Bycocket
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wearing a bycocket (circa 1380)A bycocket or bycoket is a style of hat that was fashionable for both men and women in Western Europe from the 13th to the 16th century.[1][2] It has a wide brim that is turned up in the back and pointed in the front like a bird's beak.[3] In French, it is called a chapeau à bec due to this resemblance.[1]
The hat was originally worn by nobles and royalty, and later by the rising
merchant class.[1][2][3] It was often decorated with feathers, jewels, or other ornaments.[1][3] Today, it is commonly associated with the character Robin Hood.[4]
References
- ^ ISBN 0486427463.
- ^ a b Planché, James Robinson (1876). A Cyclopaedia of Costume or Dictionary of Dress, Including Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent. Vol. 1. London: Chatto & Windus. p. 1.
- ^ ISBN 978-0313364624.
- ISBN 978-0874130034.
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