#catherinette

St. Catherine was the patron saint of unmarried women, and the festivities in France and from what I read a little this morning, in Quebec as well, were kind of a big deal.

Marseille. Au MuCEM, une très intéressante expo : "Fashion-Folklore".Le titre parle de lui-même.

John Galliano pour Dior - robe "Francine" 2005

chapeaux de catherinettes - devant, Hermès 1957 + 1985 ; derrière, atelier Chloé 2016

Cacharel - chapeau de catherinette 1977

guazze, ornement de tête - Côme (G) et Brianza (D), Lombardie XIXe s.

Romanticising being a Catherinette

August 10th, If I am still single, do not call me single, lonely, spinster, old maid... absolutely not, I wish to be a Catherinette, feels very glamorous

November 25th, If I am still single I plan to celebrate St.Catherines day a holiday in which any unmarried women is to construct an elaborate hat and attend a ball. This applies to women who are spinsters over the age of 25 years old (' if you are single and over 25, you are not single you are unmarried')

The holiday to me bares resemblance to an Australian 'holiday' Melbourne Cup day in which mostly groups of young, upper middle, upper class single people dress up and go to the races.

If you ever attend such an event I can guarantee that you will find yourself surrounded by flocks of young single women dressed very prettily and wearing Fascinators which are 'elaborately constructed hats' essentially.

I personally think I would prefer a Medevil time ball instead of watching drunk men bet on horses who run around in circles, but hey thats just me.

  1 -Dès que revient le mois de février Dans les journaux comme dans les boites aux lettres S’affichent les cœurs, volent les baisers Clichés d’amour pour un antique prêtre   Cachez-moi ce saint Que je ne saurais voir Cachez-moi ce saint Dès demain Cachez-moi ce saint Valentin !   2 -Comme un mot d’ordre, un flash incandescent On fait du pied à ceux qui vont par deux Pour qu’ils déballent en flux…

La Catherinette chapel in Pont-d'Ain, Bresse region of France