Saxon woman’s costume

In the Saxon community, older women traditionally wore a Haube: a black velvet hood minutely embroidered with coloured floral motifs and adorned with beads, which was tied beneath the chin. In German there is an expression: unter die Haube bringen/kommen, which means to marry, since after marrying, the woman changed her headdress from the Borten or lace cap to the Haube or embroidered hood.