Undergarment upgrades bring many Mormon women comfort and joy

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74. Women and girls had to wear a head covering.

Of course when milliners ruled the fashion world and everyone wore hats as a matter of course, it was a hat. (Men removed their hats in church of course.) When Jackie Kennedy was the big fashion icon, the pillbox hats came into style so Mom had one of those for church. It was a leopard skin pillbox hat, before BD put it into the lexicon. Jackie also popularized the mantilla for Mass, which came in lace in the long draped style. The lace chapel cap, aka The Doily, became popular at that time among girls and young women who wanted to ditch the hat, but weren’t up for a big long lace veil. The Doily fit in your purse and could easily be donned just before entering the church. Many of us needed a bobby pin or two for anchoring The Doily… so when you forgot your cap, a Kleenex and a bobby pin rendered you minimally acceptable in the eyes of the RCC.