Comments on: Equipages, chatelaines and macaronis

By: Der Schauspieldirektor – Costume Diary, Part 5 (Hats!) « onedelightfulday

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:04:26 +0000

[...] I also made some accessories. All the dresses from the 1790s have little tabs hanging from the bodices. I knew their history but not what they were called, so I asked Alisa. She used her Google Ninja skills and discovered that they are called Chatalaines, Equipages, Fobs or Macaronis! [...]

By: Beatrice

Beatrice — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:54:19 +0000

Hola, I like your FOB theory, but I don’t think it works. Men usually did not wear belts in the 18th century, although they did in the 19th century. But fobs were not attached to belts, I think. Apparently this is where the word ‘fob’ comes from:
fob (n.)
1653, “small pocket for valuables,” probably related to Low Ger. fobke “pocket,” High Ger. fuppe “pocket.” Meaning “chain attached to a watch carried in the fob” is from 1885.
Hope this helps. Beatrice

By: nelapx

nelapx — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:03:50 +0000

Hello … I came here .. with an investigation .. and I have a question for you, that meaning of the word Fob, according to me, originated from Chatelaine, but it is the dinimutivo .. that’s my theory .. and according to me is:
F=fastened
O=objects
B=belt
appreciate any comments you have about this .. if only to say I’m crazy … thanks
ahhh .. sorry I present, I’m an architect, and now I make my phd, no not in this .. someone left this question in my blog, and a researcher does not remain in the air .. So llvo more than 8 hours on the web trying to clarify what meaning has this word .. scissor fob and everything, it meant to me as a adornment of scissors, and that is not in origin ..an sorry no speak enghlis … hablo español…