ӀɑվӀɑ ɑӀҽ×ɑղժɾօѵղɑ on Nostr: It's easy to forget that women (and most men too) wore some type of head covering for ...
It's easy to forget that women (and most men too) wore some type of head covering for centuries before we came along and let our heads be in direct contact with the sky!
In my day (50s-70s) women regularly wore all sorts of scarves - usually tied under the chin to all sorts of occasions. My mum didn't do that much but she sure was fond of those Sunday hats - for me too. I wasn't that fond of them. Also popular were foldable plastic rain caps women tied on. Sunhats of all kinds. Toques in winter of course. And SCARVES. Balaclavas for skiing.
And the Old Order Mennonite women usually wore a little white semi-transparent cap on their heads, especially in church. That seemed so very weird to me then. Pretty sure there are still Mennonites and Hutterites wearing their little caps in their separate colonies because god and men said so!
I don't get why people think that certain cultures have a unique claim on such commonplace items!
In my day (50s-70s) women regularly wore all sorts of scarves - usually tied under the chin to all sorts of occasions. My mum didn't do that much but she sure was fond of those Sunday hats - for me too. I wasn't that fond of them. Also popular were foldable plastic rain caps women tied on. Sunhats of all kinds. Toques in winter of course. And SCARVES. Balaclavas for skiing.
And the Old Order Mennonite women usually wore a little white semi-transparent cap on their heads, especially in church. That seemed so very weird to me then. Pretty sure there are still Mennonites and Hutterites wearing their little caps in their separate colonies because god and men said so!
I don't get why people think that certain cultures have a unique claim on such commonplace items!