Fashion Historian & Historical Costume Maker
Yay costume movies! They’ll be showing the new BBC miniseries of Jane Eyre, plus The Sally Lockhart Mysteries: The Ruby in the Smoke (some sort of Victorian era mystery starring Billie Piper), the new BBC miniseries of Dracula (with Sophia Myles), and the new BBC miniseries The Wind in the Willows with Bob Hoskins. Repeats include Carrie’s War, The Virgin Queen, and Kidnapped. Get your Tivo’s ready!
Here’s the full schedule. There’s info on many of these on my upcoming movies page.
“I can easily finish this this weekend” — famous last words! read more about my 1910 Lady Maud Warrender evening dress project
Monsieur Computer is home (and still sick, so will have to go away again) and… read more about my 1910 Lady Maud evening dress project
Sarah can be blamed for my latest CADD (Costume Attention Deficit Disorder) foray (mental only, so far!) into 16th century costume. I’ve been obsessed the last week with what-to-do-with-the-4.25-yards-of-orange-silk-damask-lurking-in-my-closet question. A few interesting things I’ve come across include an exhibit of Holbein’s drawings at the Tate Britain (click on Room Guide for lots of images), and a bazillion high res versions of 16th century maps that show costume figures (don’t forget your grain of salt, of course). We’ve been discussing on LJ exactly what is going on on the skirt CF of the lady on the right (warning: high res!). Theories welcome!
And while I’m at it, if you haven’t yet seen the first still from The Other Boleyn Girl (designed by Sandy Powell) that has been wildly overanalyzed on LJ, you really should!
In other movie news, I’ve seen the new BBC Wide Sargasso Sea and the 2003 TV version of The Other Boleyn Girl – reviews coming soon.
Did I miss this? Farthingale’s US location (in Los Angeles) has their website up and ready for business. Yay! No more hugely expensive shipping from Canada! Has anyone been to their store location yet?
