{"id":15734,"date":"2026-02-11T22:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suzilove.wordpress.com\/?p=15734"},"modified":"2026-01-24T18:40:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T08:40:46","slug":"19th-century-early-womens-cotton-caps-with-hanging-tails-or-flirtation-ribbon-regency-jsaneausten-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suzilove.com\/?p=15734","title":{"rendered":"19th Century Early Women&#8217;s Cotton Caps With Hanging Tails, Or Flirtation Ribbons. #Regency #JaneAusten #Fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">19th Century Early Women&#8217;s Cotton Caps. Worn as morning caps, night caps, or under other hats. With lappets, hanging ties, or tails, which were also called &#8216;follow me lads&#8217;, or &#8216;flirtation ribbons&#8217;. via Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.A. mfa.org. via Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.A. mfa.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Definition Caps<\/strong>: Worn as morning caps, night caps, or under other hats. Jane Austen and her family and female friends would have worn caps like these, sometimes during the morning at home, to bed to keep their long hair from becoming knotted, or under a bonnet to hold a hairstyle in place.<br>Caps sometimes had hanging ties, or tails, were also called &#8216;follow me lads&#8217;, or &#8216;flirtation ribbons&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Definition Lappets: <\/strong>Two long strips of material, often lace, hanging from top of head down back or over\u00a0 shoulders. Sometimes extensions of a headdress and a requirement for court dress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suzilove.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/05\/19th-century-muslin-cap.-cotton-muslin-with-cotton-embroidery-and-bobbin-lace.-via-suzilove.com-and-museum-of-fine-arts-boston.-mfa.org-side-side-down_lge_lge_sml.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/suzilove.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/05\/19th-century-muslin-cap.-cotton-muslin-with-cotton-embroidery-and-bobbin-lace.-via-suzilove.com-and-museum-of-fine-arts-boston.-mfa.org-side-side-down_lge_lge_sml.jpg?w=700\" alt=\"19th Century Early Women's Cotton Caps. Worn as morning caps, night caps, or under other hats. Hanging ties, or tails, also called 'follow me lads', or 'flirtation ribbon's. via Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.A. mfa.org\" class=\"wp-image-14878\" style=\"width:488px;height:457px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">19th Century Early Women&#8217;s Cotton Caps. Worn as morning caps, night caps, or under other hats. Hanging ties, or tails, also called &#8216;follow me lads&#8217;, or &#8216;flirtation ribbon&#8217;s. via Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.A.  mfa.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>19th Century Women&#8217;s Caps with tails and ribbons as worn by women in the Bridgerton and Jane Austen years. #Bridgerton #RegencyEra #Hats #JaneAusten https:\/\/books2read.com\/SuziLoveFashionWomen1815-1819<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.suzilove.com\/?p=15734\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[964,553,576,1131,616,497,466,503,518,474,476,546,469,498],"tags":[470,121,176,215,246,560,351,590,388,430],"class_list":["post-15734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1800s","category-1800s-womens-fashion","category-australia","category-bridgerton","category-canada","category-england","category-europe","category-france","category-hats","category-jane-austen","category-regency-era","category-regency-fashion","category-suzi-love-images","category-u-s-a","tag-1800s-womens-fashion","tag-british-history","tag-europe","tag-hats","tag-jane-austen","tag-museum-of-fine-arts","tag-regency-fashion","tag-romantic-era","tag-sewing","tag-usa"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Suzi Love","author_link":"https:\/\/www.suzilove.com\/?author=1"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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