While we wait with bated breath to see the outcome of all TOBG(YN) [The Other Boleyn Girl] costume brouhaha, I found this LA Times article that talks about the costumes in TOBG(YN) and The Tudors (Showtime), and interviews Sandy Powell (costume designer). I like how the author actually acts like Joan Bergin (costume designer for The Tudors) wasn’t on crack.
Also, Trystan found these podcasts from Colonial Williamsburg — near the bottom you’ll find, “Clothing Speaks,” with Linda Baumgarten (textiles and costumes curator, and author of, “What Clothes Reveal”). Haven’t listened to it yet, but I definitely will!
Ah, the Janea Whitacre podcast titled “Milliner and Mantua Maker” is in 2006, along with neat ones from the wigmaker & the shoemaker. 2005 has a great podcast titled “Carolyn Wilson on Interpreting an American Lady” from the women who plays Betty Randolph.
They’re a lot easier to sort thru on iTunes 🙂
>> the author actually acts like Joan Bergin (costume designer for The Tudors) wasn’t on crack.
Umm, but clearly she was…on crack, that is.
Well, to be fair, Bergin does say that she went for a deconstructed Tudor look, and she was influenced by Couture and such. I don’t have a huge problem with it, since they’re not insisting that the costumes are 100% period accurate.
I thought this line was funny:
Powell and her team ended up making nearly every garment: It seems “The Tudors” was filming at the same time and “had rented every Tudor costume on the planet,” Powell says.