A friend and I once costumed "The Seagull". The director wanted it period (1904)and had an idea of what he wanted the women's costumes to look like. My friend and I brought in dress after dress. He kept rejecting them. Finally, he borrowed a couple of dresses from a friend of his, to show us. They were fancy 1830's ballgowns. My friend and I looked at each other and stopped asking him for his opinion. We just went ahead and made dresses appropriate to 1904. He loved them (and didn't understand how they were different from the stuff he'd brought in).
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 6:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] Movies, was: Knight's Tale In a message dated 4/23/2006 6:17:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: but I think the dating of the chest was absolutely precise. Most people nowadays (and, I promise you, my college students included) think of time in only a few categories: the future, now, their parents' "day," and "Yore." For many Americans, "Yore" applies especially to anything before the American Revolution, ************************** Some of my fave examples of this was when I worked for a costume....as in masquerade and Halloween...shop. They were trying their best to break out into theatre and such, but...alas. Anyway, I'll never forget a blurb, in a catalogue, for a long full skirt: "Wear over hoopskirt for old-timey effect." Hahahaha! That became an inside joke for any dreadfully off costume. Another time, there was a couple who were going to a fancy dress party and were looking thru the slide show the shop had set up of couples wearing costumes they had for rent that went with each other. The "Napoleon and Josephine" couple flashed up and the woman exclaimed "Why there's Queen Elizabeth and her husband!" _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
