Are Period Drama Costumes Historically Accurate? Costume Review, Pt 3
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I adored Crimson Peak, I would really recommend it to you, just go in knowing it’s a gothic romance and not a real horror flick. I would also like to add that I think Chastain’s character had a really good in story reason for being stuck about 10 years earlier, more than just the fact that they’re poor. I won’t spoil it, but I do believe an event in her life made her unable to move past it despite the world changing around her.
exactly! I was just going to say something similar. It makes perfect sense that Chastain would be wearing old clothes because everything about the house and their circumstances. It's cool that a costumer would specifically go for that kind of detail and it also helped make the character more dramatic.
Honestly didn’t know many people had heard of crimson peak it’s one of my all time favorites!!!!! Every time someone mentions it I’m like CRIMSONNN PEEAAAK!!!!!
Also I totally agree with u about Lucille being stuck in the past
I love Crimson Peak !! that ending what a shock it was
That's what I thought hearing her costumes were old-fashioned for the time. It's a creepy detail in the film that I missed (but now I'm aware of it thanks to Karolina). I also loved the film. It's all about building the atmosphere, and it does a great job re-using tropes from classic Gothic fiction. Most of the bad reviews are probably from people who expected a typical Hollywood horror flick and didn't really get it. And I'm not saying that because I think everyone who disagrees with me must not understand what they're talking about-each time I read reviews of something that does not follow the most mainstream conventions, I find pieces by people who completely miss the point.
If you had watched Crimson Peak it would make more sense why Chastain and Hiddleston wear older clothes, it basically goes along with the story line. In any case, it's a good movie so you should definitely check it out!
Please do a 30+ minutes tear down of Reign costumes and also do Outlander because it's very historically accurate! And also The Borgias! Do The Borgias!
in the next one could you review ladies in black ? it’s an australian film set in the 50ms with a big focus on fashion in the plot, so i would hope they did well ??
It's interesting how you have all that knowledge in historical costume accuracy and the film industry doesn't even bother to check their historical accuracy... It's not like they didn't have the means. Anyway.
I'd love to hear your opinon on the costumes from Black sails, since pirate costumes espacially are really all over the place in media, haha.
1:23 "Karolina was not the imposter"
Chastain and Hiddleston's characters are wearing outdated clothing on purpose, it is a conscious choice, not a mistake. They are playing penniless nobility who lost their fortune and haven't had the money to update their wardrobe. Tom Hiddleston's character's jackets are impeccably tailored but made to look threadbare and put rocks in his pockets to make them sag. Chastain's wardrobe was specifically designed to contrast against Mia Wasikowska's, representing old world aristocracy vs. a jet setting modern American. Simultaneously, her clothing was also meant to mirror the decaying mansion the is focal to the story.
Please talk about Call The Midwife!
Mad Men please!
Could you review the TV show Reign about aria the Queen of Scotts? I know it's not the usual era you talk about but I think it could be pretty interesting. I love the show but I think the costume are totally off. Love your videos !!!!
Hey! I just wanted to say that I loved Crimson Peak and one of the reasons it didn't get very good reviews is that it was marketed as a horror film, and it isn't. Guillermo del Toro wanted to make a gothic romance film, much in the line of The Red Shoes or even Bram Stoker's Dracula. It was marketed as horror and is not...scary? It's just beautifully made and the pace is that of a tale more than any horror (or ar least modern horror) films. You should watch it, it's lovely
Celia Hernando Alarcia I’m so happy to see others say it’s mistakenly labeled as a horror film when that’s not what it is at all. It had creepy elements but that was not the overall focus in the story. I love this movie and it’s very beautiful to look at
It Is not a ghost story, its a story with a ghost
It’s one of my favorites 🙌
Agreed! I loved the movie and most of the critics we're expecting a horror movie.
I love it!! I was scared it would be a horror movie actually. Maybe the marketing failed a bit there but It was amazing. Wouldn’t change a thing.
that decade back thing with the character in the first movie, crimson peak, was because her clothes (and her brothers) were out of date. a sign of how long theyd been in their haunted house and how out of touch they were. Or something like that. :D
yes, they were supposed to put all the money into their project, and none into fashion or repairing the house
and how poor they were. well made but worn in
I disagree. It was actually a sign of how impoverished they were in spite of their nobility.
Also: my profile pic here is from the day I saw the film for my birthday. lol
Also although they were upper class, they were also poor. I thought perhaps she was wearing her mothers or (not wishing to spoil it) but erm other women's clothes.
Yes, some character (Wasakowski's father) also mentions it, that they have worn shoes and out-of-fashion coats
Crimson Peak was pretty great, actually. People who expected it to be a horror film didn't like it, but that was a problem with marketing. In reality it's pure gothic romance, drawing from books/films like Jane Eyre and Rebecca more than anything. You should give it a shot, I bet you'd like it.
It's was so dumb, like the whole time they made it feel like for sure there would be a creative twist and then no... No twist nothing... Just the most obvious outcome ever. And it is nothing like Jane Eyre that's just an insult to those classics
@@PersephonemybffDo allow me to share an opinion - but I must disagree that they suggested a plot twist of any sort. Which, once again, brings us to the subject of expectations.
@@Persephonemybff i mean, [SPOILER ALERT] incest was a twist for me
@@glittergrasshopper1144 was it? I feel like that was the obvious thing and u just kept expecting it to not be that and kept hoping and nope it just stayed with the obvious...
In my opinion it wasn't a masterpiece but it was a really pleasant movie with very specific atmosphere. I understand if people hoped for something different for eg. dynamic plot or smth.
I voted for the cat interview where is my representation I demand a recount
Agreed. Actually, I NEED a cat interview
Can you please talk about downton abbey?
I agree!
Yesyesyes!!!
Ikr their 1912 costumes were iffy.
And Call The Midwife. A more modern era period drama cus it is set in the late 50s and early 60s but i wanna know if they are being really accurate with the outfits. It seems they are because they do proper research for the costumes and hair and makeup.
Oh my god YASSSS
jessica chastain was supposed to be a „poor“ rich in crimson peak. it was even mentioned that their clothes were „well sawn, but old fashioned“. they didn‘t have the money to buy new stuff that would have measured up to their status.
from a historical point of view it doesn’t make sense though for the clothes to be 15 years old. no one would wear them. a couple of years difference would be a maximum (usually they would refashion the clothes tho to make them look more fashionable). and since I’m judging historical accuracy in here, that’s a no-no!
good to know.. i just thought it would be nice to mention it since you didn‘t see the movie and only speculated about a possible reason for this choice.
still loved the video though xx
Karolina Żebrowska I agree with that! Though I find that the choice of having Lucille wear older dresses made a nice difference, showing how the family is old, but crumbling
To have their clothes that much older definitely does lower the accuracy, then, but I'm still glad they did it. If it had been only a couple of years difference, it would have been harder for me to notice the symbolism they were trying to convey. Even if they went in with a thorough knowledge of the fashions of the time, I don't think realism was their top priority. It was more like a historical fantasy
Also, it wasn't just the fact that they couldn't afford new clothes. I got the impression that it also represented being stuck in the past, wearing old clothes that had been in their family for generations, clinging onto their legacy. In spite of how people would look down on them for being dated.
Can you talk about Outlander? When i first watched this show i was shocked how realistic everything looked like, especially in season 1 with scotish costumes
yesssssss pls
Oh my god yes please
Pink sugar yess 😍
I miss Claire's fancy French dresses :(
yessss, pls
Suggested movies - Les Miserables, Titanic, Gangster's Squad, The Merchant of Venice, The Help, Alice in Wonderland, Lincoln, Robin Hood, Great Gatsby, The Crown, Winchester, The Boy in Striped Pyjamas
I love the last movie :)
Colette
Age Of Innocence
And VVitch, if I remember correctly I saw some handmade stitches on the costumes. The movie takes place in 1600s
I’d also love to see how she reacts to Gangs of New York, There Will Be Blood, Outlander, Poldark and Peaky Blinders
I'd love to see you tear the Reign costumes apart. Worst historical accuracy I've ever seen
They weren’t going for historical accuracy at all I think it was mainly about the story
The music also is as far from accurate as possible. I mean they use modern popular tracks, partially. Not that I don't enjoy it. But the costumes are definitely the worst - sometimes three girls will wear sorta historical dresses and one will have something that could be worn to a prom in 2010s. Like *WhY WoULd YoU dO tHiS.*
Nothing was historically accurate
And nobody in their right mind would name their kid Bash, especially in that century.
His presence was the crowning moment of "ohhhhh god i need to get the alcohol and try to survive this sh*t". And the fact that they took away almost all the facts just to appeal to teenage gWoArLs, because apparently history isn't the first thing on their minds-
On behalf of a good portion of teenage girls, no. Just...no.
@@ortezac.5339Okay so. "Bash" was a nickname for Sebastian. King Henry and Diane de Poirtiers did not literally name their child Bash, mostly because they did not have any children. Bash is a made up character for the series.
Understanding that this show played fast and loose with the costumes and obviously manufactured storylines that just never happened, it does do a relatively decent job of laying out the events of the life of Mary Queen of Scots in chronological order while engaging with a youthful audience. If Reign sparked the interest of this demographic and sent them in search of more knowledge, then I call that a win.
They didn't even try in Reign.
I think they tried to make it modern and stylised with the high heels and sleeveless dresses. Some scenes and characters are somewhat accurate (I.e. queen Catherine) but others, like her ladies in waiting are supposed to represent modern thinking?
I think thata the best part about Reign and an artistic choice I personally love. The modern music and the extra dresses together are awesome imo.
OMG don’t even get me STARTED on reign! All their clothes look like 2000s prom dresses,so I couldn’t Bring myself to watch passed the first episode for like a month. The writing and plot aren’t much better. They tell rather than show more often than not, there are several plot lines that go nowhere, the characters don’t act like human beings, and there is no clear narrative arc. It’s like a shitty soap opera set in the 1500s.
And yet, I still find myself watching it day after day.
Fuzzy The duck I felt similarly about the show, I hated it but I couldn’t stop watching it and binged the entire thing.
I stopped watching halfway through season 1 because the costumes just irritate me. There’s this one scene with Kenna and she’s trying to find a suitor. She wears this white, sleeveless, see-through dress. In the 16th up to the late 19th, early 20th centuries, that would’ve been absolutely outrageous.
Women with loose hair in period movies/series is my pet peeve. Especially if they’re set somewhere between the 18th century and the 1910s. I get so upset with the inaccuracy and I don’t even know much about vintage fashions
When calls the heart is supposed to be set in the late 1800's and the girls have better hair than VS models now. Not to mention full faces of makeup 🙃
The couple of times I watched "When Calls the Heart" I was annoyed at the costumes. hair and makeup--it is all wrong. It is Hallmark, though, ha ha.
M 3 omg yes! And the clearly dyed/balayage hair 😂😂 it’s hilarious
Mine is a lack of stockings 😭 Like they go up on a horse and WOOP the whole court has now seen their knees
Anna Smith oh my gosh yes... all the ladies have Instagram eye makeup and pink lipstick and their hair down and perfectly curled ... it’s Hallmark, so I don’t know what I was expecting though. It’s absolutely atrocious
Do one with Anne with an E.
Edit: Sorry, I forgot to say please.
*Do one with Anne with an E, please.*
Fancy Fedora Cat Omg yes😍
Yess
Fancy Fedora Cat she should do the original Canadian series too because the costumes are amazing
@@goeasylittledoves *_YES_*
@@goeasylittledoves Yes, the original is so so so good
My heart did a flippity flip when you pronounced Mia Wasikowska's name in Polish at 3:54
that was actually half-Polish, the correct way would be with pronouncing letter W as V
You should watch Crimson Peak. It's a movie that perfectly captures that "gothic novel" feeling into film.
Jessica Chastain's character probably wears her mother's clothes: that's why they're out of fashion; it makes sense within the movie...
You should review some tv series! Victoria, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Anne with an E, Versailles, Downtown Abbey, Upstairs Downstairs. It would be so fun!
OMG YESSS PLEAAASE YES TO ALL OF THESE!!!! ALSO OUTLANDER
Yes! And Poldark!!
Oooh yes! And Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, please! :)
Agreed!!
And Agent Carter!
I'd love a video about modesty! Like, when some women first showed their ankles, and when it started to become the norm, when women started flashing their knees, and when it was more socially acceptable? Then came the thighs and the stomachs and now breasts. What's the timeline? It's changed so fast in just a dozen decades.
It's interesting that it used to be perfectly appropriate for women to show a lot of breast, like in the 1700s. I'd like to learn more about the history of cleavage.
listedtwisted I'm curious about whether we are heading into that time again. All of these were apparently as scandalous as breasts, will we be thinking in a few decades that breasts are about as scandalous as we think thighs are now?
I was a big fan of Anne of Green Gables. (Canadian serie from the 90's) I would really like a review if you can find it.
I remember the crazy curly bangs and puff sleeves (Anne wanted a dress with puff sleeves)
They also had Road to Avonlea serie from the same era. (Late 1800's early 1900')
yes please
I love those movies so much, and I really want to watch Road to Avonlea, but it’s to expensive * cri*
The puffed sleeves you mention are in the original book by Lucy Maud Montgomery, who set the stories in her lifetime. Whether the tv adaptations chose the right kind of puffs is outside my expertise. Gauging the time of the stories is also difficult, since in the last of the novels Anne's son goes off to fight in WWI. (The TV adaptation royally screwed up the 3rd movie) The number and order of Anne's children jumps around a bit in the last few books, so it's just weird.
I loved what you said about the film "Brooklyn" even though I haven't seen it. Mentioning various outfit styles and a vast color palette...people lump the 1950's as poodle skirts and bright-ass colors when there was so much more. People were people, they weren't a magazine.
It'd be like the future saying *everyone* on the street in the twenty-teens had selfie sticks and those irritating billowy bathrobe-style shirts. 😆😆
Could you rate Peaky Blinders and Las chicas del cable??
Maybe Titanic And Downton Abbey next?
Oh God. I hate the Titanic. I love the history but I dispise the movie.
@@curehead9877 I also don´t care about all the romance, but the historical part is really good, at least for 1997
Sinead yes I agree, I'm just not sure about some of the Edwardian outfits in the beginning of the show, specially the female ones
I don't want to spoil anything about Crimson Peak but Jessica Chastain is supposed to be kind of stuck in the past... which explains the difference in costumes she wears.
Yes, her character had a lot of issues, which Jessica portrayed perfectly.
can we talk about the greatest showman because honestly i thought it was so crap particularly the costumes. it was a big pink migraine
Same I think they got all the extras costume correct just all the main characters costumes were more modern and fashionable
The music and costumes were not period specific at all. I accepted that it was just a little more fantasy than historical.
I haven’t seen it but isn’t it supposed to be like that? It’s a movie musical where they tend to go for a more fantastical style than accuracy which I think is fine. A lot of historically placed movie musicals do it and I personally love the theatricality of it
The city itself doesn't make sense. For some reason they use a turn-of-the-century building (the Flatiron Building) in the opening scene. He was dead before the Flatiron was even approved. The vast majority of the movie's plot should take place between 1840 and 1868 (the years Barnum's American Museum stood). The circus that bore his name was not his idea. He was asked to come on as a business partner because of his name recognition and business ties. Zac Efron's character is completely fictitious. He never had an affair with Jenny Lind. The whole thing is not what I would call worth looking at historically.
@@kyleg3588 If you look at a lot of movies with historical settings the majority of them are inaccurate in some fashion. The Duchess tells the story of Georgiana a lot differently than how it actually happened but it's still a great movie and gorgeous to look at so I can forgive it. Liberties and artistic license will always be a factor in these movies. The Greatest Showman is also a kid's movie so they're not really going to spend a lot of time on accuracy because kids aren't going to care and the parents probably won't either. Books and movies that feature historical figures in their own separate fictional universe get made all the time so this really is not that different. And again, it's a musical so it's supposed to be fantastical and bright and eye catching
you should do another one with les miserables!
Seconded! Although Les Mis fandom is full of historical fashion people who have already gone through the costumes in multiple adaptations on Tumblr lol. I'd still like to hear Karolina's comments though.
General opinion seems to be that the 2012 movie had good costumes and the new BBC miniseries does not (based on promo pictures and the trailer). I think one of the most accurate examples is the 1964 Italian miniseries (I Miserabili) though. It especially seemed to go all the way with 1830's women's fashion, everything looks appropriately ridiculous and poofy and the hair sure is doing its thing...
Edit: the French 1934 trilogy was also good, I think
Yes the 1934 adaptation was gorgeous!
I would love to hear your opinion on the costuming for Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. It's set in 1920's Australia and there are some gorgeous dresses and also a kot of different types of looks. I think you'd like it 😊
My favorite!!!! From what I've seen the costumes were pretty accurate 💜
I’m curious about her opinion on the fashion designing episode too. The contrast between Dottie and Miss Fisher was interesting.
I love that show so much as an Australian. I heard the costume designers would find an authentic 20s piece and design the rest of the outfit around it! They nailed Miss Fisher's 'progressive' style (like wearing pants, the horror) without falling into the stereotypical flapper image. I cringe at Jack wearing a 3-piece suit + coat + hat in Melbourne summer though. I'm sure it's accurate but you wouldn't see it today!
It's actually set in the 1930's. They did a fantastic job of showing class differences with the clothing.
I loved Crimson peak. I agree with you that it's very free on the textile, but the dresses are reallly close to the time.Esspecially Lucilles' and Thomas' Costumes are Handsewn compared to the machine-made Clothes of Edith and Alan. And Hiddlestons isa weird mixture of Byron and Rockstar. And of course. it's Guillermo del Toro.
Lucille and Thomas are poor Aristocracy - so they were supposed to look out of time - edith is suppoed to represent the future and the Siblings the Past.
I'm pretty sure that when Victoria wears the yellow dress she isn't actually queen yet, and they probably made the costumes she wears early on quite girly to emphasise her youth, especially since Emily blunt was not 18!
Agreed! Victoria lived under strict control from her mother, the Duchess of Kent, and Sir John Conroy. They had a great say in what she was allowed to wear and not. 'The Kensington System' was designed to shield Victoria from anything that could compromise her mother's ability to be a regent in her daughter's place when she turned eighteen/ when the king eventually died. I think the lace and all the frilly fabrics really represent the absolute control they held over Victoria from her birth to her uncle's death, which in my opinion works really well! The system thankfully didn't work in her mother's favour though.
She actually dressed rather understated for a Princess( & Queen)
You're correct. Victoria was still a princess at this point in the film, and the dress is meant to indicate her youth and girlishness.
I'd love to see your thoughts on the costumes in Victoria (2016), the ITV series. They include the bonnets and such, and noticeably shift the style according to the decade. Whether or not it's accurate, I don't know, but hopefully you'll analyze it!
Your necklace reminds me of Skittles. Looking snazzy Meme Mom!
Yes! Or what Runts used to look like!!
Mad men is actually pretty interesting! You see the clothes evolve slowly, and you see some characters stay in a late 50s fashion (because it makes sense to them) and you see more edgy characters try on the latest fashions. I think is really cool bc it shows a really human side for the costumes
I love your earrings and necklace!!! If you watch the movie crimson peak you will understand why that character was wearing fashion a decade older than the other characters but wasn't an old looking woman. Love this video! I love when you review period dramas 😀
I clicked faster than I actually read the title
Crimson Peak was actually so coooool though! You’d like it
You should review fashion in "The Crown"! I love your vids :)
I actually really love Crimson Peak
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY
BTW the 1890s are my favorite too.
Also can you review the costumes from the movie Titanic 1997?
I watched a few episodes of Reign which is a tv drama on Netflix about Queen Mary of Scotts, and they all look like they're wearing prom dresses. 😮 It is kinda weird.
Same here! I stop watching in the very first episode because the costumes were just off
Penny the first episode is horrible but it gets soo much better
Victoria's pale yellow dress was worn at the King's birthday party. She was not queen yet. I think they consciously put her in a pale dress to emphasize that she was 17/18, and to contrast with her mother.
It's pale and yellow and sweet because she's innocent and young...yet about to become Queen.
Can you review the historical accuracy of the new harry potter films?
yesyesyes
Saga Karlen fantastic beasts?
Maybe next time you could do Polish films? Lalka, Ziemia Obiecana, Pan Tadeusz, Zemsta, Nad Niemnem, Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy, Lata dwudzieste... lata trzydzieste..., to name a few for a start. ;)
Can you review Cable Girls, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Les Misérables?
In the movie, the characters played by Jessica Chastain and Tom Hiddleston are supposed to wear clothes from the previous decade. It is said by one of the other characters
I'd love to see you review The Duchess and The Tudors! :-)
Can you do Anne of Green gables (1985)? Pls
Stephen Worrell yesyesyes I’ve been waiting for her to do this one
14:59 early 1980s? They were doing alot in the 80's
May I suggest Little Women (1994), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Alias Grace, War And Peace (2016), and Anne With An E?
Just some suggestions. I love this series you’re doing!
I love Pre-Raphaelites too haha I studied Christina Rossetti in english lit and discovered the movement through that! Ophelia by John Millais is one of my favourite paintings
what do you think of Madame Bovary (2014)? I'm in love, costumes, general mood, everything is so soft and delicate and and and wow
What I understand about Crimson Peak's fashion is that they're suppossedly impoverished aristocrats who couldn't afford fashions, so Chastain is wearing at least her mother's wardrobe, which is Victorian, compared to more Modern Edwardian fashion of Mia.
I think the simplicity of Young Victoria's dresses could be explained by Victoria's sheltering as a child from the outside world; by the start of the film she has basically no friends because she'd never been allowed to interact with others. Victoria's mother and comptroller were actively trying to undermine the Queen's public image to seize administrative power from her, so I have a feeling her fashion was quite boring/underwhelming at the start.
Unpopular opinion, perhaps, but the costumes in Crimson Peak actually hurt my soul haha. While I don't doubt that the costumes are beautiful and there's a great load of symbolism present (like the color yellow for the main character), I just... Jessica Chastain wearing a corset without a chemise or anything. Ouch. There were a few other historical inaccuracy nitpicks I have with the film, but oh well. It was a beautiful film in terms of the sets and costumes. I will say that much ;)
corsets with no chemise underneath are a plague these days 😭
What do you think of the costumes in peaky blinders?
Please please please do outlander! It would be interesting to hear the differences between British and Scottish fashion at the time!
Mia D Oh yeah! I didn't really like the series itself but the costuming was gorgeous. Also, it covers a lot of eras and countries which would be fascinating to study.
Please do: call the midwife, reign, little women (2019) and Hamilton.
I like the detail that Jessica Chastain’s character is wearing outdated clothing. She and her brother are struggling, while Mia’s character comes from a rich family.
Next time if you do another video like this, I would love if you could talk about The Great Gatsby. It's one of my favourite movies!
14:59 "if it's supposed to be early 1980s"
15:04 "if it is supposed to be late 1980s" oh! If only the 80s had this hair!
Didn’t poorer people wear clothes from past decades because like today you tend to find clothes from past decades extremely cheap in second hand shops
I believe dresses were more personal then than clothes are today. So someone might buy an old dress, but they would take it apart and use the fabric to make a new one. Since dresses were made to fit individual people and not to sizes the way they are today, I don't think a woman would have just worn someone else's old dress since it wouldn't have fit properly.
lesmisloony i don’t know exactly how they went about it (especially with women’s clothes) back then but I do remember a example from a painting of a gardener wearing a rich persons clothes that had been out of style for decades there was a video I watched on it wear they recreated the clothes from what the video said old clothes would circulate shops until they were unwearable then would usually be bought for scrap fabric to make paper I would also assume that they wouldn’t make many alterations since the whole reason they bought second hand was being poor and what extra fabric they did have I would assume would be used for repairs to make the garment last as long as humanly possible I do see your point but I just don’t think they would have enough money in their budget to make customization choices
that makes sense too!
Yes and no. If you were a servant in a wealthy person's household, then your employer might donate their 'old' clothes to you. But remember that 'old clothes' for the aristocracy would usually mean something that has been worn for a single season--or even a single evening--before it had served its fashionable purpose and was either remade or handed off to its next owner. So we'd be talking about a couples years' delay at most. Clothing was way too scarce to sit around in boxes for decades only to turn up unwanted in a shop--if it was serviceable, somebody was going to wear it, and if it was worn out, it was cut up and made into accessories or clothes for children, and when those were worn out, rags or paper.
And either way, while the poor could not afford the finest fabrics and trimming, what little they did have was all the more precious to them, and they did take pride in their appearance. If they were given old clothes (or if their own clothes fell out of fashion) then they would pick them apart and resew them in the new, fashionable style. 18th century styles were made to preserve fabric so that the same dress could be altered countless times, an the dress would only be thrown away when the fabric itself had deteriorated. In the Victorian era, tailoring became complicated enough that alterations became very difficult/impossible to make, which is when you started to see outdated styles circulating for decades. But Sleepy Hollow isn't Victorian and even if it was, I doubt that the costume designer was trying to make a statement about poverty--the costumes in the film are crisp, unfaded, no signs of wear. Like they're straight out of the mantuamaker's shop, only for some reason the style is all wrong.
My guess is that the costume thing is just a breakdown in teamwork during Sleepy Hollows' production. The costume department designed a great 1770s collection, the writers wanted to set it in 1799, and the producer was like "fuck it, nobody will know the difference."
Can you also do the costumes from manga (Japanese comics) that set in period times, like Candy Candy, Rose of Versailles, Eroica, etc?
YES. I second this!
I think it could be quite interesting, because those animes are "tainted" with 70s Japanese perspective of western fashion.
Can you do Anne with an E and Versailles next? ❤️❤️❤️
Yes versailles!!
I watch Versailles for a living ❤️❤️❤️
Your outfit, accessories and hair all look wonderful in this video. Perhaps a bit off topic, but it did make an impression
I really loved the costumes for both crimson peak and sleepy hollow. But at one point lady Van Tassel wears a corset with a metal front busk closure and no shoulder straps, which would not have existed. That striped dress is gorgeous tbough, inaccurasies be damned.
Crimson Peak is a good movie, especially if you like gothic novels. I loved it.
Could you review the accuracy of the costumes from the show "Versailles"? I watched it not too long ago and as beautiful as they are, I always wondered if they were historically accurate.
So after much thought, here a non complete list of some of my favourite costuming in movies and shows:
Titanic
Crimson Peak
BBC Pride and Prejudice
Marie Antoinette
Emma
First season of Outlander
Gentleman Jack (oh my god this one makes me just so happy!)
Baz’s Great Gatsby
Elizabeth (the Cate Blanchett film)
Phantom Thread
Jackie
Jane Eyre
I wonder what do you think about Victoria (with Jenna Coleman) costumes
That being said: Jessica's character is meant to be wearing old things because she's been confined in her families home her whole life. It's accurate to the story :)
WATCH CRIMSON PEAK RIGHT NOW YOU WONT REGRET IT, IGNORE THE REVIEWS ITS EXQUISITE
Could you do Greatest Showman please?! It's so messy with it's historical periods and I would love to see if it makes you as mad as it made me.
I really wish you would review the costumes from gone with the wind!
Fun fact
In Crimson Peak they actually didn’t put corsets on bare skin, they had chemises underneath and that just speaks to me
I've watched Crimson Peak (which is imo a really good Gothic horror) and, without giving spoilers in case you do watch it, it actually makes a lot of narrative sense for Jessica Chastain's character to wear consistently outdated clothing.
Loved the video, one thing I just wanted to comment on was with the young Victoria: her mother (and Sir John Conroy) actually dressed her 'younger' than she actually was, so that Victoria would be perceived to be more incompetent than she actually was :) just a little tidbit I found interesting
I'd love to see you do an episode on Downtown Abbey fashions.
Crimsom Peak is amazing. It's so beautifully made and it reminds me so much to Poe's short stories. It's not modern horror it's more like classic eerie style I don't know. About Jessica Chastain's character I think she might be wearing dresses that belonged to her mother? Just a theory. Anyway I really recommend it.
What about Jane Eyre (also starring Mia Wasikowska)? And Anna Karenina (with Keira Knightley)?
Can you review Cable Girls costumes/hairstyle and Harlots costumes?
Daenerys Targaryen Cable girls!!I think the costumes there are pretty accurate
I love your videos! If you continue with this series, I would very much like you to judge Titanic and Little Women (1994), cause I always considered them pretty acurate - prove me wrong :D
Suggested: Road to Avonlea.
I love these videos!! I think you should review Anne of green gables (80s) and/or Anne with an E , downton abbey and the north and the south movies
Crimson Peak is actually very interesting. I felt like many reviews were unfair and as you said, the costumes were amazing. I recommend seeing it at least once. It's a different kind of movie and I really enjoyed it because of that.
I only watched the first 30 minutes of crimson peak... I loved the costumes, but the death scene was a bit too graphic for my taste :(
Can you please talk about “a royal affair” it is so good. It takes time in the 1760s.
Actually, regarding the Crimson Peak costumes being out of date, that detail was actually intentional on the part of the filmmakers. Jessica Chastain's and Tom Hiddleston's characters are rich characters that have fallen on hard times, so if they're wearing period-inaccurate costumes it's because their characters literally can't afford the latest fashions in-universe. Tom Hiddleston's clothes are actually even pointed out by another character as being a few decades out of date. So really, it only looks like a mistake in costume design until you actually watch the movie and learn why they're dressed like that. Good eye, though!
You should turn this kind of videos into a series! Like once a week, they're so interesting :D
What about Downton Abbey? I think you might like it. It goes from 1910 to 1920s.
please look at "dangerous liaisons" and "Lizzy Borden Chronicles" :)
Seconding "Dangerous liaisons". I love Glenn Close's costumes in that movie. It's akin to a time machine ❤
@@SweetJeopardy And Valmont too... So interesting videos dear Karolina!
Do:
-Pirates of the Caribbean (first movie)
-Anne with an E (series)
-Reign
-Outlander
-Madmen
❤️ Love your videos, you're hilarious and I learn a lot. I'm literally writing down a lot of what you say, including where to find more information. I'm torn between dressing 40s or 60s atm, and idk where to start.
The doughnut scale is the most accurate way to grade something🍩
Out of interest - are you taking into account the difference in fashion in the USA vs Europe/UK? Because I seem to remember being told that the US was often a little behind Europe, and then maybe in the countryside it was even worse? Just a thought!