Please can someone help? I am trying to make a hat that I thought was fashionable in 1890 or thereabouts. It is a toque shape on a wire frame and sits at an angle, slanting downwards towards the wearer's forhead. I had the idea that the back of this hat had a rigid band of silk covered buckram fitted into the back of the crown with a curve cut out to allow for the hairstyle but I can't find a picture showing this detail. It wouldn't show on a fashion plate because I understood that the bandeau would be covered with flowers, ribbons etc but the only similar thing that I have found is a low fabric strip bandeau which would hold the hat on but not give it the angle.
Am I mixing it up with something else? Did I dream it? :) Janine
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