See, for me, it wouldn't have been convincing at all, given the (to me) obvious visual clues. We'll all pick up on different things, depending on our levels of interest/expertise, etc. I'm betting that most people in the intended audience of the movies discussed earlier in the thread would have the same reaction to peasants in burlap as you do to an Egyptian queen wearing clothing centuries, if not actual millenia, out of date. --Sue
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 10:40 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] movie costumes > > In a message dated 1/2/2007 7:52:42 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Not if what she was wearing was obviously knitted. That's a humongous > boo-boo, right there. > > ************************ > > Well it may have been crocheted...or just knotted in some way....but you get > the idea. I'm remembering, or trying to, something from looooong ago. > > ***************************** > > Also, the color of the gown sounds really wrong--is > there any evidence of linens being dyed in Egypt at that time? > > > ********************** > > > Good question. But in this case, I don't care. This was TV... a movie, not a > museum piece. And she still looked great and totally convincing. It's > Potiphar's wife y'know. She doesn't even have a name as far as I know. And he was > sexy and seductive, as per her theatrical purpose. It was beautiful! > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
