I've been looking into the laws that have influenced fiber production and consumption. It's very interesting to me to find the wide disparity between the laws enforced in England itself as the "homeland" and in the Colonies in the Americas.
If I'm understand this correctly, it seems that there were completely different rules, regulations, and taxes depending on where one lived. I have to assume that this is part of what has led to such a difference in the importance in specific articles of clothing and uses of fibers.
So far, I have not found anything in the Americas similar to The Cappers Act of 1571. I cannot imagine the "government" regulating a minimum number of hours a week that a person must wear a cap, much less what style and of what materials the cap should be made of.
On the other hand, I'm sure there were Early Colonial regulations on Modesty that probably provided guidelines for Women's Wear and Headcoverings. Totally different rules for totally different results with different application.
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