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Eighteenth-Century Millinery Enigmas
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Across
  • 1. Three-cornered hat favored by naval officers and revolutionaries
  • 2. Fluffy fur-trimmed hat popular in certain provincial English circles
  • 6. Hat style immortalized by a French general, slightly cocked and iconic
  • 8. Casual, tousled wig-hat hybrid worn by younger gentry
  • 9. Plain, brimmed hat associated with a religious sect emphasizing modesty
  • 10. A small, rounded cap with ecclesiastical origins, seen in aristocratic fashion
Down
  • 3. An asymmetrical hat named for a Polish composer, worn tilted
  • 4. Elaborate, towering hair accessory mistaken for a hat, named after a mistress
  • 5. Uncommon waterproof outerwear hat, name shared with a raincoat innovator
  • 7. Stiffened ribbon or hat brim, lending structure to 18th-century bonnets
  • 11. French term embracing various shapes, often flamboyant or military inspired
  • 12. A variant of powdered court headwear, somewhat relaxed in form

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