Un chapeau orné d’ananas (yes, it’s a pineapple hat!)
I’ve been enamoured of this delightfully ridiculous 1797 fashion plate for some time. It’s a turban ornamented with pearls and a pineapple! Move over Carmen Miranda!
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Terminology: What is a Dolman? (the Victorian kind)
As well as being a cross between a coat and a cape, dolmans were a cross between an indoor and outdoor garment. They were frequently made from lush, expensive indoor fabrics, but their cut signified that the wearer was moving from indoors to out and back again, and did not intend to settle indoors
The most fabulous pocket in the world
It feels a bit like gilding the lily to follow up the most amazing bonkers centrepiece in the world with the most fabulous pocket in the world, but it really is…