved for historical representation, although I do sometimes think wearing the coif is a much easier solution for hair than actually styling it! 😅

@@thecreativecontessa Yes I wear hats in the summer cause I live in Texas, but am intrested in learning as much about German head wrapping as I can, I am looking for a part of my identity that was stolen from me a long time ago.

There was so much more headgear I wanted to display, but I ran out of video - I am thinking of doing another video at some point with more details and other headpieces. I have so many extant crispinettes in my folder of extant pieces! But, I di include one crispinette in the video, time stamp 6:07, a queen out hunting is wearing a crispinette and veil. :-)

AndL thank you so much for watching and commenting! Great support for my channel, and I love the discussions. I too find it fascinating how some people detest wearing things upon their head. The thing that made me think of saving one's hair from soot was living in countries with major pollution issues - my hair stays much nicer if I keep it in protective braids and covered by a hat than if I expose it to the foul air!

I dislike having bonnets or veils. I prefer to wear straw hats and bandanas to cover my hair. I will wear a bandana to bed in my cold bedroom to keep my head warm. They absorb hair oils well

I have played in a band for many years now and have made it me thing to whare a different hat every time we play Fedoras, tricorn, war bonnet you name it

In fact, we took a quick video up close specifically for that purpose. 😀 The majority of it is cast with pearls and semi-precious stones set throughout. Let me see if I can figure out where we posted that video...

Glad you enjoyed, thank you for commenting!

Ditto!

For certain men, like women, covered their heads in increasingly elaborate ways as the centuries wore on; I never stated otherwise! In fact, several of the extant hats that I show throughout the video were most likely worn by men and not women. :-) Was this comment in response to my question about whether there were any headcovering-related indicators of bachelorhood vs. marriage for medieval men as there were in many places for women? In which case, to clarify, that was specifically about headwear as a sign of martital status and not about men wearing hats at all.🙂

Thank you for watching and leaving such a lovely comment! 😊

I actually started wearing hats and other headpieces in my Modern Life after I started wearing them in my medieval life! I feel very odd now going outside without something upon my pate! 😅

Thank you for sharing! Do you tend to pick fashions that style their hair instead of covering it? And thank you for the compliment - work by Armour and Casting, a Ukrainen jeweler that makes amazing reproductions!

I think you may be the first person to directly answer my closing question! Thank you so much! 😀

@@thecreativecontessa well, it was a very valid question 😅

It sounds like you may be talking about St brigittas coiff. It is actually one of the pictures in the video. Let me see if I can find a link and post here. :-)

Thank you for commenting and complimenting! I actually got accused of misandry in this video due to my rebellious sidebars. Some people enjoy my sense of humor; others not so much! In any case, it is nice to meet a fellow hat person - I am rather fond of wearing headgear from all periods of history (my black sunhat is a signature piece on my Travels With The Contessa channel). If you enjoyed this video, I think you will enjoy my other content as well, in particular the two-parter on medieval women's underwear and my getting dressed in the 15th century video. Again, thank you for your support! :-)

I apologize, I missed this comment! Thank you for the compliments and for watching!:-)

Agreed on all scores! With which type of headcovering are you struggling? I may be able to provide concrete guidance. 🙂

@@thecreativecontessa honestly. All of them. Wearing a veil pinned to a coif seems to be the answer I see given most of the time. So I am working on making a st Brigit’s cap. I would LOVE to see more head covering videos and maybe tutorials on how to make them?

@@Diniecita what is your target period/region? The method of securing a veil and the type of coif varies sometimes massively from time and place to time and place. :-)

Tonessa, I greatly appreciate the feedback and you taking the time to comment here! Thank you! :-)

🤣🤣🤣

Thank you for taking the time to comment and for the compliments! So pleased you have been enjoying my work. :-)

Thank you for the comment and compliment! Very pleased you enjoyed! And my cat is very much aware of his weaponized cuteness. Sigh.... 😀

Thank you for sharing! Indeed, I have found imagery from the late 14th century that shows the transition from wearing the hood "properly" to "chaperon" style. And I conur that the chaperon is indeed a stylish choice of headwear!

Thank you for sharing, Thomas - do you enjoy having a more, um, medieval sleeping experience in the comfort of your full-time home? :-D

And also, thank you for the compliment; so gratified that you enjoyed it enough to rewatch. :-)

@@thecreativecontessa Absolutely, What was good enough for the Romans and Medieval people is good enough for me. Coming from a Sauna culture helps, of course. When in private, alone, or with a loved one.

@@thomasrehbinder7722 I was actually referring specifically to the fact that your landlord keeps the temperature at Medieval levels, but that's fair as well! :D

@@thecreativecontessa Oh, that. Well, i better get used to it. Hard times are here, and it will get worse. No matter, i can live in a log cabin with packed dirt floor. Our ancestors did. I'm built for it.

Indeed, I think the hats worn by men in various polities in 15th century Italy are some of the most magnificent headgear in the history of European fashion!

Thank you for watching, for the compliment and for the great comment! I am such a hat person in general and love an elegant vintage-style or late Victorian hat to accompany even my "modern" wear - nice to meet a fellow hat enthusiast! Historical fashion really is a chain drug for sewists...One period leading to another, to another, to another...If this is your first time on my channel, have you seen any of my 1480s Getting Dressed Series?

- not yet but I'm sure I'll watch them soon.

Thank you for sharing! Out of curiosity, is it all fibers that cause such a reaction?

@@thecreativecontessa it seems to be. I run naturally hot, so that might be more of the problem than the fibers itself. The only hat I've ever had that wasn't a problem was a modern safari-style hat with ventilation in the top, and it's not terribly comfortable to wear in general.

Thank you for watching and the compliment! Pleased that you enjoyed. :-)

Thank you for the question and commenting in general! This is a type of coif that is sometimes referred to as a Flemish coif or a winged coif. It dates to the second half of the 15th century and seems to have been worn by people in England, Burgundy, the Low Countries, France, and Brittany. I do sometimes offer live Zoom workshops on making this style of coif by hand because it makes a good introduction piece for hand sewing and basic tailoring. Those classes can be booked on my website, thecreativecontessa.com :-)

@@thecreativecontessa Thank you my current persona is farther north but it was interesting to check out your website. How cool it is that you consult on movies, etc.

Fair enough! I wish thick hair were an issue I had. 😅

Thank you for the compliment and for sharing! As for 900s AD Norse, there have been some finds, including the hoods from Yorvik (such as the silk one in the video) and another one in Lincoln (both of which I discovered while researching for my coif workshop). Have you seen those?

And indeed, a brimmed straw hat seems to be a trans-era, trans-regional winner for time spent in the heat and direct sun!

@@thecreativecontessa Yes, I have seen those. My persona is 900-950ad Gotland Varangian Norse for the most part. This is where I get 'bogged down' so to speak. I can fast forward to the 1400's and find stuff, I can leave the island and find other cultures that have head wraps. What I am not finding is sources showing what Gotlanders wore. I know more about the armor from Wisby than I do headgear from 400 years earlier. sigh...

I have friends in Gotland who do Gotland Norse and also contacts at the Visby museum (As Queen, I held court in the great runestone hall of Visby Museum...Talk about power radiating...). Would you like me to put you in contact with them?

@@thecreativecontessa I would be delighted! Thank you! Part of my family is from Sweden, and according to 'family history', some of them came from Gotland, hence my choice of persona.

Thank you for taking the time to comment! I concur with with you, that film had possibly some of the best attempt at Italian Renaissance clothing I have ever seen on the big screen. I was in Florence two years ago, I dressed up in full Florentine finery with my Florentine matron style veil,, the one in which often scene at balls or outside at events. I passed a group of Tunisian gentleman while walking from the place I was staying into town who found my entire ensemble extremely attractive and let me know in very respectful but definitely very clear terms. So it's very interesting how different people find different addresses to be attractive!

Thank you for the comment and compliment! Very pleased you enjoyed - these sorts of essay videos take quite a lot of effort, so it's gratifying to know when the work is worth it.😊

Thank you! 😊

Indeed, I suspect the earlier date would win that competition on an average basis...

Thank you for the question! The collar in this video is a masterpiece made by an extremely skilled set of craftsmen who have spent years studying the art of casting, the fine artisans at Armour and Castings. I can highly recommend all of their work as I own many of their pieces. 🙂

That is called a collar - sometimes referred to as a devys in 15th century English sources.

Thank you for sharing your personal experience and approach! Would a linen coif (like my winged one) pose an issue as well, do you think?

Thank you for watching and commenting! 😊

Thank you for the question! It will be available for purchase on my website (link in the description) both as a stand-alone purchase and as part of the All-Access Pass, which will provide access to all my premium classes, workshops and tutorials for a year.

Thank you for sharing that excerpt! Fascinating! It sounds like Vecellio was referring to a past culture/place - to which one, do you know? 16th century people (just like many people today) sometimes had Fantastical ideas about the practices of other cultures and/or past cultures that were not necessarily correct...😅

@@thecreativecontessa He was talking about his native Venice and Compagnia Della Calza in what seems to be the relatively recent past. He mentions old men being ridiculed for their dated style of dancing a few paragraphs later, and the accompanying illustration looks like an early 16th century man.

Thank you for sharing! I also enjoy how much simpler it can be to Simply cover with hair with a coif, Veil, hood, or turban, then to worry about styling my hair in some fashion!

🤣

Thank you again for sharing those wonderful insights! Just like many translations of the various books of the Bible since, I suspect many of these nuances were lost as the centuries wore on and various translations and edits took ascendancy (and as political motivations started interfering with interpretation). The first English bibles were translated from the Latin Vulgate, for instance, not from surviving primary source material, and certainly not by people who had a well-rounded, deep understanding of Ancient Greek, Ancient Hebrew, Aramaic, etc. So I very much doubt that the average priest understood such linguistic details, let alone the average medieval person who absorbed the sermons of said preachers...The English translation that I quote in the video comes directly from the Wycliffe Bible, the earliest English version I believe, which was translated from what is now known as the Latin Vulgate in the state in which it was as of the end of the 14th century, and many scholars now seem acknowledge that St. Jerome was not necessarily the most accurate translator, nor does his work capture many of the sort of critical meanings that you mention. And in some crucial cases is outright incorrect relative to the original Hebrew, etc. That all being said, I am no biblical scholar, just a dabbler, so everything I just wrote may be wrong!

It is dangerous to generalize in that way. For instance, codpieces are a very late development in male fashion - end of the 15th century - and did not really become sexualized and phallus-like until the 16th century. Now, the super-fitted, ultra-short cotes worn by fashion-forward noblemen of the latter 14th century are certainly revealing on their own, but that was also a specific, discrete period of time.

Also, is this comment in response to a specific section of the video? 🙂

The unfortunate thing is , headcovering has been misogynistic . She's not showing misandry . Just cold hard facts