| The chaperon began as a sort of hood,
though more decorated and larger. It had leaf-like edges at the
bottom, and the hood had a long point called a liripipe. |
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| In the early 1300s, someone with either no
taste in fashion or as a joke wore a chaperon with his head stuck through
the face opening rather than through the bottom. Strangely, this
odd-looking style caught on. The liripipe was lengthened even
further to counterbalance the weight of the other side. |
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| After a while, the liripipe was thrown away
entirely, and the chaperon was made into more of a hat, its base being a
stiffened band. It was popular in Italy during the Renaissance. |
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| Trade with the Middle East influenced the
chaperon quite heavily, and it gained a turban-like appearance. The
roll that was its base became padded until it looked like a fat donut. |
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