A couple indoor bonnets

[major bill]

Indoor bonnets with a girl sized one in front.

Why are these indoor bonnets and what makes them 'indoor?

 

[lupaglupa]

Many women wore caps over their hair in the home. I've never seen indoor bonnet as a term.

 

[major bill]

The signage says indoor bonnet.

 

[major bill]

I assume the dress is a reproduction.

 

[Reconstructed Rebel]

Wild guess - the clear netting may have held hair in place but it provided no protection from the sun, hence, only worn indoors?

 

[Bonny Blue Flag]

By looking at the indoor bonnets, they appear to be more for fashion than for use outdoors. They would not keep the sun off of your head, they would not keep out the cold. They appear to be quite delicate in their construction.

--BBF

 

[Carol]

This type of bonnet appeared regularly at church or a social event, (if the weather was fair). It's fun to look back and see how many bonnets were owned during the war. It appears that bonnets were the first things that many women did without as the war pushed forward. Many women refashioned what bonnets they had on hand. Thanks for sharing this.

 

[Dan Kohli]

I initially had misread the title as indoor bayonets, and thought why would they need special ones for indoors.

 

[lupaglupa]

I initially had misread the title as indoor bayonets, and thought why would they need special ones for indoors.

Nerf should make these