Comments on: The Merry Widow Hat http://edwardianpromenade.com/fashion/the-merry-widow/ la belle epoque in our modern world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:37:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: malvina http://edwardianpromenade.com/fashion/the-merry-widow/comment-page-1/#comment-5746 malvina Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:16:38 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=1658#comment-5746 what a wonderful and interesting post! a replication of the merry widow hat is definitely on my to-craft-list! what a wonderful and interesting post!
a replication of the merry widow hat is definitely on my to-craft-list!

]]> By: Evangeline http://edwardianpromenade.com/fashion/the-merry-widow/comment-page-1/#comment-5501 Evangeline Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:15:49 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=1658#comment-5501 lol, everyone. There seems to be a universal fascination with this hat that persists a hundred years after the craze! I found someone who was making a Merry Widow hat <a href="http://wearinghistory.blogspot.com/2009/05/merry-widow-hat.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. lol, everyone. There seems to be a universal fascination with this hat that persists a hundred years after the craze! I found someone who was making a Merry Widow hat here.

]]> By: Victoria Janssen http://edwardianpromenade.com/fashion/the-merry-widow/comment-page-1/#comment-5471 Victoria Janssen Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:07:49 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=1658#comment-5471 I am not sure I could carry off the look, but I'd sure love to try! I am not sure I could carry off the look, but I’d sure love to try!

]]> By: heidenkind http://edwardianpromenade.com/fashion/the-merry-widow/comment-page-1/#comment-5462 heidenkind Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:30:36 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=1658#comment-5462 Very interesting, as always! I never even thought about where that term came from, but I love how it ties into the Duchess of Devonshire and Gainsborough's portrait of her. Question: did one have to be a merry widow to wear the merry widow hat? Very interesting, as always! I never even thought about where that term came from, but I love how it ties into the Duchess of Devonshire and Gainsborough’s portrait of her.

Question: did one have to be a merry widow to wear the merry widow hat?

]]> By: Barbara http://edwardianpromenade.com/fashion/the-merry-widow/comment-page-1/#comment-5451 Barbara Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:43:50 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=1658#comment-5451 Wonderful post. Wonderful post.

]]> By: Katie Mack http://edwardianpromenade.com/fashion/the-merry-widow/comment-page-1/#comment-5445 Katie Mack Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:43:33 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=1658#comment-5445 The Merry Widow hat seems crazy -- why would someone want all that on their head? Of course, 100 years from now they'll be thinking the same thing about one of our current fashion trends... The Merry Widow hat seems crazy — why would someone want all that on their head? Of course, 100 years from now they’ll be thinking the same thing about one of our current fashion trends…

]]> By: Elizabeth Kerri Mahon http://edwardianpromenade.com/fashion/the-merry-widow/comment-page-1/#comment-5443 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:00:37 +0000 http://edwardianpromenade.com/?p=1658#comment-5443 What a wonderful post. I've always wondered about The Merry Widow hat. What a wonderful post. I’ve always wondered about The Merry Widow hat.

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