In a message dated 4/24/2006 2:00:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
AMEN! Kathleen > > > Hahahahaha....that's science fiction! Anything's better that the original! > [I'm teasing!] ********************** Now I must be fare and admit the sinking of the ship was amazingly done and very exciting. But the damn PLOT keep interfering and getting in the way! To keep on subject: I hate most the costumes in Titanic. I don't think the designer understood the period at all. Some of the gowns [especially the mother's] look real and are fine. And the hats are great. But Rose's costumes were awful. Thank God everyone's stopped making that boring red "jump" dress for prom night! And I love the image of fluttering silk as they run through the engine room, but the dress has little to do with the period. And that clunky yellow thing she wears topside which looks like it had puffer paint on it. The opening hat was fantastic; the suit, with the switcheroo stripe details looked like a high school design. Ever her corset was wrong. If you want to see how Rose, a wealthy young avant garde, should've been dressed, I suggest a film that came out about the same time: "Wings of the Dove". The delicious Charlotte Rampling runs around in hostess pajamas and a turban. The two girls on holiday in Venice wear Fortuni gowns and kimono style overtunics in Art Nouveau printed velvets. And the colors! It's just perfect. One of Sandy Powell's best! Good flick too. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
