In a message dated 7/27/2007 1:27:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Enough fabric in the skirts, and cutting the panels in gores instead of squares, would make them drape properly, which is probably what you're reacting to. ************ Looks more 1640s....maybe 1650s, because this takes place before the great plays were written. [Another "great artists have no imagination but everything is autobiographical" film...like "Amadeus" or "Immortal Beloved"...yuck!] 1650s...which makes me think Vermeer or ter Borch. By then the bodice usually has a boned lining that is really a corset and skirts are not skimpy but don't have much underpinnings. Maybe a petticoat. They fall straight in deep pleats from the cartridge pleating. These yardages might be good for a maid, but not ladies in society. And the decollatage is too low. There's just not much variety in the gowns. They are all the same. Remember the "Cyrano" with Gerard Depardue? Think of all the different...and correct looks on the women in that film. Not here! It reminded me of the skimpiness you see in some recent 17th century films, like "Marie Antoinette"... which doesn't translate as skimpiness but rather a kind of delicateness. This is in keeping with the type of decoration you see in the late 17th century. But the Baroque sensibility is heavier, more lush and thick with ornament. It doesn't work in "Moliere". IMHO of course.... ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
