Focus on Portrait of Hylck Boner and discuss the Costume.
Unlike Hals' other wedding portraits of women, Hylck is wearing a sober Mennonite dress with very short wrist collars. Her dress is however made with detailed embroidery that indicate the expense of the cut. Her millstone collar is noticeable for its extra tightly folded figure-eight loops. She wears her hair covered by a winged diadem cap that is edged with lace trim. She is not wearing any jewelry except for a wedding ring on her right index finger. Her ensemble is very similar to that of young Mennonite brides of Haarlem that Hals portrayed:
Mennonite