Miss Curacao is papagena (sp) from the magic flute :~) Maybe Great Britain is a river?
Katy On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 3:42 AM, Danielle Nunn-Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: > No, I think some of these ladies must earn extra money in the gentlemen's > clubs where they are de rigeur. Either that or the designers all work for > said clubs and forgot to swap out the footwear... > > I've only started to look at the images since my computer is running at > glacial speed tonight and so its taken 45 minutes to get as far as Miss > Curacao, and I was wondering if the costume designers could be charged with > crimes against human decency???? I mean to produce Miss Curacao's atrocity, > they must have OD'd on cocktails mixed with lots of Blue Curacao or > something equally ghastly... and frankly as a Canadian, Miss Canada's is > downright offensive, and must be doubly so to one of members of the First > Nations. <shudder> Some of the others are just plain weird. I think I > will leave it at that, others seem to be covering the details quite > adequately. Oh, I managed to get a couple more pictures. The Czech > Republic looks like a bizarre take-away box to me. LOL! > > Cheers, > Danielle > > At 02:14 AM 9/13/2011, you wrote: >> >> So the new shoe fashion is kamikaze platforms? >> They are already tall why add the height? Definitely a carnival or Vegas >> feel. A lot of retro hair. What's with the white? >> >> Albania - simple, yet elegant. >> Angola - very theatrical. >> Argentina - ?????? prom????? >> Aruba, Bahamas, Brazil, Cayman Islands, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, >> Turks >> & Caicos, Uruguay - carnival. >> Australia - rendition of the Scarlet curtain gown but with granny's >> patchwork quilt or rag rug. >> Belgium - ?prom? or maybe a play on Belgium lace? >> Bolivia - definitely carnival and a good one. >> Botswana - looks like folkwear but the shovel is a bit much. >> British Virgin Islands - ribbon trade???????? >> Canada - That is sooooooo wrong. Headdress is worn by the Assiniboine >> (women >> of the nation wear it if they are chief) The bodice is hard to tell what >> it >> is suppose to be but the tongue and teeth look like the bear (makes her >> look >> like she has a poochy tummy) The skirt is suppose to be a teepee. The >> crossed arms is a Hollywood stereotype. Even if she is of Indigenous >> decent >> the costume is still all around tacky. >> Chile - statement more then folkwear but nice creative design. >> China - good folkwear. >> Colombia - I've seen this from an old Hollywood movie. Nice design. >> Costa Rica - except for the platforms, really nice design. >> Croatia - What?????? The hair says sock hop but the dress says "be my >> valentine" >> Curacao - carnival and not quite right. >> Cyprus - Nice modern take on the folkwear. >> Czech Republic - Beam me up Scotty? >> Denmark - The skirt looks crooked because of the way she is posed. They >> should have put more into it as it looks to much like a wedding dress for >> a >> themed wedding. To my understanding 1700s reenactments are popular in >> Denmark so I can see why the dress style. >> Dominican republic, Great Britain, Sweden, U.S. Virgin Islands, Ukraine - >> ?????????????? >> Ecuador - Impressive. carnival style but natural tones. >> Egypt - Hollywood strikes again but I can think of worse Hollywood >> costumes >> to mimic. Should have gone for color instead of the white. >> El Salvador - I'm not sure what to say on this. >> Estonia - Off the rack. nice that she is wearing flats but it just doesn't >> make sense with the outfit. >> Finland - Evening dress. possibly association to long nights and winters? >> France - High School play of Marie Annetoinette? Come on folks, this is >> Miss >> Universe! There should be better quality then this even for a folk >> costume. >> Germany - Not a nice modern take of folkwear. Looks like something from >> Frederick's of Hollywood cataloged. >> Ghana - Nice but could pass for evening wear. >> Greece - lovely but with the do she looks like an actress from some of >> those >> old Italian movies. >> Guam - is cute. >> Guatemala - Very good take on folkwear. >> Guyana - carnivalish but looks to be a modern take on folkwear. >> Haiti - nice modern take on folkwear. >> Honduras - Looks like something from the Sports Illustrated swimsuit >> edition. >> Hungary - Interesting modern take on folkwear. Though the hat makes it >> look >> like she has cat ears. :) >> Indonesia - traditional. >> Ireland - modern Celtic goddess look? Theatrical. My first thought was , >> cool use of cds. It's nice but like many of the costumes here, it leaves a >> person wondering what it represents. >> Israel - prom? >> Italy - with all their fashion sense they came up with this? Looks like >> lingerie. Really? they took the colors of their flag and made a red dress, >> added a green fan with white and a bit of white on the dress with >> pearls...REALLY? >> Jamaica, Venezuela, Puerto Rico - again, carnival. >> Japan - Japanese Anima(sp?) >> Kazakhstan - what is with the wedding dresses for folkwear? Nice modern >> take >> though. >> Georgia, Korea, Kosovo, Lebanon, Malaysia, Nigeria, New Zealand, Panama, >> Peru, Portugal, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam - interesting and impressive >> modern take on folkwear. >> Mauritius - lace and feathers........ >> Mexico - rummage sale at the costume shop. Actually it is one of the >> better >> attempts at symbols to represent the country. >> Montenegro - looks like haute couture fashion. >> Netherlands - What were they thinking or looking at when they can up with >> this? At least they didn't go the Dutch route as that would have excluded >> other regions. >> Nicaragua - looks like someone just threw what ever was on hand together. >> You know that whoever designed it did not consider that Miss Dorn did not >> have the neck muscles for the headdress. >> Paraguay - a Vegas showgirl costume gone wrong, way wrong. I did not know >> that Paraguay had peacocks. >> Philippines - Looks like one can not make up their mind. Looks like they >> had >> two different costumes and they lost the lower have for the white lacey >> top >> and the upper piece to the gold skirt. >> Poland - has a folk feel to it but still looks like prom or bridal. >> Romania - Vampire Queen? >> Russia - modern bride? interesting modern take on folkwear. >> Serbia - really? >> Slovak Republic - Not a good take of folkwear. >> Slovenia - Emmy dress. >> South Africa - should have left off the black and pink stuff. >> Spain - haute couture or stylized flamenco dress. The oriental fan really >> says Spain (sarcasm) >> Sri Lanka - traditional but looks like something that would be worn as >> evening wear. >> Tanzania - the new Zena warrior princess? >> Turkey - The mirrors are the only thing I can think of that might say >> Turkey. >> USA - Not bad but the hat is way to big. >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian [email protected] www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
