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    How to Make Turban Hats - A Milliner's Guide
    How to Make Turban Hats - A Milliner's Guide
    How to Make Turban Hats - A Milliner's Guide
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    How to Make Turban Hats - A Milliner's Guide

    By Read Books Ltd.

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    This book contains a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to designing and making a turban. Easy to digest and aimed at the beginner, this guide is perfect for the amateur milliner and constitutes a must-read for anyone intent on handcrafting turbans. The information contained herein is primarily for the creation of soft crowned and blocked Turbans. Styles for draping the front are also given, but many other arrangements are possible, according to the taste and skill of the milliner. This antique book has been elected for modern republication due to its instructional value, and is proudly republished here complete with a new introduction to the subject.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateAug 26, 2016
    ISBN9781473356023
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      How to Make Turban Hats - A Milliner's Guide - Read Books Ltd.

      HOW TO MAKE

      TURBAN HATS

      -A MILLINER’S GUIDE-

      BY

      VARIOUS

      Copyright © 2011 Read Books Ltd.

      This book is copyright and may not be reproduced or copied in any way without the express permission of the publisher in writing

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      Millinery

      Whereas 'hatmaking' is the manufacture of hats and headwear, 'millinery' also encompasses the designing and manufacture of hats. A milliner's store, predictably, is a shop which sells those goods. Historically, milliners, typically female shopkeepers, produced or imported an inventory of garments for men, women, and children, including hats, shirts, cloaks, shifts, caps, neckerchiefs, and undergarments, and sold these garments in their millinery shop. More recently, the term has evolved to refer specifically to someone who designs and makes hats, usually primarily for a female clientele. The origin of the term is likely the Middle English milener, an inhabitant of Milan or one who deals in items from this Italian city, known for its fashion and clothing.

      Many styles of headgear have been popular through history and worn for different functions

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