Monday 1 January 2018

Carrot Top


This carrot topped headwear was picked up from Chows Emporium around 8 years ago


It was from an opera called "Sir John in Love" labelled actor final scene and now used for tribal shaman in LRP


The wicker frame is tied together with sackcloth/hessian, fitted over a padded skull cap and then topped with an artificial carrot.



Watch for low branches and don't even attempt doorways wearing this hat




Seen above with a carrot-nosed facemask and below with an onion covered shawl also from Chows



Friday 29 December 2017

Baubles

Presents for Christmas included Beard Baubles and R.


Along with a green Vietcong pith helmet, a brown suede hood and a bag full of Wee Willie Winky Hats.


Saturday 23 December 2017

Jesters Hat

The jester hat is a silly hat with bells on worn by performers in the Tudor period and beyond.


Red and Green should never be seen, except on fools is a reference to a colour clash and peoples fashion sense.
I always like to think this phrase comes from the colours worn by medieval court jesters, but that probably not true, the phrase could come from the running lights on ships, which have traditionally been red on one side and green on the other. If another vessel saw green or red lights ahead in the dark, it would mean they were on a collision course. 


This is comercial hat found in job lot of hats I got off ebay used by a local theatre group.


Where does a werewolf go when he loses his tail? 


A retail store,  ta da.

Sunday 17 December 2017

Crown


The crown a headress worn by a monarch or emperor to show thier power, wealth and also used in a coranation to endorse thier position.


Crowns come in many shape a date back to time of pharoes, the one shown here is shaped like a traditional european crown.

Often made of gold or other precious metaerial, covered in jewels and lined with some expensive animal skin, this headgear is not practical or confortable, its nothing but a symbol of the wearers rank. 


This is a cheap fancy dress plastic crown which I have repainted and distressed, lined with felt all to give a bit life and make it less plasticky.


One up from the cracker crown shown in my previous post.