Author: kendra

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New Costume Movie Reviews

Who has time for watching movies? I don’t! But I’ve managed to squeeze a few in — The Other Boleyn Girl on the 16th c. page (altho sadly I’ve waited a bit too long to write my review and my memory is a bit fuzzy – listen to our podcast for a clearer review!), the latest Sense & Sensibility on the Regency page, and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day on the 20th c. page. And, as always, I’ve brought up to date the Upcoming Movies page.

Speaking of which, have you seen the trailer for Brideshead Revisited? Has anyone read the novel? I was surprised by how beefed up Emma Thompson’s role was, compared to the previous film version – is that from the novel, or just because they’d managed to snag Thompson?

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New Books to Get Excited About!

Yay! Huge props to Sewingbird on LJ for pointing out that the long-awaited final Janet Arnold book (Patterns of Fashion: Cut and Construction of Linen Shirts, Smocks, Neck and Headwear, Etc., C. 1540-1665) is now available for pre-order on Amazon UK (it’s coming out in November). And Laracorsets on LJ found a book (Corsets: Historic Patterns and Techniques) that sounds very promising; also available for preorder on Amazon UK.

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Dangerous Liaisons on Broadway

Although I don’t tend to follow Broadway too closely (not being near enough to go!), there’s a production of Les Liaisions Dangereuses currently on stage with Laura Linney (Marquise de Merteuil) and Mamie Gummer (Meryl Streep’s daughter, as Cecile) that has quite nice costuming! I particularly like the Marquise’s goldish gown with reddish trimmings. You can see photos on the official site, as well as a video preview at Broadwayworld.com. The only thing that ISN’T grabbing me is Mme de Tourvel’s blue dress – zzzz – but then it’s probably to show her character’s boring nice-ness, eh?