In a message dated 7/26/2006 12:20:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
for pirate (yes, pirate) re enactors ************************ And speaking of..... I saw on the History Channel their show of "REAL Pirates of the Caribbean". The info was all very interesting but the costumes in the rather extensive re-enactments were more than pitiful! High School theatre departments could have done better! I mean everything from 1600s to 1700s was mixed... if you could actually put a year on any of the dreadful outfits. We had Spanish Conquistadors fighting pirates in chrome yellow brocade justicorps and white [not powdered] wigs. Then the same outfits would appear for a re-enactment of something in the next century. The British Navy of the early 18th century apparently had no uniforms...everyone on board was dressed differently. And the officers were wearing all kinds of stuff. Top it all off with the fact nothing fit. Don't EVEN get me started on Ann Bonny and Mary Read! YIKES! I don't even know where their outfits came from. Nothing...I tell you, nothing historical about them. Well, they were made of cloth....I think. Now, were this a fun little pirate fantasy, like the movie P's of the C, this would only be mildly annoying. But this is supposed to be the HISTORY channel. And the show was about the REAL pirates. No excuse. Iffen ya can't afford to do the re-enactments correctly, don't rest the entire show upon them! I suspected they relied on re-enactors....with no shame. But if someone got paid to costume the fiasco...oy! _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
