18th Century Bergere Hat: Thrift Flipping My Marie Antoinette Hat for a Chemise a la Reine

Hello again beautiful people!
Thank you for the grace to get this video up a few days later since I wasn't feeling awesome, but wanted to keep up a great quality video for you. Today I have a Bergere tutorial which as inspired by the entire Sheppardess/ Rocco aesthetic with was popular in the late 18th century. Ever since I was a teen ager and watched Kristen Dunst as Marie Antoinette I wanted to make one of these out fits, and it seems especially fitting to have a light, flowy outfit as we head into our warmer months. My Had was inspired by the Marie Antoinette movie, but also by these historical examples and paintings I found from the period.

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More inspiration for my current 18th Century Projects:
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I was especially excited to find Bergere hats which were lined because it means I could wear these looser curled hair styles without possibly catching a stray curl in a broken bit of straw. I suspect from wearing other solid, wide brimmed hats for historical events, this version of the Bergere will also help to protect me a little extra from the sun. Because of this theory I decided not to try the 18th century fashion for steaming one side to go straight up. From a historical point, we have both lined and unlined hats from the period which survive. If you are looking for a fun 18th century costuming rabbit hold to fall down, definitely take a look at 18th century millinery. The particular styles I looked at from my project inspiration were from the 1760s to the 1780s in fashions.

You could also make this adorable piece of millinery with a modern hot glue gun in some places, but I preferred the idea of sewing the had as a not to the historical practice of trimming your own hats. In the future this also gives me the flexibility to change the styling and decoration without doing too much damage to my straw hat base.

To make my hat you will need:
About 1 yard of silk
1 straw hat blank
Thread and wax for the thread
Millinery Flowers or small flowers from the craft store
ribbon for your ties (I used about 2 yards of silk ribbon from my crafting stash)
Iron and ironing board
Fabric Scissors
Fabric Clips
Straight pins
Wire Cutters
Plyers or Thimble

Thank you for joining me on my journey to finish one of my dream projects as we come out of the pandemic. My goal is to be floating around in this floating cotton chemise a la reine by the end of July.
I hope you found this in depth tutorial helpful and I will see you in my next video!
Bisou Bisou,
Maridith

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