This project is so incredibly fun. There's something just purely indulgent about medieval fashions. "Behold! I have Much Fabric, fashioned into the Biggest possible Sleeves!" "Behold! I have upon my head a Great Sparkly Thing!" "Behold, my splendiferous Shoes have the Longest of toes, that my rivals might trip over them!" "Behold- my Hose and Doublet are of Many magnificent Colours!" No subversion, no abstraction, no pretense, just pure showing off. The human impulse behind "fashion" in its most basic form. I love that.
"BEHOLD MY JEWELS ATTAINED FROM THE MINES OF PERSIA. ADMIRE MY SILKS WOVEN IN THE GREAT CITIES OF INDIA. ENVY ME BECAUSE I AM RICH AND YOU PEASANTS MUST KNOW IT." It's freaking awesome.
That black velvet head strap is very much like what wig wearers today use to keep our wigs on. It is called a wig grip and is basically a velour band that goes around the head. Works great. Had no idea its roots were so deep in history.
Is that where the song "black velvet band" comes from? I thought it was just a reference to a hair tie but since it's Georgian in origin a larger band holding on a wig makes sense given that it's about a thief masquerading as a lady.
People who wear hair coverings (like tichels, maybe hijabs too? but my experience is in tichels lol) often wear a velvet band to help the fabric stay in place!
@@kitssewingkit I was thinking about the velvet band that tichel wearers use, and wondering if it was continuation of historical practice? It makes total sense though, as really helps keep the headdress secure.
@@kitssewingkit I was thinking the same thing. Lots of ladies use velvet bands to keep their scarfs on or to secure their sheitel/wig to especially if they're getting bald spots from the combs and clips
14th-century hennin markers: The new double hennin looks great. How will we know that it will stay on her head? 14th-century wizard, peering into a crystal ball: We won't know until the invention of head-banging music.
Here's a modern world example of the velvet band. In the Orthodox Jewish world, many married women cover their hair with scarves. To keep them in place, many of us use a band of stretch velour that fastens with velcro. We borrowed it from our wig wearing sisters, who use them in place of clips. These days, those bands are sewn to cushions of various sizes to give volume under the scarves. I've worn very large volumizers under several layers of scarves, including metallic, for hours. No adjustments needed. So I can attest that friction bands work very, very well.
I love this! By our modern standards, this hennin ought to look silly, but somehow it just ends up looking regal and elegant. This bodes very well for the completed costume.
I was wondering wether medival people, who could afford it, had more sence of style than we give them credit for.I struggle with the idea of headwear, but this looks great.I thought it would never stay in place, but it obviously does.
This is not something I thought I’d need but now I crave one with a vengeance that I don’t entirely understand- I just wanna hiss at people wearing this and watch them run in fear
I just had a perfect transition from a pupper hiding under a skirt, straight to the same pupper with a hennin! Having back to back videos to watch on a Sunday evening from yourself and Abby is always a great way to end my weekend!
Out of all the Disney inspired stuff happening in CosTube-land now, I'm loving that you chose a villain. Maleficent has a fabulous look and it's been really fun to hear the historical information.
My aunt would make a skull cap for me to hairpin on. Then we would use wire around the band of the hennin and made a loop in front in such a way that it it would provide a balance. We couldn’t make the hat without the skull cap as it would slip on my hair. Really interesting project!
Medieval clothes and accessories always look pretty rediculous in paintings, but then I see them reconstructed in real life and they're so gorgeous. It looks amazing!
The double hennin on the puppers was TOO cute! I really enjoyed the Instagram livestream watching you work on this. This whole cosplay is just AWESOME! I just commented on Abby’s Lady cosplay skirt video that I can’t pick a favorite, anymore, because each one is too cool. Thank you for showing this process up close!
The first three seconds were cinematic perfection. My monke brain went " HAT...!? PUPPY IN HAT?!" Which I feel was an emotional experience similar to that of those watching Citizen Kane's Rosebud scene.
OMG the perfect amount of bling to be regal and considerate of the time period while still being true to character. I feel like Maleficent would totally approve. Love!
This is epic! I love going on this cosplay journey with you and getting more and more excited with each reveal. Also the headpiece is giving me "I am going to my 5th husband's funeral and will be collecting the insurance check and there is nothing you can do to stop me!" vibe...
@@lornas-w4661 I can actually explain how it happened. The short explanation is poverty and war . The long explanation is a general discovered that a large portion of war money was going into fashion and it was actually often more expensive than items they were lacking on while needing so he threw away his own fashion and shaved his head and demanded every male do the same thing . It was apparently seen as really cool and heroic and so the nobles did the same which threw out ultra epic fashion for guys and slowly women's fashion went away also as women wanted the same rights as men and often in effort to prove they are just as capable they started dressing more simular. I hope you enjoyed my bastard version of it because I wasn't wanting to cite and get very specific names of everyone and everything because then with that effort I'd might as we write a book and then sell it but I lose every book I write and end up with pissed off people who wanted more than what they saw . Im a bit of a failure
I love that Hennin. Can't wait to see you dressed completely as Maleficent. I adore your wonderful in depth researches and descriptions. Especially that you always remind that there is never just one solution or style but different possibilities.
@@greatestaxolotl4933 ngl immediately as soo as i said it went looking some fabric but i can't find any that scream: illustration of a wizard from a very out of print fantasy novel. it's all either too decorated or the stars are in very neat rows like do i have to do everything myself.
@@paulinedunne3481 Someone might have made a fabric design for custom printing that matches what you’re after, though it is definitely a more pricey option. A more reasonable alternative may be to get blue fabric, yellow paint suitable for said fabric, and a big, star-shaped stamp.
Watching this sent me back to my childhood when I would run around the house whilst holding two black paper cones to my head and reciting Maleficent's spells. I begged my mother to make me a headdress just like this, but it was a project that was never fully realized. When I inevitably make a historically adequate Maleficent to match my historically adequate Aurora, I'm certain I'll be referencing this video a lot for inspiration. 🖤
Loving this series. The metal caps on the end of the points reminded me of the metal tips used with icing/decorating bags. Some are quite large with small openings at the end.🤗
You are AMAZINGLY creative and talented Nicole. I'm so very very glad that you decided to create a RUclips channel. You are inspiring so much creativity and joy with your historically accurate designs and creations. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Sending lots of love and appreciation for all of you hard work xxx
I really think you should add the hair pin to the front, or something to define that classic widow's peak look that maleficent is known for. I feel like that point at the front her headdress is quintessential to her overall angular and severe look, even if it is such a small detail. But that being said, that headress is chef's kiss level perfection.
Myyyy the result is so beautiful !! These headpieces were ridiculous but I can't deny them an incredible elegance (especially with how the veil floats around when you move).
The fact that you kept talking about a black velvet band just got Black Velvet Band, the folk song, stuck in my head.. I also learned a lot because of the way you walked us all through your process, so thank you
Yaaaaa the hat!! You did a wonderful job. I love that it’s a more historically accurate version, yet you definitely can see the Maleficent influence. We need a photo shoot of the entire outfit!
I wish I had known this when I was active in the SCA! I tried a double hennin, but could never get it to be stable. I was successful with the butterfly style, though. Now I want to try this!
I use a quilting cotton triangle scarf to hold my summer hat on my head when I'm gardening - because I hate tying stuff under my chin, and the wind always lifted it off when it caught the broad brim. I had no idea that solution was a thing from forever ago! Watching you drape and arrange the veil reminded me of that poignant scene in the Maleficent sequel, when Aurora asked her to cover her horns, for some reason.
Omg, I love it!!!! Funnily enough, I've decided to join in regardless of my lack of RUclipsrness, and make a Burgundian Merryweather (blue fairy from Sleeping Beauty), so I've been scoping henins today! This is just BEYOND what I thought they could look like, so cool!
Oh my goodness....this is my favorite part of the whole project! Can’t wait to see the whole thing put together. Do you think I could make one for when I go grocery shopping?
Welp, apparently, I need a hennin. I LITERALLY GASPED at the reveal! HOLY WOW!!!! Hennins. One of those things that you look at and go, Human's are weird. And then you look at it for too long and you go, "yes, not only do I need this, but I REALLY NEED THIS!!!!" If only we could go back, but the bad thing is, with a functioning TARDIS, it blends in with its surroundings so once you've closed the door, you lose the blasted thing. We could all be standing within 5 feet of one, and we wouldn't see it. So many questions. Not withstanding, not only do we need to bring back hats, we need to bring back hennins!
What if they're portrayed doing all sorts of things while still wearing hennins just like modern media portrays women wearing super high heels for literally everything, all in the name of fashion and 'ideals'?
yep, also keep in mind that a lot of illuminations that remain were done by monks in a monastery who might think it indecent to draw a woman with her hair uncovered like that, or who may not have seen a woman (other than a family member, maybe?) with her hair down. Pure conjecture on my part, though.
Awwww the dog wearing the hennin just melted my heart right off the bat. The hennin turned out so beautiful. Those cone points are such a pain. They constantly try to fray. I think the metal points came about as a way to hide frayed points. Also, the long veils are heavier than short ones so the extra length kept them from poofing out so much. I love how your hennin turned out. Very well done.
This gave me a lot of insight and inspiration for a "pale lady" costume. She's usually depicted with a conical hat and a veil and flowy dress, basically 14th century castle ghost. So big THANKS 😊 I love your work very much ❤️
Oh, wow I’m shocked at how much I love the finished piece. As in, I really appreciate it not only as a costume piece but also as something I could see being everyday wear. In the past two or three years I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole of historical costuming, but rarely have I come across something so drastically different from modern day style standards that makes me appreciate what beauty means in a completely different context. I understand logically that different silhouettes have gone in and out of style, for instance, but I don’t see them as beautiful in the same way people in that era must have. But this, the way the organza veil almost floats in a totally different way from how hair would move looks absolutely magical. And the points are so striking that I can see how the headdress itself could demand respect from someone of lower status. And the embellishments with that layer of fine fabric over it looks so... expensive. As if to say “I have so much money I can put gold on my hat AND cover it up.” Lol I really really loved watching you make this and learning more about it. I understand for the first time what people mean when they say studying history can make you feel closer to people of the past. Ironic considering this is a maleficent cosplay, haha. Thank you for sharing this!
You have combined my love for the medieval princess hat with my favorite Disney character in my favorite historical time frame and brought my dreams to life! Thank you I will be watching this over and over.
i love your dedication to construct garments as they might have been when popular instead of using modern methods and materials such as sewing machines and buckram. although there's nothing wrong with the usage of modern techniques and materials (i mean the garments still do look bomb) i love to learn about how things were done and you talking about your research and showing paintings as well as actually seeing the construction and the single steps of it really helps, so thank you! can't wait to see the final ensemble!
Malificent has always been my favorite villain, and I love the headdress. I have some blue fabric with silver stars and moons all over it. I so badly want to make a medieval headdress now to show that fabric off.
This makes me so happy! It's gorgeous and has given me an envy towards this double hennin, which I would have nowhere to wear, but that doesn't mean I don't want it.
This project came out so cool! It looked amazing when complete! I had always thought headpieces like that looked silly in the portraits, but seeing it in three dimensions really changes things. Rock on!
In terms of the metal horn tips, would piping bag tips work? I know it’s incredibly historically inaccurate, but I think it you found some good quality tips it would look amazing.
Yes, I was thinking that as well! Large cone-shaped piping tips with, perhaps smaller tips slipped up inside to form the final closed tips. Could be embellished easily. Wilton, Atco, or some other cake decorating tool company product. Quite affordable, too.
That is amazing. I tried as a child to make a 'princess cone' many times, from cardboard. Lots of attempts, few successes. I am inspired by your research process and your experimental approach to construction
I love it! I made a hennen several years ago and couldn't get it to just stay on my head. It didn't go to the renn faire with me that year. Well done! I also really like how the extra pin narrowing the veil gives it the tiered effect which rather reminds me of the layers of her horns.
OH!!! This video finally made me realise what buckram is! In Danish it's always just called "Hessian", and it was bizarrely popular to use as a wall paper here in the 1970s... (Mind you, great wall paper for teenage rooms, as you can pin posters on it without actually leaving a mark once you go off your idol of the week!)
For little metal cones to top the hennin you could use jingle cones from an indigenous dance supply shop. They come in several sizes for different types of jingle cone dresses, but I have seen ones for adult dresses up to 3" long, whereas kid's ones can be as small as 1.75". I've seen them stamped with patterns and plain, in all kinds of different coloured metal finishes. Searching for jingle cones, jingle cone dress supply or Native American dance supply will help you to find people who are selling jingle cones in your area.
That's really cool! When I did a medieval headdress for a school project, I used linen bands that I pinned around my head (vertically under my chin and up around the top of my head, and horizontally across my forehead and around the back of my head), and pinned to each other at the temples where they crossed, and then pinned the rest of my headdress (veil, etc.) to the bands. It stayed in place really well, as long as the pins didn't slide out of the fabric, but I never thought about using velvet to grip the skin/hair better.
It turned out so beautiful! The wait the veil moved while you were turning your head was gorgeous it felt so cinematic... now i need some headwear with a veil even though it has nothing to do with the project I'm currently working on!
Your research is so good! Your Maleficent is going to be stunning! I'm tempted to pause my Viking project and jump into a Disney project too. You are inspiring!
It turned out well and is a lot more stable than I expected. Will you share video of the whole outfit together? I would love to see the final result :)
Fantastic video and I really want to try making one ! Also, anyone that has a Papillion dog really needs to make the "Butterfly" style one ! I'm all about matching fashion to the dog !
Gorgeous! It only hit me now that in Disney's Robin Hood (the one with the foxes as Robin Hood & Maid Marion) that Maid Marion wore a double hennin! It covered her ears!
Wearers could have (carefully) straight-pinned through the piece along the edges into the fabric band you put on beneath it since pins were used to hold various parts of the outfits together. [That is certainly a patient little model you have there!]
I have to admit my favorite part is the dog. Something about dogs in hats kills me, especially the faces they make. I mean, it's a gorgeous hat. But the dog adds that something, y'know? 😂
That goldwork was sooooo satisfying to watch! 🤩 I believe I saw the "black triangle" loop on the Prior Attire channel, unless they're just similar looking. Coming over here straight after Abby's video was, in fact, a glorious transition🐶💜
The double hennin is gorgeous, it's so fun to see the project video after seeing you work on it live on Instagram! Also your testing process was magnificent :-D
This project is so incredibly fun. There's something just purely indulgent about medieval fashions. "Behold! I have Much Fabric, fashioned into the Biggest possible Sleeves!" "Behold! I have upon my head a Great Sparkly Thing!" "Behold, my splendiferous Shoes have the Longest of toes, that my rivals might trip over them!" "Behold- my Hose and Doublet are of Many magnificent Colours!"
No subversion, no abstraction, no pretense, just pure showing off. The human impulse behind "fashion" in its most basic form. I love that.
Yeah none of this "less is more" or "keep it simple" nonsense just; "I can afford this stupendously fancy hat, everyone must look at it!!!"
"BEHOLD MY JEWELS ATTAINED FROM THE MINES OF PERSIA. ADMIRE MY SILKS WOVEN IN THE GREAT CITIES OF INDIA. ENVY ME BECAUSE I AM RICH AND YOU PEASANTS MUST KNOW IT."
It's freaking awesome.
“Behold my gown that is far too long and full to walk in.”
@@ragnkja walking is for peasants anyway.
@@lucie4185
Exactly. Being able to walk unimpeded is for people who need to work.
You’ve given me the same disturbing desire as Karolina - the desire the meticulously stitch a bunch of beautiful tiny orbs onto an ornate headpiece.
I know! Suddenly modern hats are just so sloppy and boring! Needs more drama! More magic!
Yeah! it looks so cool when you are done but a total nightmare when you are at it
That black velvet head strap is very much like what wig wearers today use to keep our wigs on. It is called a wig grip and is basically a velour band that goes around the head. Works great. Had no idea its roots were so deep in history.
Is that where the song "black velvet band" comes from? I thought it was just a reference to a hair tie but since it's Georgian in origin a larger band holding on a wig makes sense given that it's about a thief masquerading as a lady.
People who wear hair coverings (like tichels, maybe hijabs too? but my experience is in tichels lol) often wear a velvet band to help the fabric stay in place!
I came here to say this about wig grips - you beat me to it!
@@kitssewingkit I was thinking about the velvet band that tichel wearers use, and wondering if it was continuation of historical practice? It makes total sense though, as really helps keep the headdress secure.
@@kitssewingkit I was thinking the same thing. Lots of ladies use velvet bands to keep their scarfs on or to secure their sheitel/wig to especially if they're getting bald spots from the combs and clips
14th-century hennin markers: The new double hennin looks great. How will we know that it will stay on her head?
14th-century wizard, peering into a crystal ball: We won't know until the invention of head-banging music.
Laughed so hard I snorted!
That was the coolest headbanging I have ever seen!
headbanging to lutes
Pretty sure fencing would be a good test
This gives off a "Something Rotten!" musical vibes ngl
I love to imagine all of you having a costumed tea party in your disney dresses
Yes!! That's a fun image!
I desperately hope this happens.
That would be delightful.
Me too!
How immensely fabulous that would be!
Honestly, I'd make the scones and jam for that! And then recede politely into the background and observe...
Dear Disney: please bring all of these FABULOUS costubers to Disney World so we can see them all together all at once. These is magnificent!
Here's a modern world example of the velvet band. In the Orthodox Jewish world, many married women cover their hair with scarves. To keep them in place, many of us use a band of stretch velour that fastens with velcro. We borrowed it from our wig wearing sisters, who use them in place of clips. These days, those bands are sewn to cushions of various sizes to give volume under the scarves. I've worn very large volumizers under several layers of scarves, including metallic, for hours. No adjustments needed. So I can attest that friction bands work very, very well.
"I don't have a lot of hair to braid up..."
*a wild Morgan Donner appears!
Now I'm wondering which disney character she's doing. I bet sleeping beauty, but who knows!
I am not sure Morgan likes the slightly off beat. She would be an amazing Megara, I just hope Rachel Maksy does Ariel 👌
@@adedow1333 Rapunzel, perhaps? Idk, I have not been able to keep up with all these fabulous videos.
This is too cool. Love the width - it’s like saying “get out my way!” without resorting to yelling or curses.
I love this! By our modern standards, this hennin ought to look silly, but somehow it just ends up looking regal and elegant. This bodes very well for the completed costume.
Right? That's just what I was thinking! It should look ridiculous, but the way it let's the veil float around the head looks so elegant.
I was wondering wether medival people, who could afford it, had more sence of style than we give them credit for.I struggle with the idea of headwear, but this looks great.I thought it would never stay in place, but it obviously does.
This is not something I thought I’d need but now I crave one with a vengeance that I don’t entirely understand- I just wanna hiss at people wearing this and watch them run in fear
I'd just tell people that hissing noise is from the snakes tucked up inside the hennin.
Have you ever heard a king cobra hiss? It's so loud and deep it sounds like a roar! That's what I'm imagining for her.
That veil is just perfect for sassy head movements.
I just had a perfect transition from a pupper hiding under a skirt, straight to the same pupper with a hennin! Having back to back videos to watch on a Sunday evening from yourself and Abby is always a great way to end my weekend!
ME TOO!!!
Same here! 😆
Me3!
This is coming out so well! I love how the double hennin gives an even more regal or aristocratic feeling to the look.
Out of all the Disney inspired stuff happening in CosTube-land now, I'm loving that you chose a villain. Maleficent has a fabulous look and it's been really fun to hear the historical information.
The villains were always more fun, and they had the best songs!
@@Hair8Metal8Karen fr they’re always the most attractive with the coolest aesthetics like their outfits, appearances, colors, style, decor, etc..
My aunt would make a skull cap for me to hairpin on. Then we would use wire around the band of the hennin and made a loop in front in such a way that it it would provide a balance. We couldn’t make the hat without the skull cap as it would slip on my hair. Really interesting project!
You say that so casually I can imagine you actually being from the 15th century (so cool!)
Medieval clothes and accessories always look pretty rediculous in paintings, but then I see them reconstructed in real life and they're so gorgeous. It looks amazing!
This head piece would totally fit for a cool badass Magic Flute Queen of the Night costume for shure
please do her staff (wand) too!!! It is so cool and I want one....
The double hennin on the puppers was TOO cute! I really enjoyed the Instagram livestream watching you work on this. This whole cosplay is just AWESOME! I just commented on Abby’s Lady cosplay skirt video that I can’t pick a favorite, anymore, because each one is too cool. Thank you for showing this process up close!
Not sure what moment was better, the headbanging test or the supremely adorable Mistress of Cuddles 😍❤️
The first three seconds were cinematic perfection. My monke brain went " HAT...!? PUPPY IN HAT?!" Which I feel was an emotional experience similar to that of those watching Citizen Kane's Rosebud scene.
OMG the perfect amount of bling to be regal and considerate of the time period while still being true to character. I feel like Maleficent would totally approve.
Love!
I had wondered what you were going to do. This is the most perfect Disney character for you! She's not a princess. She's more!
This is epic! I love going on this cosplay journey with you and getting more and more excited with each reveal. Also the headpiece is giving me "I am going to my 5th husband's funeral and will be collecting the insurance check and there is nothing you can do to stop me!" vibe...
It boggles my mind that this was a real fashion accessory back in the day!
...but it looks fab. I am more boggled how undramatic, hatless and veil-absent we've become
@@lornas-w4661 I can actually explain how it happened. The short explanation is poverty and war . The long explanation is a general discovered that a large portion of war money was going into fashion and it was actually often more expensive than items they were lacking on while needing so he threw away his own fashion and shaved his head and demanded every male do the same thing . It was apparently seen as really cool and heroic and so the nobles did the same which threw out ultra epic fashion for guys and slowly women's fashion went away also as women wanted the same rights as men and often in effort to prove they are just as capable they started dressing more simular. I hope you enjoyed my bastard version of it because I wasn't wanting to cite and get very specific names of everyone and everything because then with that effort I'd might as we write a book and then sell it but I lose every book I write and end up with pissed off people who wanted more than what they saw . Im a bit of a failure
@@vampiredildo8192 Words cannot express how much I enjoyed reading that!
I love that Hennin. Can't wait to see you dressed completely as Maleficent.
I adore your wonderful in depth researches and descriptions. Especially that you always remind that there is never just one solution or style but different possibilities.
Well the intro set my expectations higher than Rapunzel's tower.
kind of want to make a whole outfit using this techniques in this cosplay BUT is like. made of classic wizard star patterned fabric.
that would be so cool!
@@greatestaxolotl4933 ngl immediately as soo as i said it went looking some fabric but i can't find any that scream: illustration of a wizard from a very out of print fantasy novel. it's all either too decorated or the stars are in very neat rows like do i have to do everything myself.
@@paulinedunne3481
Someone might have made a fabric design for custom printing that matches what you’re after, though it is definitely a more pricey option. A more reasonable alternative may be to get blue fabric, yellow paint suitable for said fabric, and a big, star-shaped stamp.
Watching this sent me back to my childhood when I would run around the house whilst holding two black paper cones to my head and reciting Maleficent's spells. I begged my mother to make me a headdress just like this, but it was a project that was never fully realized. When I inevitably make a historically adequate Maleficent to match my historically adequate Aurora, I'm certain I'll be referencing this video a lot for inspiration. 🖤
Loving this series. The metal caps on the end of the points reminded me of the metal tips used with icing/decorating bags. Some are quite large with small openings at the end.🤗
That’s exactly what I was thinking! Try a restaurant supply store, Nicole.
You are AMAZINGLY creative and talented Nicole. I'm so very very glad that you decided to create a RUclips channel. You are inspiring so much creativity and joy with your historically accurate designs and creations. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Sending lots of love and appreciation for all of you hard work xxx
I really think you should add the hair pin to the front, or something to define that classic widow's peak look that maleficent is known for. I feel like that point at the front her headdress is quintessential to her overall angular and severe look, even if it is such a small detail. But that being said, that headress is chef's kiss level perfection.
Myyyy the result is so beautiful !! These headpieces were ridiculous but I can't deny them an incredible elegance (especially with how the veil floats around when you move).
The fact that you kept talking about a black velvet band just got Black Velvet Band, the folk song, stuck in my head.. I also learned a lot because of the way you walked us all through your process, so thank you
I love that song! :D
GORGEOUS 😍 So majestic! Definitely hit the mark with Maleficent’s visual presence
I love this so much! Little girl me made one out of cardboard and an old scarf, big girl me is now daydreaming of a more realistic version.
Absolutely striking. I love this for Maleficent and the amazing ladies who wore something like this 600 years ago. It’s powerful!
It cracks me up how much room you needed in frame to capture this headpiece.... this costume is going to be so huge 😂😂
I about died when you put the Hennin on the Pupper ! Very beautiful!
Yaaaaa the hat!! You did a wonderful job. I love that it’s a more historically accurate version, yet you definitely can see the Maleficent influence. We need a photo shoot of the entire outfit!
yes indeed we DO!
I wish I had known this when I was active in the SCA! I tried a double hennin, but could never get it to be stable. I was successful with the butterfly style, though. Now I want to try this!
I use a quilting cotton triangle scarf to hold my summer hat on my head when I'm gardening - because I hate tying stuff under my chin, and the wind always lifted it off when it caught the broad brim. I had no idea that solution was a thing from forever ago! Watching you drape and arrange the veil reminded me of that poignant scene in the Maleficent sequel, when Aurora asked her to cover her horns, for some reason.
That reveal with the veil - WOW! So dramatic. It looks SO good!
The mistress of all cuddles!! So precious. The whole costume is shaping up beautifully!
I never really got those Medieval head dresses before - they always looked so silly in illustrations, but yours looks magnificent!
Omg, I love it!!!! Funnily enough, I've decided to join in regardless of my lack of RUclipsrness, and make a Burgundian Merryweather (blue fairy from Sleeping Beauty), so I've been scoping henins today! This is just BEYOND what I thought they could look like, so cool!
really looking forward to seeing the complete outfit.
I love this headgear so much I sketched out a maid Marian historically inspired costume
Oh my goodness....this is my favorite part of the whole project! Can’t wait to see the whole thing put together. Do you think I could make one for when I go grocery shopping?
Yes, do. You absolutely can!
Everyone in line would get outta your way!! 😂
Welp, apparently, I need a hennin. I LITERALLY GASPED at the reveal! HOLY WOW!!!! Hennins. One of those things that you look at and go, Human's are weird. And then you look at it for too long and you go, "yes, not only do I need this, but I REALLY NEED THIS!!!!" If only we could go back, but the bad thing is, with a functioning TARDIS, it blends in with its surroundings so once you've closed the door, you lose the blasted thing. We could all be standing within 5 feet of one, and we wouldn't see it. So many questions. Not withstanding, not only do we need to bring back hats, we need to bring back hennins!
When you put the finished hennin on at the end I gasped at how fabulous you looked! I can't wait to see it all together with the houppelande.
What if they're portrayed doing all sorts of things while still wearing hennins just like modern media portrays women wearing super high heels for literally everything, all in the name of fashion and 'ideals'?
Probably. Especially if they're shown wearing them in the bathtub!
@@aksez2u well, they had usually their hair covered in the bathtub, but probably not in these fancy things
yep, also keep in mind that a lot of illuminations that remain were done by monks in a monastery who might think it indecent to draw a woman with her hair uncovered like that, or who may not have seen a woman (other than a family member, maybe?) with her hair down. Pure conjecture on my part, though.
Awwww the dog wearing the hennin just melted my heart right off the bat. The hennin turned out so beautiful. Those cone points are such a pain. They constantly try to fray. I think the metal points came about as a way to hide frayed points. Also, the long veils are heavier than short ones so the extra length kept them from poofing out so much. I love how your hennin turned out. Very well done.
excellent to see someone of your skillset tackling the 15th century 💖
The geometry of this project makes my brain happy for some reason. Can't wait for the final reveal!
This gave me a lot of insight and inspiration for a "pale lady" costume. She's usually depicted with a conical hat and a veil and flowy dress, basically 14th century castle ghost. So big THANKS 😊 I love your work very much ❤️
I saw the clip start to play on my home screen and I could hear the intro music start to play in my mind. #iconic
Oh, wow I’m shocked at how much I love the finished piece. As in, I really appreciate it not only as a costume piece but also as something I could see being everyday wear. In the past two or three years I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole of historical costuming, but rarely have I come across something so drastically different from modern day style standards that makes me appreciate what beauty means in a completely different context. I understand logically that different silhouettes have gone in and out of style, for instance, but I don’t see them as beautiful in the same way people in that era must have.
But this, the way the organza veil almost floats in a totally different way from how hair would move looks absolutely magical. And the points are so striking that I can see how the headdress itself could demand respect from someone of lower status. And the embellishments with that layer of fine fabric over it looks so... expensive. As if to say “I have so much money I can put gold on my hat AND cover it up.” Lol
I really really loved watching you make this and learning more about it. I understand for the first time what people mean when they say studying history can make you feel closer to people of the past. Ironic considering this is a maleficent cosplay, haha. Thank you for sharing this!
You have combined my love for the medieval princess hat with my favorite Disney character in my favorite historical time frame and brought my dreams to life! Thank you I will be watching this over and over.
i love your dedication to construct garments as they might have been when popular instead of using modern methods and materials such as sewing machines and buckram. although there's nothing wrong with the usage of modern techniques and materials (i mean the garments still do look bomb) i love to learn about how things were done and you talking about your research and showing paintings as well as actually seeing the construction and the single steps of it really helps, so thank you! can't wait to see the final ensemble!
Malificent has always been my favorite villain, and I love the headdress. I have some blue fabric with silver stars and moons all over it. I so badly want to make a medieval headdress now to show that fabric off.
This makes me so happy! It's gorgeous and has given me an envy towards this double hennin, which I would have nowhere to wear, but that doesn't mean I don't want it.
This is gorgoeus! Now I have to find a character I like so I can do this too!
Every part of this costume is drawing me dangerously closer to finally attempting a particolored kirtle for a historically accurate Aurora. Send help.
Help as in fabric, or help as in patterns?
Do it
Or help as in emotional support cheering section?
@@aubreyackermann8432 Help as in I need to be stopped, really...
@@adedow1333 lol Nooooooo. I'm trying to resist!
This project came out so cool! It looked amazing when complete! I had always thought headpieces like that looked silly in the portraits, but seeing it in three dimensions really changes things. Rock on!
In terms of the metal horn tips, would piping bag tips work? I know it’s incredibly historically inaccurate, but I think it you found some good quality tips it would look amazing.
Yes, I was thinking that as well! Large cone-shaped piping tips with, perhaps smaller tips slipped up inside to form the final closed tips. Could be embellished easily. Wilton, Atco, or some other cake decorating tool company product. Quite affordable, too.
Marvelous! I've learned so much and I enjoy just watching you stitch...so soothing. Rock music tested 😆 and your dog was a good sport. 👍
I could listen to this all day - endlessly fascinating and such breadth and depth of detail.
This is a really beautiful piece. You did such a good job.
That is amazing. I tried as a child to make a 'princess cone' many times, from cardboard. Lots of attempts, few successes.
I am inspired by your research process and your experimental approach to construction
that hennin looks amazing! and headbanging is always a great way to make sure stuff stays where it's suppose to be atop one's head!
I love it! I made a hennen several years ago and couldn't get it to just stay on my head. It didn't go to the renn faire with me that year. Well done! I also really like how the extra pin narrowing the veil gives it the tiered effect which rather reminds me of the layers of her horns.
I really enjoy how your videos aren't super loud or visually busy. Very relaxing to watch when feeling unwell.
OH!!! This video finally made me realise what buckram is! In Danish it's always just called "Hessian", and it was bizarrely popular to use as a wall paper here in the 1970s... (Mind you, great wall paper for teenage rooms, as you can pin posters on it without actually leaving a mark once you go off your idol of the week!)
Okay now I have to put "weird spiky hat" on the list of reasons I need to try making some medieval non vining stuff
I love how this looks so regal, and elegant, and badass all at the same time!!!
For little metal cones to top the hennin you could use jingle cones from an indigenous dance supply shop. They come in several sizes for different types of jingle cone dresses, but I have seen ones for adult dresses up to 3" long, whereas kid's ones can be as small as 1.75". I've seen them stamped with patterns and plain, in all kinds of different coloured metal finishes. Searching for jingle cones, jingle cone dress supply or Native American dance supply will help you to find people who are selling jingle cones in your area.
That's really cool! When I did a medieval headdress for a school project, I used linen bands that I pinned around my head (vertically under my chin and up around the top of my head, and horizontally across my forehead and around the back of my head), and pinned to each other at the temples where they crossed, and then pinned the rest of my headdress (veil, etc.) to the bands. It stayed in place really well, as long as the pins didn't slide out of the fabric, but I never thought about using velvet to grip the skin/hair better.
It turned out so beautiful! The wait the veil moved while you were turning your head was gorgeous it felt so cinematic... now i need some headwear with a veil even though it has nothing to do with the project I'm currently working on!
Your research is so good! Your Maleficent is going to be stunning! I'm tempted to pause my Viking project and jump into a Disney project too. You are inspiring!
This ended up being so so beautiful! The veil is so feminine. Also, so impressed with your research!
This is so gorgeous! I can’t wait to see the completed look all together!
It turned out well and is a lot more stable than I expected. Will you share video of the whole outfit together? I would love to see the final result :)
Fantastic! I always wondered how someone would set about tackling a project such as this. Well done.
Fantastic video and I really want to try making one !
Also, anyone that has a Papillion dog really needs to make the "Butterfly" style one ! I'm all about matching fashion to the dog !
Gorgeous! It only hit me now that in Disney's Robin Hood (the one with the foxes as Robin Hood & Maid Marion) that Maid Marion wore a double hennin! It covered her ears!
Oh I Love it! It's gorgeous. I can't wait to see the full costume :)
This is probably the coolest thing I have seen this year! I loved all the research and how you made it!
Beautifully done! I love the finished project 🖤💜🖤 It's a wonderfully dramatic mix of historical and the character's design
Wearers could have (carefully) straight-pinned through the piece along the edges into the fabric band you put on beneath it since pins were used to hold various parts of the outfits together. [That is certainly a patient little model you have there!]
That was AMAZING! Looks awesome and oh the options you could do. I had always wondered where those princess cones came from....
This looks so cool! Can we bring back dramatic headpieces? I want to wear it on a daily basis. Imagine how badass it would make us feel haha
Or even just headpieces in general? There just isn’t enough headwear that isn’t either religious or purely functional nowadays.
best intro ever 10/10 you should always have your dogs model for you
Those little caps on the hen bun that holds the veil on looks like the cones for candle snuffers!
Live this. So much.
that looks freaking amazing. I don't even know what to say, except to wish that we had some kind of cool hat that was part of contemporary fashion
This was amazing! Thank you for sharing it with us and congratulations on making such a masterpiece!
Nicole, dearest, Please stop being so skilled!( jk, DON"T) This looks amazing. Cannot wait to see it all come together.
I have to admit my favorite part is the dog. Something about dogs in hats kills me, especially the faces they make. I mean, it's a gorgeous hat. But the dog adds that something, y'know? 😂
That goldwork was sooooo satisfying to watch! 🤩
I believe I saw the "black triangle" loop on the Prior Attire channel, unless they're just similar looking.
Coming over here straight after Abby's video was, in fact, a glorious transition🐶💜
The double hennin is gorgeous, it's so fun to see the project video after seeing you work on it live on Instagram! Also your testing process was magnificent :-D