In this video I am looking at the history of feather fashions from the mid 16th century to the present day. This is a very brief England/European-centric view, and of course I have left a lot out because I didn’t want the video to get too long! Even though I am not a qualified historian, I have done my best to conduct research responsibly from reputable sources.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xDew85yiDY https://www.cam.ac.uk/whenmenworefeathers
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/a-feather-in-your-cap-inside-the-symbolic-universe-of-renaissance-europe
https://blog.hrp.org.uk/curators/it-belongs-in-a-museum-the-bristowe-hat/
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/ghcc/research/luxury/activities/workshop1/readings/dangers_of_dress_martha_c_howell.pdf
Rich Apparel: Clothing and the Law in Henry VIII’s England – Book by Maria Hayward 2009
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/fashion/19iht-acagplum.html https://nonfictioness.com/victorian/the-victorian-ostrich-feather-trade-boom-and-bust/
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-dressed-the-history-of-fas-29000690/episode/murderous-millinery-29264125/
https://escholarship.org/content/qt0xk4n68x/qt0xk4n68x.pdf https://blog.americanduchess.com/2012/03/v73-brief-history-of-feathers-on-hats.html
https://theartofdress.org/2015/06/24/murderous-millinery-a-brief-look-at-the-fashion-for-feathered-hats-in-the-early-20th-century/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/migratory-bird-act-anniversary-keeping-feathers-off-hats-180969077/ https://fashioningfeathers.info/fashioning-feathers/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHyIOIstYRA
https://research information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/87463034/Last_Plumassier_FINAL_August_2016.pdf
Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones – Book by Oriole Cullen
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