On 1/17/2011 1:14 PM, WorkroomButtons.com wrote:
By "everyone," do you mean major pattern companies? Is PBS even on the radar of the Big Three? Dede
The Big Three can probably just haul out the patterns they published for "Titanic" costumes, with a couple of minor alterations.
But what I meant is, there are fads in historic costume, the things everyone wants to make. Sometimes they are inspired by films. "Out of Africa" inspired Ralph Lauren and a number of other mainstream ready-to-wear manufacturers, the issue of a Folkwear patter or two, and well, lots of people even outside the historic costume community making or buying "safari" skirts and other fashionable items. "Titanic" was another--everyone had to have "Titanic" dresses for their prom or wedding, down to fabric that looked exactly the same. The Jane Austen productions, BBC and otherwise, have made lots of people interested in that era.
So, I'm just wondering if people here at least are, after having gotten through all those Titanic "jump dresses," "dinner dresses," etc., feel that Downton Abbey is the next big era.
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