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Gefrens - aka the hair fringe
When one thinks of Gefrens, the drawings of the Housebook Master often come first to mind. However it is a fashion that is not just limited to his artwork and is a fashion that pre-dates his time by at least 40 years. In short it is a fringe of yarn that hangs down the back of the neck on young women, and sometimes older women wear them at the back of their headdresses. Typically though its a younger women's style and worn with big huge braids that were helped out with fake hair. The fringe is attached to a band that is either hidden in the hair or you can see the band in the front.
Here's a drawing by Durer, done between 1484 and 1499 called Amorous Peasants that shows the headdress from the front.
http://www.wga.hu/art/d/durer/2/11/1/15peasan.jpg
Here are some Gefrens pictures that I found today, and the dresses are really cool too! Pleats and hanging sleeves, from the 1440's!
When one thinks of Gefrens, the drawings of the Housebook Master often come first to mind. However it is a fashion that is not just limited to his artwork and is a fashion that pre-dates his time by at least 40 years. In short it is a fringe of yarn that hangs down the back of the neck on young women, and sometimes older women wear them at the back of their headdresses. Typically though its a younger women's style and worn with big huge braids that were helped out with fake hair. The fringe is attached to a band that is either hidden in the hair or you can see the band in the front.
Here's a drawing by Durer, done between 1484 and 1499 called Amorous Peasants that shows the headdress from the front.
http://www.wga.hu/art/d/durer/2/11/1/15peasan.jpg
Here are some Gefrens pictures that I found today, and the dresses are really cool too! Pleats and hanging sleeves, from the 1440's!
( Cut for length )
