That would be the costume designers who go to college and learn pseudo costume history as part of their course, and the directors who don't learn any of it, and who don't really care.
Had that argument with tv people (cos you know everybody in medieval times wore black or brown!! And there's no way they'd be able to do anything better than we can!) And if the "fashion history" I was "taught" at uni. was the average, then there's not much hope of it getting better any time soon! Debbie In a message dated 9/23/06 12:32:37 AM GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:01:47 +0100 > From: "Kate M Bunting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [h-cost] TV costume rant > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Whose idea was it, I wonder, to dress characters from ancient history in > TV programmes in clothes made from what look like old flannelette > sheets? I watched the new series on Ancient Rome last night, and even > the Emperor wore tunics made from rough fabric with huge stitches round > the neckline. I've seen similar garments in other drama-documentaries. > Surely the Romans were capable of weaving fine linen? > > PS What's the matter with the list? It's seemed very quiet lately, and > I've received several posts replying to questions but not seen the > original question. > > Kate Bunting > Librarian and 17th century reenactor _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
