At 16:53 23/09/2006, you wrote:
Scaramouche (the one made in 1952) has always been one of my
favorites. It's set in the 18th century, but the women all have the
50s lift-and-separate bullet bras underneath their gowns. I'm sure
there are many other costume gaffes as well, but that's the most
noticeable one. It's a charming movie, though--good swordfight at the end.
Melanie Schuessler
Sylvia Rognstad wrote:
Since we always rant so much about how bad Hollywood does
historical costumes in movies, here's a question that ought to get
a lot of replies. I am teaching a class in the costume and fashion
industries and thought it would be fun to show some clips of
costumes from movies, and not just good examples but some really
bad ones. For instance, I happened to see on tv a bit of an old
movie from the 1950s a couple weeks ago called "Princess of the
Nile" which took place in the Middle East and the costumes were so
bad they were really laughable. The women were wearing high spiked
heels for instance. So I'm wondering if you all can name some
other old movies with really anachronistic or just plain wrong
historical costumes.
Sylrog
And "Ivanhoe" - Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor. (Again men fairly
reasonable). Same period "Quo Vadis with Robert Taylor, again, and
Ava Gardner? And who could forget Errol Flynn in tights as Robin Hood?
Suzi
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