I wasn't snarking, merely asking for information. I thought the bare
shoulders were wrong for the period, even as "extreme" fashion, and wanted
to confirm my opinion.
Kate Bunting
On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 9:50 PM, Lavolta Press wrote:
> Oh sure, I just don't understand why some people think it's
I too noticed the the off the shoulder dresses and was also doubtful about
the thin cotton dresses the young girls were wearing. I am having to read
the book again, have been meaning to for years! By the way, Natashia's
dresses are described as muslin with pantaloons.
I like the uniforms but
I haven't seen this movie but I feel like movie costumes run on cycles of
fashion that can be just as reactionary as fashions in everyday life.
something along the lines of "everyone remembers their version of the story
so I have to be different." Sometimes it ends up just being difference for
the
I don't see it as snarking either, the costume stills I've seen look
particularly bad, especially for what one is used to seeing for BBC period
productions. But the one shoulder evening dress, so odd, looks so modern
and harsh, good for a ballroom dance performance.
On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 4:18 AM,
Re the styles of dresses, I still have to chuckle at the 18th C interpretions
in films of the '20s-30s where the gowns have dropped waists. In an earlier
production of W&P the fashion tone is Audrey Hepburn all the way. It seems that
one can peg the date of the film release by the tweaked style
There is a fascinating book - "Hollywood and History - Costume Design in
Film" which looks how costume designers present historical dress. It was
published in 1988 to accompany an exhibition mounted at the Los Angeles
County Museum of Art. Part of the foreword says "Contemporary viewers are
Absolutely, I worked on that show, dressing mannequins when it came to
Boston. Opening up a Renaissance dress and seeing a big honking zipper and
padded bullet shaped bust cups was so funny.
On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Viv Watkins
wrote:
> There is a fascinating book - "Hollywood and Histor
It's a great book. Every historical costumer who loves movies should
own a copy.
On 01/06/2016 12:00 PM, Viv Watkins wrote:
There is a fascinating book - "Hollywood and History - Costume Design in
Film" which looks how costume designers present historical dress. It
was published in 1988 to
Yes, that is a great book, and I almost cited it, too.
Ann Wass
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From: Viv Watkins
To: Historical Costume
Sent: Wed, Jan 6, 2016 12:02 pm
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Costumes in "War and Peace"
There is a fascinating book - "Hollywood and History - Costume Design i
Lucky you! I schemed to get to Boston to see it but just couldn't.
Ann Wass
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From: Katy Bishop
To: Historical Costume
Sent: Wed, Jan 6, 2016 12:08 pm
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Costumes in "War and Peace"
Absolutely, I worked on that show, dressing mannequins when
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