Why The Costumes of Little Women did NOT deserve an Oscar

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  • My opinion of the costumes of Little Women. BEFORE YOU COMMENT, please re-read the title of the video. It doesn't say "Why The Costumes Of Little Women Were Bad"; No , they simply didn't measure up to the other Oscar nominees. They didn't do the movie itself any favors. Talented designer, but the execution was messy. It ended up taking a lot of people out of the story while watching. Myself included.
    You'll hear me rant about the Live Action Beauty And The Beast too, and a couple other vaguely related topics. I know this is very different from what I usually do, and perhaps less entertaining, but I hope ya learn a thing or two!
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  • @OlafavonGoeding
    @OlafavonGoeding 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18406

    Your editing is absolutely horrendous. I love it.

    • @td9543
      @td9543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +402

      She pinned you lol

    • @OlafavonGoeding
      @OlafavonGoeding 3 ปีที่แล้ว +316

      @@td9543 omg what an honor

    • @bambi6900
      @bambi6900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +768

      The fact that she made a bonnet to *roast* them, was literally the best thing I’ve ever seen anyone do.

    • @jacobandersen6075
      @jacobandersen6075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Haha lol

    • @jzz6342
      @jzz6342 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Is like a little kitsch aesthetic. And i love it as well LOL

  • @sof_t_
    @sof_t_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18305

    Maybe this poor family wouldn't be poor if they didn't have 50 dresses for each of their four daughters

    • @amberfranke5970
      @amberfranke5970 4 ปีที่แล้ว +657

      Sofie The Winged yah like they had money but the civil war made them lose money, and somehow they had money.

    • @micahcook2408
      @micahcook2408 4 ปีที่แล้ว +526

      And the irony of the “they’re hippies” doesn’t make any sense as to why the Marches had a wide arrangement and variety of clothes. Especially with some of the colors - bright and beautiful - that aren’t considered “hippie” at all.

    • @alyssa116
      @alyssa116 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Sofie The Winged i love that pfp lmao

    • @Min-pu9rz
      @Min-pu9rz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      They were rich, those dresses were probably there before they lost their money (also applies with their house being so big)

    • @sof_t_
      @sof_t_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +333

      @@Min-pu9rz you can still... Sell them and make more money to not be that poor? Also doesn't make sense with personal dresses for Amy

  • @ikogarcia8122
    @ikogarcia8122 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7525

    That Belle dress was one of the most disappointing dresses Disney ever did for their live action films.

    • @StormyGeddon
      @StormyGeddon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +382

      R I K O I agree. It’s seriously the biggest disservice not only to the era it’s set in but to the insane amount of work that went into making the original movie. With my dying breath as an old lady I will say “how dare they make a live action Beauty and the Beast and screenprint cheap gold ink onto tulle and call it Belle’s ballgown”

    • @cannibalduckie
      @cannibalduckie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +268

      It was literally a prom dress like give us the GLAM u got the budget to embroider and bedazzle and make a hella amazing dress

    • @casualotaku5201
      @casualotaku5201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      The old one was beautiful and unique while the live action was just a joke

    • @manusaad4468
      @manusaad4468 4 ปีที่แล้ว +270

      Belle dress was desapointing since the Cinderella one is one of the most georgeous dresses i've ever seen

    • @voldemortthenoselessfreak2126
      @voldemortthenoselessfreak2126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      I remember watching the trailer and thinking the dress looks beautiful but when i actually watch the movie i realized that her dress was just ok. they could've done better job at the dress like how Cinderella's dress in live action looks gorgeous.

  • @ha8046
    @ha8046 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13131

    “Poorness does not come with an innate lack of social awareness” this quote in itself deserves an Oscar.

    • @SexyVampir8
      @SexyVampir8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +359

      Absolut! I often found it this bad to see in films. They are poor, they don't had lived behind the moon. Even if there money would be not enough for new clothes or hats - they would do everything to find a way to stay in fashion.

    • @Random_news999
      @Random_news999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I love that she said this, my sister and I were having an argument to this effect a while ago.

    • @JJJ-pp3lm
      @JJJ-pp3lm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      *poverty

    • @Mel-jr5cz
      @Mel-jr5cz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      Exactly! What Hollywood can't seem to grasp is that those poor, pitiful Poor People are still freaking people who possess the same amount of personality, pride, and social awareness as the rich and famous. It's equal parts ridiculous and insulting.

    • @mjvanhul
      @mjvanhul 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s smart and I can’t understand it yeah it should win an Oscar

  • @phoebeolderman1054
    @phoebeolderman1054 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1934

    I knew the costumes would be doomed the moment Greta Gerwig gave an interview where she said the Marches were "like hippies, they sewed their own clothes and everything" as if sewing your own clothes wasn't COMMON PRACTICE for women that weren't upper class.

    • @P4Stalot
      @P4Stalot ปีที่แล้ว +176

      That's so reductive. What a weird and wrong comment by her.

    • @traczebabe
      @traczebabe ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Exactly!

    • @esverker7018
      @esverker7018 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      It's so out of touch it's crazy. Not just with history but with poverty. Acting like they'd sew their own clothes purely by choice. They're POOR, there are no other options. It's the same vibes as "let them eat cake". Like "They don't even eat dessert every day! How quaint!"

    • @conserztasfia0078
      @conserztasfia0078 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@esverker7018 sewing ur own clothes doesn't necessarily mean that u r poor or anything
      We are a middle class(financially stable) family and my mother likes to sew her own clothes. She sometimes makes my clothes bcz she likes to, bcz she wants to.
      What's wrong with that?

    • @Amaranthyne
      @Amaranthyne ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@conserztasfia0078 It’s the opposite now. Making your own clothes is usually more expensive than buying them. I can’t make a shirt for $5.

  • @andienelson1957
    @andienelson1957 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1806

    "Maybe her outfits are supposed to reflect the accuracy of her American accent" OH SNAP

    • @PlayLyss
      @PlayLyss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      or maybe you mean OOF

    • @DeterminedDIYer
      @DeterminedDIYer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ope!

    • @trashyysushi
      @trashyysushi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      She really snapped with that one , OUCH

    • @jennTwaambo
      @jennTwaambo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I actually rolled over 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @pigeon842
      @pigeon842 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SAVAGE

  • @TheVelvetKitten
    @TheVelvetKitten 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5291

    I thought, "Wow, she's being so harsh." But then I saw the evidence. And the disturbing lack of bonnets.

    • @MicarahTewers
      @MicarahTewers  4 ปีที่แล้ว +548

      This made me giggle

    • @adrievange
      @adrievange 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      troubling, indeed

    • @quintessential8361
      @quintessential8361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Ugh the dam lack bonnets😤

    • @isabella_michael
      @isabella_michael 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      it was DISTURBING by lack of bonnets

    • @johngreen8921
      @johngreen8921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I find your lack of bonnets disturbing

  • @squeaky748
    @squeaky748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5366

    “Where’s the real Meg? Oh I found her, she’s in 1994 wearing a bonnet.” 😂

  • @sarahblack9333
    @sarahblack9333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2395

    "But still, I think you can be socially functioning, appropriately dressed individuals and still believe in basic human rights?"
    OHH SNAP.

    • @coralreef2329
      @coralreef2329 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      1.4K likes and no comments
      well except for me

    • @sarahblack9333
      @sarahblack9333 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@coralreef2329 I HAD NO IDEA I HAD 1.4K LIKES I DIDN'T EVEN REMEMBER I MADE THIS COMMENT

    • @coralreef2329
      @coralreef2329 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Sarah Black niceeeee :D

    • @dollinnix
      @dollinnix ปีที่แล้ว

      1.6K 😈

    • @moonlily1
      @moonlily1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I don't quite comprehend the connection between a belief in human rights and a need to wear flashy clothing you can't afford. Like, have you ever seen a peace corps volunteer out in the fields vaccinating people in a third world country in Gucci loafers? If the Marches are so poltical, their clothing should reflect their politics. They would probably be boycotting cotton because it was produced by slave labor, Marmee would probably sell her jewelry- which she wouldn't have much of because her husband's work running a sort of liberal education school wouldn't produce enough income for him to buy her all sorts of trinkets and baubles- to support social causes or at least provide for her children and pay the bills while her husband is away.

  • @mac4951
    @mac4951 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13145

    I wish her critiquing costume designing in movies was a regular series.

  • @natem4850
    @natem4850 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7796

    I never thought I'd live to see someone hate-craft a bonnet.

    • @hellybelle5
      @hellybelle5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      I think that's my favourites new expression 😂

    • @mayaaa3140
      @mayaaa3140 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      i love it here

    • @hopeyougetbetter9701
      @hopeyougetbetter9701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Hate-craft 😂

    • @EH23831
      @EH23831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Ha! What a time to be alive, right? 😂
      Imma go hate-craft something right now!

    • @missimperfectlyfine7
      @missimperfectlyfine7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Haha true

  • @ameliasv222
    @ameliasv222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1681

    This wasn't the costumers fault. Gretta Gerwig (the director) said, and I quote "I wanted to avoid cosets and hoop-skirts because I find they're unappealing garments." She said that in her 73 questions interview, right after calling Little Women "sacred text" and saying that she wanted the movie to be as real as possible and that she even filmed on location.

    • @zanet391
      @zanet391 2 ปีที่แล้ว +327

      *raises a finger* no, nevermind, I'd lose braincells trying to make sense out of it. I can understand not finding hoop skirts that appealing, but corsets? The bra of the time?

    • @CatharticCreation
      @CatharticCreation 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      she sounds like a tool

    • @cam4636
      @cam4636 2 ปีที่แล้ว +346

      @@zanet391 I mean, I can understand finding both hoop skirts and corsets unappealing to modern sensibilities, but then why would you try to costume a movie set in the era of hoop skirts and corsets

    • @elirchi9214
      @elirchi9214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      @@zanet391 Not finding hoop skirts appealing??? Have you SEEN a cage crinoline????

    • @portablethunderstorm2478
      @portablethunderstorm2478 2 ปีที่แล้ว +196

      right?? if she hated the clothing of the era so much just change the whole setting, do a modern remake or something

  • @k.harrison1457
    @k.harrison1457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1783

    I MUCH prefer your version of Belle's dress. I cannot begin to express how disappointed I was to see Belle's dress in the live action..

    • @mirjanbouma
      @mirjanbouma 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      This, so much. I understand why they didn't go with too many details on the dress in the drawn version, because every thing you add needs to be drawn like >2000 times, but you're filming! Give me ruffles or give me death!

    • @darkdescentwylocon1386
      @darkdescentwylocon1386 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I agree
      But I guess they loved Banana peel dresses

    • @syko_kid
      @syko_kid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I mean it was pretty but it was so, SOOOOOO disappointing

    • @margaretschaufele6502
      @margaretschaufele6502 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Another reason I refused to watch the live action remake. I loved the original, why did they remake it live action?!? What was the point?!? (other than to make money, obviously)

    • @cranberryrosebud
      @cranberryrosebud ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@margaretschaufele6502 There is absolutely no point, apart from money. And if someone wants to tell me I'm being unfair, changing from voice actors who can express so much emotion through song and language (because they literally have to) to regular actors who are not musically trained, designing iconic outfits to be bland and forgettable, using completely uninspired camera techniques, replacing breathtaking animation with CGI...AND misunderstanding the characters and story to the point where if you think about what's happening for 3 seconds, you realise nothing makes any sense...
      ...does not scream, "we wanted to recreate the magic and explore our creativity with these stories to an even further extent!" to me - rather, it screams, "if we bait you with nostalgia, you'll give us money!!"
      I rewatched The Little Mermaid recently, with a friend, and it is *gorgeous* - the colours, the character design, the musical numbers' animation sequences.
      And I kept thinking, "can't wait for them to ruin it all in the live-action version..."
      You inspired a rant, sorry...

  • @calkompromat1710
    @calkompromat1710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4553

    Not to mention that the women weren't little at all. They were obviously average sized

  • @ichi_yu9940
    @ichi_yu9940 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4502

    Can we talk about how she spent $30 on a dress ANd LoOkED PRETTIER THAN EMMA W H A T

    • @ruby-sg4nk
      @ruby-sg4nk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Ultimate trash This is totally unrelated but I love your profile pic

    • @avas5329
      @avas5329 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      Ultimate trash they’re both very beautiful!! there’s no reason to bring emma down to bring micarah up!! 🥺

    • @ichi_yu9940
      @ichi_yu9940 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@ruby-sg4nk and I like yours too ;)

    • @ichi_yu9940
      @ichi_yu9940 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      @@avas5329 not saying that Emma isn't pretty.Just personal taste.I love the way Micarah's photos looked.Like Emma is a 8.9/10 but Micarah is a 9/10

    • @animulavagulablandula4545
      @animulavagulablandula4545 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      the grand king has spoken

  • @katiehough2499
    @katiehough2499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +638

    Hollywood does not like headwear. There's a reason soldiers often lose helmets 2 minutes into a movie, so you can see their face easily and tell them apart in wide shots. Bonnets block the face and cast shadows, which is not ideal for telling a story, but as you showed, the could pull it off in the 1994 version so they could have worked around them here!

    • @blainevanity6
      @blainevanity6 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Emma. (2020) did a good job with bonnets.

  • @Rouge_Wings
    @Rouge_Wings ปีที่แล้ว +236

    "But putting your hair up is literally free" had me crying!

  • @emmawhite5276
    @emmawhite5276 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3129

    no one:
    micarah: *makes a whole bonnet to prove a point*

    • @mariahhenderson1470
      @mariahhenderson1470 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      I *strive* to be that petty

    • @Jujuumobi
      @Jujuumobi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      And I was here for it 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @mukatayoba
      @mukatayoba 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mariahhenderson1470 lol

  • @officialnezquick
    @officialnezquick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5920

    me, someone with no fashion knowledge and who hasn’t even seen little women: yaasss girl drag them

  • @elliottkane1519
    @elliottkane1519 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1708

    My adhd loves how quickly she talks, it makes it so much easier to watch. I love this

    • @soyybeanboy1731
      @soyybeanboy1731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      hey, me too!!!! she's so fun to watch!!

    • @rolandea6459
      @rolandea6459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Same my adhd didn't get bored watching this so that's definitely saying something

    • @latrolettteeeeeee
      @latrolettteeeeeee 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      loser

    • @arumyna4851
      @arumyna4851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      :D same here!!

    • @tink6225
      @tink6225 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @UCQ2iKglDkpN_oAKzpcEYYQw fuck off

  • @udraj914
    @udraj914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1249

    jee, the book literally makes a huge fuss over dresses and hair styles. Jo's burnt ball dress, Meg's dowdy white tartalan, Amy having to wear her cousin's hand-me-downs... only Beth was happy with her dress. curls are a must, so are bonnets. Jo hates wearing her hair up coz it means she has to behave like a lady. Meg is making a go-to-concert bonnet when she tries to make it up to her husband. I can go on and on... and I think Emma Watson is more suited for Amy or Jo, not Meg.

    • @sylvan44
      @sylvan44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      yesssss i can definitely see emma watson as amy, but she doesn’t have Oldest Sister Vibes, especially due to the costumes

    • @mirjanbouma
      @mirjanbouma 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      @@sylvan44 I haven't read the books so when I learned that Meg was supposed to be older than Jo I got a suspense of disbelief whiplash.

    • @chaosincarnatea8755
      @chaosincarnatea8755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Oh and Amy and her dress with flowers, and Jo playing with kids holding her bonnet (I might be wrong tho I haven’t read the book very recently)

    • @xiuolo8116
      @xiuolo8116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@mirjanbouma because meg doesn't act like an older sister most of the time, in my opinion.
      Yes, she was doing chores and sewing but her traits and behavior doesn't give a "big sister" aura.

    • @angelicafandino9877
      @angelicafandino9877 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@yidan8749 Florence would have made a great Meg but her Older Amy was THE best portrayal. I think that’s why she got the role.

  • @margaritam.9118
    @margaritam.9118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3162

    That Beauty and The Beast dress was like a slap in the face considering how gorgeous was a dress in Cinderella live action movie.

    • @qaadirakhan7686
      @qaadirakhan7686 4 ปีที่แล้ว +355

      And people still had the audacity to say the Beauty and The Beast live action was Better than Cinderella .

    • @margaritam.9118
      @margaritam.9118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +286

      Qaadira Khan
      The costume designer for the film said “it looked amazing, covered with gold” like are we looking at the same thing? I would consider it too cheap even for a Halloween party.

    • @TheMoonLily
      @TheMoonLily 4 ปีที่แล้ว +233

      Exactly what I said after we walked out of the theater, Disney delivered two, TWO breathtaking dresses for Cinderella (the iconic and legendary blue ball gown and the wedding dress) even her plain blue everyday dress was pretty and cute but for Beauty and The Beast we got a very blah dress. They messed up allowing Emma Watson to have input/control over the design of the dress, I mean it was pretty obvious after Cinderella people were anticipating the reveal of Belle’s dress and they should’ve gone above and beyond to accomplish the beauty and magic they gave us then. My sister even said that the Disney park dresses for the princesses were a million times more beautiful than the prom dress blah we got, which I agreed with 💯 there are even cosplayers that have made extraordinary Belle dresses.

    • @Angelaius
      @Angelaius 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      Emma also refused to wear corset. Cinderella is the best visual movie compared to the poorly made weigtless beauty and the beast. Yet as story I love more B&B so beautiful story but awful movie.

    • @pheonx2140
      @pheonx2140 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      YES! Cinderella's dress was MAGICAL! Belle's was quite a flop..

  • @ompm_
    @ompm_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4081

    SO GLAD she mentioned Belle's remake dress. Such a crime to ths day.

    • @sonjadover2715
      @sonjadover2715 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Disappointment upon disappointment. I completely agree.

    • @brooklynnbutterfield1951
      @brooklynnbutterfield1951 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Same! I was so disappointed and when i saw the dress Micarah made, i wish it looked more like that because it's gorgeous!

    • @Kittsuki
      @Kittsuki 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Definitely disappointing, huge missed opportunity to make something really fancy and regal looking, instead it came out looking like a prom dress.

    • @NeoNovastar
      @NeoNovastar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Selena S. Not even a prom dress. More like a thing you’d find at a khols

    • @mythoughtsexactly2145
      @mythoughtsexactly2145 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@NeoNovastar it's more like halloween costume at this point or a false advertised image on Amazon and then reality delivered it.

  • @hridakshipareek1418
    @hridakshipareek1418 3 ปีที่แล้ว +397

    The best part about Amy's school outfit is the fact that the book LITERALLY explains how it was " good, well made, and little worn, but Amy's artistic eyes were much afflicted, especially this winter, when her school dress was a dull purple with yellow dots and no trimming" and yet it was portrayed as a brand new school outfit that Amy would certainly not fret and fuss about.

  • @summerwoodward1886
    @summerwoodward1886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +350

    me, a person who’s never seen or read little women and has little interest in fashion history, is now IRATE at the costume inaccuracies of little women. 10/10

  • @BELLAADONNAA
    @BELLAADONNAA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2378

    Me, knowing nothing at all about Little Woman or historical clothing: *takes notes*

    • @mrpurple11
      @mrpurple11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol same!😅

    • @iChewMayoi
      @iChewMayoi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      MEEEE lmao but im about to watch little women soon

    • @burgerpatty
      @burgerpatty 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      yess

  • @sarpinking
    @sarpinking 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3466

    10/10 would watch your rant again about Belle's disappointing yellow dress.

    • @piperrasmussen
      @piperrasmussen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Sarah P omg YES

    • @yvanrg06
      @yvanrg06 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes please!!!

    • @scarlettbigam9893
      @scarlettbigam9893 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Sarah P i hated that dress. it looked like something from the early 2000s.

    • @kahkah1986
      @kahkah1986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Oh I know. As if they had never watched the original film!

    • @cosplaysbygus
      @cosplaysbygus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh. Me too 🤣

  • @Hila2205
    @Hila2205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    With regards to Amy's clothes, the book clearly states that the bane of her existence in her school years was the fact that she had to wear her richer cousin Flo's hand-me-downs. Flo's mother had no taste, and chose colors that went badly together, and were completely ill-suited to Amy's coloring in particular. I really didn't get why she had the best wardrobe in the early years.

  • @leeah8944
    @leeah8944 3 ปีที่แล้ว +484

    AMEN ABOUT EMMA WATSON BELLE’S DRESS

    • @camisnyder3460
      @camisnyder3460 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I, too, was recasted when I saw that dress 😞

    • @beryla4979
      @beryla4979 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Fr I love emma but they should've recasted as soon as she started messing with the dress so many people would have been a better choice than her. It was atrocious and we were robbed. Will never get over the monstrosity 😭

  • @sianjjtd
    @sianjjtd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3408

    Belle’s dress was a disappointment period in that live action and you know the budget was huge

    • @athena5629
      @athena5629 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      all the money went into the weird cgi beast lol

    • @StrawberryRen
      @StrawberryRen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      And they even had a more accurate dress for the wardrobe character when she's human

    • @drawnwithlove3499
      @drawnwithlove3499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      It literally looks like a heavily tied up tablecloth

    • @alacatooo
      @alacatooo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      And the SINGING was TERRIBLE

    • @drawnwithlove3499
      @drawnwithlove3499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Aleena Catooo the singing probably would've been horrendous if autotune didn't decently save it

  • @jmmilner929
    @jmmilner929 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4279

    Take a shot every time she says “Creative Liberties”
    A shot of water because it’s good to stay hydrated!

    • @MicarahTewers
      @MicarahTewers  4 ปีที่แล้ว +435

      This is some downright PROPER advice

    • @elsethompson1957
      @elsethompson1957 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@MicarahTewers agreed

    • @icy9428
      @icy9428 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      i wanted to comment that whaha but not anymore oka stay safe bye

    • @Isabella-bq4ut
      @Isabella-bq4ut 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      take a shot every time she says bonnet lol

    • @berrystein9197
      @berrystein9197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks to this video and comment I keep a healthy lifestyle

  • @skyetoddmakeup
    @skyetoddmakeup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +807

    As someone who actually does clothing design and costuming for film, this was on point. This costume designer needs to just do films in the 1900's onward. She got lucky with Pride and Prejudice. She obviously doesn't understand character arc and "armor".

    • @Raman_Kumar_09
      @Raman_Kumar_09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Your hairstyle is pretty

    • @skyetoddmakeup
      @skyetoddmakeup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Raman_Kumar_09 thank you!

    • @latrolettteeeeeee
      @latrolettteeeeeee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol that doesnt make you an expert you moron

    • @mochizou823
      @mochizou823 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      You probably don’t know even close to as this person “you moron”

    • @joe-hk5dn
      @joe-hk5dn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @UCQ2iKglDkpN_oAKzpcEYYQw that LITERALLY makes her an expert you moron.

  • @marianabonina249
    @marianabonina249 2 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    There’s an episode of “Anne with an e” (which is set in the early Edwardian era) where in the beginning if the episode the young girls are seen with children’s clothes (knee length dresses, very simple hairstyles etc.) and at the end of the episode, where they were in college, they wore more adult outfits (longer skirts, hats, white blouses, waist-coats) and you could feel the difference in them, at the end they looked grown up and tall and sophisticated, where in the beginning they looked like little girls. I think they could’ve done the same with little women, specially because the actors were the same and were already adults, but they failed miserably. I’m extremely disappointed

    • @teddypeony185
      @teddypeony185 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      That might be true however, Anne with an E did a disservice to her character compared to Anne of Green Gables 1985. Anne with an E mock and doesn't wear a corset which is what she would have worn during that time period. Whereas Anne of Green Gables wore/loved the feminine clothes of that time and it didn't take away from her uniqueness but compliment it. Anne with an E does that classic 'I'm not like other girls' trope just as Little Women by rejecting corset.

    • @catafer
      @catafer ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@teddypeony185 Anne with an E complained about corsets but definitely bought and used one when she moved away to go to college

    • @HJ-oo8ph
      @HJ-oo8ph 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@teddypeony185
      I uh. I’m pretty sure there was an entire scene that featured Anne (in Anne with an E) putting on a corset with Marilla so idk what you’re talking about

  • @scissors7996
    @scissors7996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35709

    This didn't feel like a rant but me getting educated about dresses and history.

    • @kurokitsune6173
      @kurokitsune6173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Same

    • @mima_piedade
      @mima_piedade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Same.

    • @janavanderwalt8615
      @janavanderwalt8615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +325

      Heck yes! There is no need to feel guilty for having strong opinions about something you are so passionate about and which you have sufficiently researched. This was such an interesting watch!! I did not expect that and I love it.

    • @kurokitsune6173
      @kurokitsune6173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Funny too. But I did learn a little more about the Ricocco era which will help me later on for sure. Thankyou Micarah! 😊

    • @writeincode
      @writeincode 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same!

  • @emilycooper1602
    @emilycooper1602 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11537

    petition for a movie to hire micarah to make their costumes

  • @tabithabailey523
    @tabithabailey523 3 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    LETS ADDRESS THE FACT THAT PEOPLE STILL THINK CORSETS GO DIRECTLY AGAINST SKIN AND FORGET ABOUT UNDERGARMENTS AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STAYS AND CORSETS

  • @davidkonevky7372
    @davidkonevky7372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    It's kind of ironic how the most accurate dresses to the period are ALSO a problem because they are worn by the youngest sibling, making them innacurate. The movie's biggest strengths are it's biggest flaws, oddly enough lmao.

  • @masami5509
    @masami5509 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18322

    Someone hire this woman to do costumes for a movie I think she knows what she’s talking about

    • @feedswagpeppa3976
      @feedswagpeppa3976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +295

      No she KNOWSSSS

    • @anonnymouses7134
      @anonnymouses7134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +962

      Seriously. The cost effectiveness of letting her lead a costume design team would be worth it alone. She’s knowledgeable about time periods and can maintain accuracy despite exaggeration.
      What a talented, skilled, and amazing woman. So happy youtube put her in my recommendedZ

    • @feedswagpeppa3976
      @feedswagpeppa3976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      anonnymouses yessss she so talented!

    • @mynvision
      @mynvision 4 ปีที่แล้ว +244

      @@anonnymouses7134 Good idea, except one thing. Why cost effective? She should be paid the full market value of the job for her skills. She shouldn't be paid any less than anyone hired to do the job. This is one of the things that really upsets me, as a person who works in the textile world. People should be compensated their full worth for their expertise.

    • @noway6085
      @noway6085 4 ปีที่แล้ว +397

      @@mynvision I think they meant that she knows how to budget and make costumes at a very low price with high detail and quality. I definitely agree with you though 🙏🙏

  • @AarmOZ84
    @AarmOZ84 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1197

    Emma Watson's Belle dress: I am a cosplayer on a tight budget.
    Your Belle dress: I am an upper class French woman going to a formal ball.

    • @tjc2121
      @tjc2121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yeah Belle's dress was a HUGE letdown. They could have done so much better

  • @FerraticaTheBard
    @FerraticaTheBard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    I want to see Micarah collab with Karolina Zebrowska over their love of historically accurate costumes and bonnets and their frustration with Hollywood ignoring historical accuracy in favour of making more boring, inaccurate costumes. I need to see the Costume Queen and Meme Mom join forces on this topic!

  • @nin5664
    @nin5664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    When a random girl can make a bonnet with cereal box while the actual costume designers can't design shit

  • @jacobandersen6075
    @jacobandersen6075 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2571

    “WhEre’S ThE rEAl mEg?!!
    “Oh wait I found her she’s still in 1994....uh, wearing a bonnet...”
    S H A A A D E

  • @jacquelynmiller4714
    @jacquelynmiller4714 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1779

    It seems like historical movies always win awards for costumes, even when the costumes are done poorly.

    • @duewest9801
      @duewest9801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @fjrjejd giriejfn That was by design, the director said she wanted her version of the Marches to be a "hippie family" that wore deliberately non-traditional clothes. Micarah is knowledgable but she seems to think that the costumes are bad because they aren't "typical" of the era, not realizing it's a deliberate choice to make the characters fresh and unconventional.
      I think some people get too hung up on "historical accuracy" when sometimes other things are more important.

    • @duewest9801
      @duewest9801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @fjrjejd giriejfn "What would the reason be to make them look like hippies when that isn't what the story is about?"
      Because it helps you see the characters in a new way. This is a new interpretation of the story, if it were just another note-for-note retread of the source material there wouldn't have been any point in making it. Keep in mind this is the director's personal interpretation and it's no more or less valid than anyone else's. She's just telling the story the way it is meaningful to her and that's what artistic expression is about. The reason there aren't bonnets for example, is because she said she just doesn't like them. And that's fine. You may prefer the more historically faithful versions but that doesn't make the costume designs bad, it's just preference.
      Micarah makes some fair criticisms like the flow of time and the number of dresses for a supposedly poor family, but a lot of it just boils down to preference/wanting the movie to be something it wasn't trying to be

    • @duewest9801
      @duewest9801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @fjrjejd giriejfn I don't know what you think hippie is supposed to mean in this context. It just means being counter to the culture at the time.
      "Like she said some characters would still have certain items of clothing for who they are as people"
      No, for who *she* imagines they are as people. Maybe the director imagines them differently.
      "She could also do a hippe feeling without taking away from the historical dresses"
      Maybe, but she didnt want to do that. She has said that many period pieces look like costumes rather than clothes and she didnt want her movie to feel like that. Again this is just a matter of personal preference. It is not poor design, just different priorities than you.

    • @duewest9801
      @duewest9801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @fjrjejd giriejfn Cool. Guess we'll agree to disagree.

    • @rrondon3280
      @rrondon3280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@duewest9801 Well, the choice in dress design didn't give me the impression that they were radical. It came across that they were more privileged than they actually we're supposed to be.

  • @PandoraKyss
    @PandoraKyss ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Belle's dress still infuriates me. The 18th century, mostly 1760's to mid-1790's, is probably my favorite era for clothing. If I could walk around Philadelphia with a tricorn hat, you know, without being chased, I'd be content. Those hats are my bonnets. The women's hairstyles of those collective eras are just glorious, particularly during the 1770's when women would wear ginormous poufs decorated with statements and ideas similar to how I might rock a 'Bad Things Happen In Philadelphia' shirt. One of the most iconic was probably when Marie-Antoinette sported a whole arse ship in her hairstyle to celebrate the American Revolution. Belle's dress... The color, first of all, was rubbish. They had cloth of gold and silver back then - Marie-Antoinette's wedding gown was cloth of silver in 1770 ffs - and they throw her into that hateful mustard color? The lack of bounce in the skirt, the way it just slithered through the air like cheap incense smoke. Even Emma's refusal to wear a corset or stays could have been overlooked if the most iconic dress of the film didn't end up looking like something out of a small town's rendition of 'Beauty and the Beast' on ice.

  • @olivialanker6744
    @olivialanker6744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This was honestly validating bc I kept thinking if I hadn't just read the book I wouldn't know what was going on in the movie. Everyone looking the same age, ESPECIALLY TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET, really took me out of it

  • @StormBurnX
    @StormBurnX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1622

    “PUTTING YOUR HAIR UP IS LITERALLY FREE” HAS ME ROLLING

    • @renoirrr
      @renoirrr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      QVXO I began cackling like a mf witch 💀 ITS SO TRUE aksheuiwkwjs

    • @Joe-hi1zw
      @Joe-hi1zw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Just the idea of being too poor to tie your hair up was way too funny to me

  • @jeeroylenkins6625
    @jeeroylenkins6625 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6835

    Not only does she talk about the historical inaccuracies, she also talks about how the dresses do not match the character traits... amazing vid👌👌

    • @delicate_lace
      @delicate_lace 4 ปีที่แล้ว +159

      And plot holes. My god was I distracted by the blue silk belt thing

    • @PlaystationSimmer
      @PlaystationSimmer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      This video helped me realise how important not only accuracy is, but context as well. Like Micarah pointed out, Amy's schoolgirl outfits are historically accurate, but because she's the youngest, she logically should be wearing out of date hand me downs from her sisters

    • @edennis8578
      @edennis8578 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@PlaystationSimmer No! In the book, Amy wore clothes that were handed down to her, specifically, from a rich cousin, so they were expensive.

    • @katherinemorelle7115
      @katherinemorelle7115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      E Dennis but they were still handed down, so they wouldn’t have been at the height of fashion, but slightly behind it, even if they are well made and in nice quality fabrics.

    • @gaykid8579
      @gaykid8579 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@edennis8578 This is the 2019 movie, not the books

  • @danette26
    @danette26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +483

    Emma Watson ruins every costume department she has an influence on

    • @dolphixwaters319
      @dolphixwaters319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      stop bashing her she had as some influence but she is an actress not a costume designer. >:(

    • @Kille483
      @Kille483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      @@dolphixwaters319 Which is why she shouldn't get so much influence. She's hired to act, and that's it.. If the crew wants her opinion on something then that's fine. Otherwise she should just stick to what she was hired to do

    • @pockystick8557
      @pockystick8557 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@latrolettteeeeeee she's really not tho.

    • @ncity515
      @ncity515 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@latrolettteeeeeee what a child

    • @latrolettteeeeeee
      @latrolettteeeeeee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Ana Amaro i have adhd

  • @putts6225
    @putts6225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1141

    I will defend Emma Watson’s accent in this movie. Not on the basis that it’s not horrendous - it is, but on the basis that if I have to listen to American actors terrible attempts at British accents in movies all the time, y’all should have to listen to our terrible American accents.
    Turnabout is fair play!!!

    • @latrolettteeeeeee
      @latrolettteeeeeee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Her accent in the bling ring was perfect.

    • @renoloverxoxo
      @renoloverxoxo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Except we drag poor accents regardless of nationality. Doesn't matter whom it is.

    • @FlyingFocs
      @FlyingFocs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      Fair point.
      And also, let's be honest, she's in the same movie as Saoirse Ronan, who's a good enough actress to not have problems with accents, so it just makes hers look even worse in comparison and more noticable as a result.

    • @nameslesss
      @nameslesss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @F C and Eliza scanlen (she’s Aussie)

    • @donquixotemom
      @donquixotemom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      ... or we can just call out bad dialect work in movies whenever they happen. Bad British accents by Americans doesn’t justify Emma having a bad American accent... 🤷🏼‍♀️

  • @danielesquivel9326
    @danielesquivel9326 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2554

    "I think you can be socially functioning, appropriately dressed individuals, and still believe in basic human rights."
    ...And that's how you make me fall in love in just one sentence.

    • @MicarahTewers
      @MicarahTewers  4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      I am so pleased 😭💕

    • @ShannonRochon
      @ShannonRochon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      AGREE!

    • @AnaCarolacerda
      @AnaCarolacerda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      OH MY GOD I READ THIS ON THE EXACT MOMENT SHE SAID IT

  • @--s-0-
    @--s-0- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2088

    Greta Gerwig literally said she didn't want any hoop-skirts and corsets in the movie because she finds them unappealing garments. I got so mad, like what the hell? If you want to make a historical movie in a historical time and try to claim it as historically accurate then you can't make decisions like that! at least we know most of the mistakes are not the costume designer's fault.

    • @agirlwithdreams15
      @agirlwithdreams15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Lionstar16 Except she never said "lets make a historical movie" Directors take liberties with history ALL THE TIME. It doesn't make her a "feminist idiot" what a sexist insult.

    • @bushbabe7493
      @bushbabe7493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +250

      But ronnie, you do understand that the movie was based on a book that was supposed to be in the 1860s - 70s?
      I'm pretty sure hoop skirts and corsets were pretty basic things to have back then ESPECIALLY when trying to be fashionable, like the characters in the movie.

    • @jamielaw4749
      @jamielaw4749 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@bushbabe7493 I think the characters in the book wanted to be fashionable, but the characters in the movie valued different goals. It's an adaptation of a book, not a replica. It comes from the world and is an *inspiration* of the book, it's not an extension of it Also, it's a movie/visual piece of art, enhanced with audio -- not a historical documentary. If Greta Gerwig wanted to be historically faithful, it'd be a different story, but that wasn't her goal.

    • @ErwinAponia78
      @ErwinAponia78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +196

      @@jamielaw4749 If you adapt a story based in a historical context and the film still intends to represent the time period, if she wanted to do an adaptation or an interpretation of the film without being "historically faithful" then she should have interpreted the story in another context. Since she presented the story still in its original context, the period, environmental, historical relevancy, and everything but deliberately chose to omit aspects of historical fashion elements because of personal standards. At this point, it just seems like she did not have the level of dedication now knowledge nor historical awareness to "interpret" the film in a sensible manner, but rather a messy presentation due to modern aesthetic influences. If one cannot be faithful to the historical fashion presentations of a film still set in a historical setting, there is nothing "creative" or "interpretative" to this.

    • @asmiaryal3942
      @asmiaryal3942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yup its not desighners of emma watsons fault

  • @hannahbanna_
    @hannahbanna_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    Have I ever see little women? no
    do i love fashion? yes
    Did i annoys parents by practically retelling this whole video to them whilst watching a marvel movie? absolutely

    • @candirach
      @candirach 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You should watch the movie tho. Like it’s pretty good in my opinion

    • @whosebuilderandmakerisgod
      @whosebuilderandmakerisgod ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I have never related to the energy of this comment so much in my life

    • @hannahbanna_
      @hannahbanna_ ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@candirach I did end up watching it and it’s a great movie but the costumes still bugs me to this day 💀

  • @DaffieChan
    @DaffieChan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    I am so impressed.
    You ranted about a subject I don't care about at all.
    But your passion for it drew me in and I found it very interesting what you had to say.
    Great video.
    Very informative!

  • @MadiBooMonkey
    @MadiBooMonkey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2411

    They really were like “hm this doesn’t feel right... tie a ribbon around her waist” with every outfit huh

    • @AnnekeOosterink
      @AnnekeOosterink 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      It's like they wanted to put a swiss waist on them in every scene, except they had no swiss waists or outfits that would work with them. A swiss waist would work on some of these characters but not with the costumes they were given.

    • @Costumerchx
      @Costumerchx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I think it was like "she looks bulky. Give her a waist" but yes. Didn't make any sense

    • @vivienkoles1880
      @vivienkoles1880 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't know, but maybe the Dior's designer Maria Grazia gave a helping hand :D (If you watch regularily HautLeMode, than it's an easter egg for you)

  • @ParkerJustham
    @ParkerJustham 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2559

    “Oh they were poor” “but putting your hair up is literally free” SENT ME

  • @spicykoko
    @spicykoko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    The belle dress was so depressing. I didn’t even care to see the remake and still was so excited to see the dress. Then it turned out to be more the dress that doesn’t get chosen on say yes to the dress.

  • @veronicabolanos6997
    @veronicabolanos6997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    I love this breakdown and didn't realize just how much the costumes could've improved the overall storyline of the new little women. I agree with everything you said and who the heck wouldn't want to wear a bonnet I mean come on!

  • @julias6658
    @julias6658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4954

    Day 7 of Quarantine: I learned about history, and historical dresses, and fashion. I've learned so much since I've seen the outside world.

    • @emiliajones8090
      @emiliajones8090 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      This single video alone has taught me more than school ever has 😌

    • @julianomuertas2023
      @julianomuertas2023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Literally I had to read the book of Little Women for school, and at least I learned more in this video than with the actual book

    • @TracyD2
      @TracyD2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you are interested in fashion history. The Ultimate Fashion History channel on youtube is pretty good.

    • @raisn
      @raisn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've been at home for over a month and yet I watch this video once a week

    • @annas9016
      @annas9016 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This comment almost made me cry cause I didn't realize it had been over a month.

  • @AndromedaCripps
    @AndromedaCripps 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12158

    This is single-handedly the most historically detailed, most spicy, and most nice/apologetic costume take-down on TH-cam. Congratulations.

    • @goldengryphon
      @goldengryphon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      Don't forget creative. I think I'm going to subscribe for the bonnet making alone.
      So much random and happy energy!

    • @robynwilson9227
      @robynwilson9227 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      may i suggest a tie for the title with Bernadatte Banner's "Correcting 500 years of 'Historically Accurate' Halloween Costumes"? When she pulled out the old English fluently? I SWOONED. I love these types of videos lmfao.

    • @AndromedaCripps
      @AndromedaCripps 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Robyn Wilson Ok, fair point! Although if my memory serves me, I think Bernadette's was a little bit heavier on the spice and a bit more unapologetic- in a good way tho! 😂

    • @goldengryphon
      @goldengryphon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@robynwilson9227 She is a Goddess. Love Her. And not just because she makes beautiful things and talks about them beautifully.
      So many amazingly talented people in the world. I feel blessed to know of them.

    • @robynwilson9227
      @robynwilson9227 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@goldengryphon I know omw, I am such a big softie for people talking about what they love, seeing people get passionate about things and going in detail is so darn cute to me. Seeing people so passionate and creative makes me so darn happy. So many talented people out there it's not funny. 😫🤩😭👑😍

  • @jacksyoutubechannel4045
    @jacksyoutubechannel4045 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    I will never not be angry that Emma Watson ruined our collective Belle's dress dreams for want of a corset, then _immediately agreed to wear a corset in_ Little Women, _which was her _*_very next film._* Genuinely, it was selfish. She knew that she couldn't make the same demands of Gerwig that she did of Disney if she wanted to work, and she chose what benefited _her_ -- not the audience, the character, or the story -- every time.

    • @AishInTheHouse
      @AishInTheHouse ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I think you've filled in the gaps with your biased assumptions. There's a lot of people that's involved in big budget films' decision making, from actors to pr to lawyers etc. You can't assume Emma Watson is behind everything.

    • @jacksyoutubechannel4045
      @jacksyoutubechannel4045 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      ​@@AishInTheHouse Well, according to Jacqueline Duran, "For Emma, it was important that the dress was light and that it had a lot of movement. In Emma’s reinterpretation, Belle is an active princess. *She did not want a dress that was corseted* or that would impede her in any way."
      As far as character changes, Watson said, "In the animated movie, it's her father who is the inventor, and we actually co-opted that for Belle. I was like, 'Well, there was never very much information or detail at the beginning of the story as to why Belle didn't fit in, other than she liked books. Also, what is she doing with her time?' So we created a backstory for her, which was that she had invented a kind of washing machine, so that, instead of doing laundry, she could sit and use that time to read instead. We made Belle an inventor."
      _All_ the press (positive, promotional press) around the movie touted her refusal to wear a corset and how the iconic dress was going to be a big surprise because it had to be redesigned around the new, "more feminist," version of the character that Watson had envisioned. If that were not the case, I think the Mouse had the strings available to pull to correct or shut down the omnipresence of those stories, which came out of major, established outlets.

    • @franziskani
      @franziskani 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The costume designer no doubt got instructions from the producers. To change the design ! of The Big Dress compared to the animation movie - this is a big thing ! and the decision about it was not left to a young actress. Never mind promotion statements. Not even Emma Watson would have been allowed to mess with any marekting decision they made regarding the design of the dress.
      Emma Watson giving it a feminist spin (and I do not doubt she beliebed it) sounds better, than: We know fans have high expectations for the big dress (they always have for the robe of the heroine), but we think we can make more profit from merch if we modernize The Big Dress.
      The "Disney Princess" and her respective dress as per the animation movie (= merch !) ar major, major brand of Disney. And they are beloved by fans, so the producers knew this was emotional. Belle's dress was easier to turn into a marketable version for the fan shops. Sure Emma Watson may have had objections to a corset, rest assured she would not have been allowed to give input or criticize that decision in the promotional tour, if they had not planned on a modernized version of the dress for this princess.
      Else they could have easily explained to young Emma, that a corset type understructure is still a sign of highy quality in big robes and wedding dresses.
      What would have made it palatable for Emma:
      It is not necessary that the corset is pulled very tight (to the point the woman's organs had to shift place ! and she gets an unnaturally tiny waist), it can be just a structure from the waist up to the bust that gives the upper body and especially the bust a good shape and it also encourages good, upright posture. That type of understructure (usually integrated into a robe) is also the best way to create a strapless robe.
      They did not have bras back in the day, the corsets kept the boobs in place.

    • @osmanyousif7849
      @osmanyousif7849 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      What was that quote from her third Harry Potter movie, said by Professor Snape?
      “Are you incapable of controlling yourself, or you take pride in being an insufferable know-it-all?”

  • @HeyItsNovalee
    @HeyItsNovalee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +588

    The fact that Emma Watson, in her “feminist” vendetta against corsets, is actually erasing and ignoring the fact that women were capable of not only existing comfortably but even working and exercising (well, as much as they could) comfortably is so laughably ironic. She’s making victims of people who weren’t victims at all in that regard. As if there weren’t already enough injustices women have actually had to face, to be making up even more to heap on to the list

    • @Stonebrick
      @Stonebrick 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very true! Corsets we’re a women led industry as well! It’s really an erasure of history

    • @u.a1952
      @u.a1952 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Well said. It's performative nonsense.

    • @P4Stalot
      @P4Stalot ปีที่แล้ว +46

      EXACTLY! She's moving the focus to something far less significant, and it's not helping anyone!

    • @osmanyousif7849
      @osmanyousif7849 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Feminist? More like “taking pride in being an insufferable know-it-all”.

    • @franziskani
      @franziskani 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I remember reading the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder (she is a teenager, they have moved to the West). She must wear a corset (and does not like it at all), but since she often helps her father with physically demanding farm chores (like harvesting hay) she is allowed to open it for these chores. (Her mother does not like it much "your are going to get an impossible figure") Not sure if Laura is required to wear the corset during the night, or if that is a concession her parents made to her (so rest assured Mary did wear the corset day and night). In the first book it is mentionned that her mother Caroline had a tiny waist, Charles then her suitor / fiance could span it with his hands. Her mother is (low key) proud of that, and the little girls pick up that this is a remarkable accomplishment.
      Of course her mother could not keep up with that standard, pregnancies and chores in the kitchen, garden, and taking care of the animals.

  • @beelzebubisrotting
    @beelzebubisrotting 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8867

    Summary: stop casting Emma Watson in historical films if you’re gonna let her tweek her own costumes.
    Edit: for everybody saying that it was a decision with her and the directors, it wasn’t. It was said in an interview that she refused to do the film if she had to wear a corset. According to her, she didn’t want to change her natural body shape and inflict unhealthy standards, but the truth is that corsets and shemises where the underwear of that time. Though they could be used to alter the appearance that wasn’t to original intention. She didn’t have any of her facts straight.

    • @Lionstar16
      @Lionstar16 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2416

      Agreed - she just doesn't understand that her feminist 'no corsets' shit doesn't belong in a film where corsets were the essential underwear.

    • @Jessica_Jones
      @Jessica_Jones 4 ปีที่แล้ว +456

      Amen, and amen.

    • @alessiab426
      @alessiab426 4 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      I didn t know this. Was her the one who decided bot to wear a corset?

    • @thatnerdonthecouch3614
      @thatnerdonthecouch3614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +324

      @@alessiab426 yupe. She said that in an interview.

    • @beelzebubisrotting
      @beelzebubisrotting 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Alessia Barcella yep

  • @whalienaza2592
    @whalienaza2592 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I really need more rant videos from you, this was so therapeutic.

  • @altitudechallenged
    @altitudechallenged 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    I'm glad I'm not the only one. I don't understand why they keep casting Emma Watson as an American. Her accent is horrid.

    • @michaela_corinne
      @michaela_corinne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yes! In perks of being a wallflower, you can tell she’s struggling to get her accent right.

    • @lablyaspiras6966
      @lablyaspiras6966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe because she's popular? Idk, i don't understand too, after Harry Potter, i can't find her acting satisfyingly good. 😂

    • @usernamesareoverrated6659
      @usernamesareoverrated6659 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lablyaspiras6966 same I know she has a huge fanbase because of hp but she is not that good of an actress and tbh she was good in playing Hermione because she is just like her in real life

    • @lablyaspiras6966
      @lablyaspiras6966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@usernamesareoverrated6659 true, now it's so obvious compared to other actresses in her recent Little Women movie tho :/

    • @lablyaspiras6966
      @lablyaspiras6966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@usernamesareoverrated6659 also i think out of the trios (Ron, Harry and Hermione) Ron is the most underrated in fact he's a better actor than Dan and Emma

  • @maem3056
    @maem3056 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5336

    I'm only 4 minutes in but THANK YOU for bringing up the disappointing dress in the live action beauty and the beast I've never heard anyone else bring it up before and I always complain about it.

    • @cmsimon5130
      @cmsimon5130 4 ปีที่แล้ว +263

      you weren't on tumblr or twitter then bc everyone was extreeemely disappointed with not only the casting choice for belle (seriously tho, why hire someone who doesn't have a background in singing?? the fuck!!) but the godawful dress that came from emma watson's stupid faux feminist babblings. this ain't me shitting on feminism either, cus i think it's a good and necessary movement, but things can definitely get pretty STOOPID at times when you have extremely privileged and wealthy famous women criticizing the wrong things for being "anti-feminist". and dramatic, gigantic princess ballgowns ain't it!! we all wanted drama, fantasy, beauty, and instead we got... a bargain bin prom dress you'd find at charlotte russe. DISAPPOINTED!!

    • @Michellekdoria
      @Michellekdoria 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      thank you!! yeas I was greatly disappointed on the Whole movie! Emma Watson... not the Belle I was expecting ( no hate ) but could have gotten a Pretty Bellen not an attractive belle...Hope Im making any sense English is my second language ...

    • @Tasjyoonie
      @Tasjyoonie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Ik right belle’s dress was my favourite for the off the shoulder and how it moved so beautifully and full x like Disney has a big budget , and like me most of the time I only watch the remake for the outfits , like Cinderella dress although it wasn’t exactly like the original was AMAZING ( sorry I’m ranting I just loved her original dress it was so unique) ok I’m done 💕

    • @isabella1237
      @isabella1237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@cmsimon5130 it wasnt emma's fault that the costume designer fuck it up, and shush bringing feminism down for the poor choices of an entire team of professionals

    • @isabella1237
      @isabella1237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @Taylor Williams i know but she only ask no corset nothing else ,it was not her job to design the dress

  • @Silvia-kd6lk
    @Silvia-kd6lk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1551

    Wow Micarah really seems to have a bee in her bonnet about this whole thing

    • @colleennikstenas4921
      @colleennikstenas4921 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Silvia Seidle I see what you did there.

    • @MicarahTewers
      @MicarahTewers  4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      I SRKREEEMED at this

    • @KelseyDrummer
      @KelseyDrummer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      And the comment of the day goes to...

    • @grandy2875
      @grandy2875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      yes, yes she does
      and, at least Micarah has a bonnet in which to house her bee ;)

    • @MrsBrit1
      @MrsBrit1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A bee with a bonnet in her bonnet, because bonnets.

  • @annaparker51
    @annaparker51 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    When I started watching the video, I thought, "ah, Little Women absolutely deserved the Oscar and they wore great stuff in it." But you convinced me. Completely. You're absolutely right.

  • @kathleenw6984
    @kathleenw6984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Meg at the beach has THE EXACT same hairstyle I wore as a bridesmaid in my brother's wedding a couple years ago.

  • @annamullinger8671
    @annamullinger8671 4 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    Say it with me: A MOVIE DOESNT DESERVE BEST COSTUMES JUST BECAUSE ITS A PERIOD PIECE

    • @nins7457
      @nins7457 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amen. 🙄👍😂

  • @harnarius
    @harnarius 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2345

    I showed this to my mother, who has been a seamstress for four decades, has a PhD in theater, and specializes in award-winning historically accurate costume design for local theater companies. it brought her so much joy. THANK YOU.

    • @TalkAsSoftAsChalk
      @TalkAsSoftAsChalk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Sorry to be so forward but your mother sounds awesome!!

    • @xVanillaxBerryx
      @xVanillaxBerryx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Ahhh your mom needs to be my mentor

  • @jacobsed8432
    @jacobsed8432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    The bit about Belles dress made me LOL!!!!!! But also YOU MADE THAT DRESS WITH $30 OMFG THAT IS AMAZING!!!!!! You are SO talented!

  • @lclarndt
    @lclarndt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Seeing basic fashion staples (corsets, stays, hairstyles, hem length etc) disregarded in historical films makes me sigh. Don't people understand how ridiculed and ostracized the characters would have been? It would be similar to the "only at Walmart" commentary. So many judgemental and askance glances at the spectacle! I understand and empathize with wanting to update an old look or fashion to be more contemporary, but in terms of this version of "Little Women" it would have made just as much sense/nonsense to dress them in jeans and tshirts. In other words... the wardrobe choices in this film made no sense at all.

  • @SirThopas3
    @SirThopas3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1675

    I feel like Amy, who painted her shoes often to pretend they were new ones, would appreciate your economical bonnet.

  • @cattledogandstaffy
    @cattledogandstaffy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1880

    Honestly I would love to hear a full rant about Belle's dress because that was the most disappointing animation to live action gown design I have ever seen. No gloves, no corset, no elegance! Ugh, still peeves me

    • @blainevanity6
      @blainevanity6 4 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      And compare that to the gorgeous Cinderella gown.

    • @cattledogandstaffy
      @cattledogandstaffy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      @@blainevanity6 OMG yes! Cinderella's gown was stunning

    • @lissacaballero5209
      @lissacaballero5209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      YES

    • @aishaarshadalam3412
      @aishaarshadalam3412 4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      Cinderellas is the best dress to date. Jasmine's dresses were so disappointing. I'm of South Asian ethnicity and I have better party dresses in my wardrobe from five years ago than what Jasmine was wearing. They added a bollywood flair to the whole movie (which was annoying because Arabia and bollywood are not the same thing) and they couldn't even Google South Asian party wear to get ideas!?? They looked so cheap and tacky and noone in Arabia or south Asia would wear that rubbish. Very disappointed. They ruined my princess anyways (Jasmine was the brown princess I related to) and they just destroyed her character and personality in the live action. Thank God we have the animated.

    • @keysmash6739
      @keysmash6739 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Emma Watson didn’t want to wear a corset because of ridiculous feminist reasons. I mean, the corset was like the substitute of a bra, the thing she did wasn’t feminist, it was ignorance

  • @yisyis
    @yisyis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I think what makes this even sadder is that the designer obiously knows how to make historically accurate outfits which only leaves us with the explanation that the production / studio had a lot to say in it and fucked it all up ....

  • @SoulSpectar
    @SoulSpectar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Can we please get more Micarah video essays? Education with wild editing means I paid attention because my ADD was satisfied by the chaos.

  • @Lourdes-wf9hm
    @Lourdes-wf9hm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4780

    In 20 minutes Micarah gave us a history, costume, cinema and a disney princess lesson. Amazing. I know you dont do "rants" but we need more rants like thissss

    • @MicarahTewers
      @MicarahTewers  4 ปีที่แล้ว +540

      hahahha. Thank you for this. If I homeschool my future children my goal is to have their lesson done by 11am every day so they can be productive members of society with the rest of their time. This is practice.

    • @smellyhero64
      @smellyhero64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      It is unbelievable just how much information she squeezed into this video. And she is funny

    • @daniellespencer5026
      @daniellespencer5026 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@MicarahTewers now that most of America is forced homeschooling currently, you may need to make a how-to video for how to finish class by 11 AM. Obviously so after 11 AM America's children can have craft time and make bonnets out of chex boxes. :D

    • @leahgriffith60
      @leahgriffith60 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I was homeschooled from kindergarten through high-school. Me and and my 3 siblings. (Supermom) I went to college and had the absolute best childhood. I also had way more time during the week and everything was low stress.

    • @ezgiberf5137
      @ezgiberf5137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also DIY bonets!

  • @elizag1261
    @elizag1261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4298

    And that’s that on that

    • @kat--
      @kat-- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Eliza G PERIOTTTT

    • @Lena-pt5gb
      @Lena-pt5gb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *y e s*

    • @elizaglu4987
      @elizaglu4987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      This is a lil creepy, but I have the same name and my last name starts with G. It's like seeing comment you didn't wrote but it has your name

    • @Lena-pt5gb
      @Lena-pt5gb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@elizaglu4987 WOW

    • @burgerpatty
      @burgerpatty 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eliza Glu woah-

  • @jasminet1625
    @jasminet1625 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Is it just me or has anyone else watched this video like 10 times for no reason.

    • @monmothma3358
      @monmothma3358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Only twice but usually I only watch wids like this once. But it's so good and she slaaays

  • @angie2mae
    @angie2mae 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Why are you not a Hollywood costumer? I just discovered your videos a few days ago and I can’t stop watching. You’re incredibly talented

  • @Keychain696
    @Keychain696 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2417

    I swear I hear the "They were poor so they'd wear their hair down and not wear corsets and have a lower/higher neckline" excuse so much. I honestly just wish costumers would just say that they wanted to focus on other aspects besides historical accuracy rather than them saying "Oh, the family was radical so they obviously didn't care about fashion". Like, I don't care all that much about fashion, but my wardrobe isn't clothes from 20 years ago and 20 years in the future.

    • @PlaystationSimmer
      @PlaystationSimmer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +267

      Exactly. It would make more sense actually if the sisters all wore dresses a just few years out of date, and that the dresses were more plain than other characters. This would not only convey that they can't afford the latest fashions, but also that they don't prioritise fashion while still not disregarding historical accuracy completely

    • @horse_stan6007
      @horse_stan6007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      Hair up isn't expensive and was actually quite scandalous. For alot of people they could wash their hair much of at all so their hair was very greasy. This meaning wearing it down was dirty and if you had nice clothes or clothes that should last a long time then that means you would wear your hair up to protect your dress and your sanity.

    • @nurailidepaepe2783
      @nurailidepaepe2783 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      how can you be sure you're not wearing clothes from 20 years into the future? no matter what you say, i am now convinced you're a time traveller.

    • @zarinapena5846
      @zarinapena5846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Working women in different eras wore corsets for field work and house labors because gave the correct posture so you didn't got any back injures and hold the breasts on place so they didn't bother them doing the labors lmao

    • @talosheeg
      @talosheeg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Right?!! Have they never heard of the HUGE second hand clothes market that was around in history? No matter how poor you were, you could find a way to get a corset or proper undergarments by making them or buying secondhand

  • @TheForestFamily
    @TheForestFamily 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2295

    Not only is this woman funny, but she’s smart, incredibly talented, and not to mention GORGEOUS??? She’s going to blow up so much I hope she knows and is ready for that

    • @vivianvisi0n
      @vivianvisi0n 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      northern_lights My dude, remind me of the literal first line of that comment.

    • @feedswagpeppa3976
      @feedswagpeppa3976 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was little women good do you guys recommend?

    • @kwik2707
      @kwik2707 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It’s funneh And the krew fan sadly, the women were not little and they were average sized. despite this inconsistency, I’ve heard it’s good.

    • @TheForestFamily
      @TheForestFamily 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s funneh And the krew fan honestly, I wasn’t a huge fan. Maybe it’s because I didn’t read the book though 🤷‍♀️ the acting was fine but I didn’t buy the story / it was confusing at times (because there are flashbacks) and I thought the choice to have actors play the young versions of their characters was off-putting. But that’s just me!

    • @heyiamcursedbutalotloveme994
      @heyiamcursedbutalotloveme994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YESS SHES THE WHOLE PACKAGE!!!!!!!!!

  • @pcbassoon3892
    @pcbassoon3892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    So the March's are not really portrayed as being radicals in the books, BUT the Alcott's really were radicals. They were vegan in both their food and dress, which was kind of dangerous in 1800's Massachusetts. They didn't wear cotton because of slave labor, so they wore linen. They also had some weird nonsense about not eating root vegetables and we're members of one of those weird cult communities for a while until they almost starved to death and Alma took the children away and Bronson finally decided to follow them. Also Bronson decided that it was against his religion to accept any money for the work he did, hence why they were always grindingly poor. He had a moderately successful school for a little while, but he decided to integrate, which is very admirable, but put him out of business. Based on some of her other books, they might not have commonly worn corsets when he was in charge. There is a whole section about how unhealthy they were in her book Eight Cousin's, but there are definitely pictures of her when she is older wearing one. All this being said, however, she intentionally made the March's a lot more respectable than her real family.

    • @Cationna
      @Cationna 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The word you're looking for is cult, they were in a cult. Louisa May sure did make her characters more respectable than the family she grew up in...

  • @sweetie9870
    @sweetie9870 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Let's be real: Laurie had the best fashion in this film

  • @rhianna4972
    @rhianna4972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1861

    To call this a rant is to diminish it, this is basically an video academic essay about costume

  • @AMY1213141
    @AMY1213141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2144

    Oh I remember the 1994 version had the decency to have Amy rewear one of her sister’s dresses when she’s older

    • @MicarahTewers
      @MicarahTewers  4 ปีที่แล้ว +280

      Yes!!!! The beloved blue afternoon dress 💙

    • @Ellie_16
      @Ellie_16 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MicarahTewers Hewwo

    • @roninelenion4805
      @roninelenion4805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Also, the red gown that Jo wore to Mrs. Gardiner's Christmas party was worn by Beth the Christmas that Mr. Laurence gave her a piano.

  • @pocasu
    @pocasu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    the way i gasped when she said "it's little women, not little girls [or] toddler girls, so why do they look like they were dressed by toddlers?"

  • @chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945
    @chelseawildflowerloftinwey1945 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    WHEN YOU RIPPED ON EMMA WATSON'S AMERICAN ACCENT I LITERALLY CLAPPED

  • @SL-jf2qc
    @SL-jf2qc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4042

    I can see Micarah sneaking on set of Little Women just to pass out bonnets 😂😂😂

    • @abeeragulkhattak25
      @abeeragulkhattak25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      LoL 😂

    • @Kirkpepm
      @Kirkpepm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Micarah: whispers Emma Watson
      Emma Watson: *turns around* what!?!?
      Micarah: *buts bonnet on her* bye! *teleports back to her RV to get more so she can do the to everyone else*
      Everyone except her (and her subscribers, friends, and family):scared

    • @hannahbanna_
      @hannahbanna_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@Kirkpepm Micarah: Also gives emma a CORSET CAUSE THEY ARENT ACTUALLY BAD

    • @Kirkpepm
      @Kirkpepm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@hannahbanna_ News lady: we have now spotted 8 cases of actors and actresses wearing more historical accurate clothes what well happen next back to you Karen
      Karen : we know call it the tewer thief

    • @elisedutcher4923
      @elisedutcher4923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @VenoCenteno
    @VenoCenteno 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2178

    Oh to be a Micarah Tewers who’s not only beautiful and talented, but she’s also full of knowledge

    • @TheSongwritingCat
      @TheSongwritingCat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Micarah is like Bernadette Banner if she wasn't pretentious and irritating.

    • @cmsimon5130
      @cmsimon5130 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@TheSongwritingCat and i oop-

    • @amber-dn5jk
      @amber-dn5jk 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheSongwritingCat *pretentious and pestiferous

    • @alishajade5621
      @alishajade5621 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheSongwritingCat Agree!! No one else I've encountered seems to think that she is pretentious, so I wondered if I were the only one. I don't understand how others can watch her.

    • @fernandacappucci8412
      @fernandacappucci8412 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@alishajade5621 Same here, she made a video defending the corset that was clearly from a very thin closed mind. I get bloated from wearing tights, I'm pretty sure I'd pass out in corset era. I don't understand how people can get past her condescendence when there are so many other talented historic fashion youtubers who are nice.

  • @freyjathehealer5559
    @freyjathehealer5559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    So I know I’m a year late but last year my Grandmother was home alone around Easter because of a certain virus that shall remain nameless.
    It was time for our weekly extended family call where we would play games like Pictionary over zoom. It was my grandmother’s turn to pick the theme. She picked a bonnet making contest. My sister and I used this video as a tutorial of how to make a bonnet in a day and it brought a smile to our grandmothers’ face seeing how much care we put into the contest.

  • @jerry-maybayer6588
    @jerry-maybayer6588 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The real question though is why isn’t Hollywood calling you for costume design. I can’t imagine someone who so incredibly talented they can whip up that belle dress, not creating fashion for the world to admire. I’m not sure if that came out right. Basically, you’re an artist that deserves for your art to be seen on the big screen.

  • @bernadettebanner
    @bernadettebanner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11536

    *standing ovation*

    • @MicarahTewers
      @MicarahTewers  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2888

      This is all I needed. Thank you Bernadette. I was legit quite concerned about whether you’d approve.

    • @bernadettebanner
      @bernadettebanner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1899

      @@MicarahTewers Of course! This is the sort of quality education the internet needs 👌💯

    • @isabella_michael
      @isabella_michael 3 ปีที่แล้ว +792

      If Bernadette approves on something historical, then i'm here for it.

    • @adhominemetc
      @adhominemetc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +568

      The godesses have spoken to each other, we shall not ignore this omen.

    • @user-mv9tt4st9k
      @user-mv9tt4st9k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      Bernadette's take on good and not good period costuming are in two wonderful videos.

  • @dadang9812
    @dadang9812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1560

    LAST TIME I WAS THIS EARLY MICARAH PUT A NEEDLE THROUGH HER LIP

  • @gray1648
    @gray1648 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    If you watch this at .75 speed, her voice sounds more normal lol

  • @alaennaruckman8743
    @alaennaruckman8743 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    There is almost no way you will see this, but this is the video that allowed me to find your content 3 years ago and I think some more videos like this would be much welcome, not because it's critical, but because it's so fun to learn from you and I would assume it's easier to film. Anyway, love all the content!

  • @Mk-qt2bl
    @Mk-qt2bl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1318

    Why aren't you working in Hollywood fact checking every costume department???

    • @hannalor333
      @hannalor333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I think the people who worked on the costumes could have made them historically accurate but chose not to. You make it seem like they wouldn‘t know what people wore back then...

    • @clarissathompson
      @clarissathompson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      @@hannalor333 when producing a period piece, make it period, otherwise make it too fantastical to be mistaken for accurate history. The style in this film just comes across as lazy, which is too bad...the 1990s version was dead on with costuming and the story didn't suffer at all for it.

    • @chelseaozanic92
      @chelseaozanic92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      hannalor333 but why would they CHOOSE to not make it historically accurate? That doesn’t make any sense. It seems like they just didn’t worry about it because they didn’t think anyone would even know the difference. I think it’s important for the costumes to match the storyline... Otherwise, what’s the point?

    • @Roxsie0
      @Roxsie0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@chelseaozanic92 Well, the acting and the way they spoke was quite modernized as well, which might indicate that it was actually a choice to not make certain aspects of the movie historically accurate. Or at least, not to emphasize it so much. I don't really know if it was a choice or not, but it is something that some directors do for artistic purposes (or a variety of other reasons).

    • @RylieCollins
      @RylieCollins 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Half the time people don’t care about historical accuracy. It’s more about how pretty the costumes are and if capture the essence of the characters and how cheap they are. It sucks but it’s true.

  • @echocheck
    @echocheck 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3424

    I was a professional costume designer for 45 years and I agree with everything you said. Unfortunately sometimes when you show a director something that is right period wise he or she wants something different that is totally wrong and they are the boss. And sometimes the producers girlfriend might throw her opinion in too. And of course the actors also have their opinions. It can be maddening trying to please everyone. The other costume designers who voted for this category knew all the inside scoop and might have felt that she deserved the award just for surviving the filming. Edith Head used to show the directors and actors three versions of every costume so they could pick and choose what they wanted and she would combine the winning elements into one final costume. That is how she survived so long.

    • @Jessica_Jones
      @Jessica_Jones 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

      That is a fantastic strategy! Great idea for basically anyone with beautiful vision who wants to insure they can still produce beautiful work!

    • @sarasamaletdin4574
      @sarasamaletdin4574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Do you explain the inaccuracies? Do the directors not care?

    • @echocheck
      @echocheck 4 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      @@sarasamaletdin4574 Of course you try your best to explain it to them but directors tend to have their vision for the project and are sometimes hard to convince otherwise. And then there are the "stars" who really have to have their own way. Many won't wear certain colors or styles. It is much easier to do a period pic because then you are the authority on the period.

    • @ivy406
      @ivy406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don DiFonso does being a costume designer pay well?

    • @echocheck
      @echocheck 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@ivy406 It depends on a lot of things. If you do a show on Broadway you might get say 20 thousand which seems like a lot but that might be your only work for a year or so. Only the top designers get a percentage of the show if their agent can get it for them. You have to have additional income. Same in Hollywood. Plus you have to pay agent fees and union dues which are very high. I was lucky. I had a full time job with a university designing and teaching plus I was able to design on the side as much as I wanted. It was the perfect combination. Also don't forget if you want to work in a union house, you have to have a union card and to get that, you have to take a test and they can be really difficult. On the one hand, the unions want the dues but they don't want the additional competition for jobs. Sometimes if a producer wants you really badly, I have been told that there is a way he can buy your way into the union for that project. Not sure if that is really true or not. If you are truly good at what you do, the money will come.

  • @janelle7012
    @janelle7012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    *I watched a 3 minuted ad of Micarah ranting about glamnetic eyelashes, while doing a hand-remake of the titanic*
    *Best ad ever*

  • @sammichaelis2842
    @sammichaelis2842 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    God I love your analysis. You’re so informed and articulate. It’s like someone writing an essay but you make it lighthearted and I feel like I learned a lot about different eras of women’s fashion without feeling like I’m being talked down to. You’re so awesomely talented and smart