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These are the policies of Dead Chicken Hat. For the benefit of we mortals not possessing a degree in law they are not worded in ‘Legalese‘, but in plain English. Please do not attempt to take advantage of our helpful nature by trying to wriggle out of your obligations or impose extra ones on us. If you need further clarification, the legally-worded stuff is linked from here

Do not expect Dead Chicken Hat costumes to be like normal clothes. These are hand-made, one-of-a-kind items, made from vintage fabric wherever possible. There will be places where the hand-stitches are not exactly the same length as they are elsewhere. There may be strangly-placed seams and odd-looking gussets. That's the way they made them back then. There may be worn patches. There may be darns. These are not faults, they are features.
There are no garment care labels. There are no standard sizes. There are no modern conveninces such as velco and lycra. Hose go baggy at the knees. That's the way it is with hose. Lace-up garments are awkward to get into and restrict movement. You'll just have to get used to it. If you want easy-to-wear, buy a T-shirt.

In times past garments were made to last and last they did, sometimes through several generations, being remade to fit the latest occupier. Clothes were so valuable a commodity that even a high-class servant would receive a suit as part of his annual wage. Over the years, this suit would be passed down the household until it eventually ended up on the back of the second under-gardener or the son of some poor relation, much patched, altered and mended. So to look realistic, you don't want freshly-pressed and pristine. Some of our garments are deliberately distressed. (But we give them a nice cup of tea afterwards.)

We realise that most people don’t read these bits, but by hiring or buying anything from Dead Chicken Hat you will be assumed to have read and agreed with everything in here. Of course, you won’t know that if you haven’t read this far... You, kind reader, clearly have, so take a pat on the head and a gold star and we hope that the event for which you want your costume goes really, really well.

Additions and corrections are welcome, accompanied by referenced sources, to seamstress(at)deadchickenhat(dot)com.

All mistakes are entirely of my own invention, and I claim world-wide copyright on them.

Dead Chicken Hats Biblical Greek Roman Medieval Tudor Stuart Character Glossary Gallery Free Patterns Free Leaflets Videos and Tutorials - NEW! Why The Fish? Fun Stuff Real Chicken Hut About Us About our Costumes Garment Care Fabric & Construction Refunds and Returns Hiring We Don't Sell That, But... Shipping Privacy Policies & Terms Contact Us See-Saw Maths Just What Is A Dead Chicken Hat, Anyway? .	These are the policies of Dead Chicken Hat. For the benefit of we mortals not possessing a degree in law they are not worded in ‘Legalese‘, but in plain English. Please do not attempt to take advantage of our helpful nature by trying to wriggle out of your obligations or impose extra ones on us. If you need further clarification, the legally-worded stuff is linked from here
		Do not expect Dead Chicken Hat costumes to be like normal clothes. These are hand-made, one-of-a-kind items, made from vintage fabric wherever possible. There will be places where the hand-stitches are not exactly the same length as they are elsewhere. There may be strangly-placed seams and odd-looking gussets. That's the way they made them back then. There may be worn patches. There may be darns. These are not faults, they are features. There are no garment care labels. There are no standard sizes. There are no modern conveninces such as velco and lycra. Hose go baggy at the knees. That's the way it is with hose. Lace-up garments are awkward to get into and restrict movement. You'll just have to get used to it. If you want easy-to-wear, buy a T-shirt.
	In times past garments were made to last and last they did, sometimes through several generations, being remade to fit the latest occupier. Clothes were so valuable a commodity that even a high-class servant would receive a suit as part of his annual wage. Over the years, this suit would be passed down the household until it eventually ended up on the back of the second under-gardener or the son of some poor relation, much patched, altered and mended. So to look realistic, you don't want freshly-pressed and pristine. Some of our garments are deliberately distressed. (But we give them a nice cup of tea afterwards.)
		We realise that most people don’t read these bits, but by hiring or buying anything from Dead Chicken Hat you will be assumed to have read and agreed with everything in here. Of course, you won’t know that if you haven’t read this far... You, kind reader, clearly have, so take a pat on the head and a gold star and we hope that the event for which you want your costume goes really, really well.