tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post512498180363410394..comments2024-03-26T17:38:35.264+00:00Comments on Catherine Curzon: Anglomania, hats and English ladies of the 1780sCatherine Curzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-54960664422376455202016-10-16T23:06:19.199+01:002016-10-16T23:06:19.199+01:00One small point. The reason why the aristocratic F...One small point. The reason why the aristocratic French ladies spent all their time at Court was because the French monarch would not allow the courtiers to go home to their estates and possibly plot against him. The English aristocracy observed The Season. They were in London during the winter when Parliament was sitting to enjoy a courtly social round but were able to return to their estates in the summer. This meant that the English aristocracy were far better informed about conditions in the country. And the English peasant was famously better off than the French peasant. The two sets of facts may be linked.Mary Seymourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920239473179360242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-47332892492324687362016-10-06T13:01:41.843+01:002016-10-06T13:01:41.843+01:00I love those hats. I wear widebrimmed hats myself...I love those hats. I wear widebrimmed hats myself, but I may just have to make my own Gainsborough-lady hats like I make myself frilly mobcaps Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.com