Make your own headwear

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Make your own headwear

 

To make it at Henry’s court, you'll need to have some fashionable headwear!

Make your own Tudor headgear!

Make your own hat or hood


A hat for young masters

Henry sports a magnificent hat
If you are a young master, how about a bonnet in the style of Henry’s fashionable headwear?

Click here to make your own Henry hat >  (PDF, 3.5MB)


  
A hood for young ladies 

French hood (left) and English hood (right)Or, if you are a young lady of Court, you can choose between the elegant English hood or the shapely French hood!

Click here to make your own English hood > (PDF, 4.0MB)
Click here to make your own French hood > (PDF, 3.4MB)

Make sure you attach your finest jewels and feathers to your wonderful creations! 

Be creative!

You might like to think about the fabrics, colours and trimmings which are fashionable now, think about the ways we express ourselves through clothing, our status symbols and our favourite pastimes.

Henry VIII was a fashionable king who used clothing to send messages to his courtiers and subjects. What message might you like to send to Henry VIII when you visit him at Hampton Court Palace?

A living Tudor world


Henry VIII: heads and heartsCome to the King's finest palace and experience the splendours of his court. Take part in royal entertainments, fine tune your courtly charms and uncover the political and domestic dramas that plague our king. Click here to find out more >  

 

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