Fashion Curator Reviews Historic Costumes In Famous Movies
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Published 2022-08-19
Rosemary Harden, a dress curator and manager of the Fashion Museum Bath, a world-class museum of historical fashionable dress, reviews costumes in several well-known movies for historical accuracy.
First, Rosemary rates the outfits in court scenes from 'The Favourite' (2018), where Queen Anne was memorably played by Olivia Colman. Next up, she reviews costume in 'The Duchess' (2008), including those worn by Keira Knightley in her role as Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.
Both the film and TV version of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' are up next, with Rosemary commenting on the accuracy of Colin Firth's famous white shirt. She also reviews the mourning dress of Queen Victoria in 'Victoria and Abdul' (2017).
The dress worn by Rose DeWitt Bukater in her first appearance in 'Titanic' (1997) is praised next. The tube carriage scene from 'Darkest Hour' (2017) is rated next for its portrayal of Londoners during the Blitz in the 1940s. And then, it's the dress of Margaret Thatcher as worn by Meryl Streep in 'The Iron Lady' (2011).
The final two scenes up for review are from Forest Gump (1994) and the famous shopping scene from 'Pretty Woman' (1990).
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All Comments (21)
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Hope you enjoyed guys! In terms of fashion, which historic period would you most liked to have lived through? 🤔
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I love that she was paying such close attention to the costumes on the background actors. So many talented costumers work on those characters, too. I'm sure the praise is appreciated by them.
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She's so softspoken and lovely. I love her appreciation for the costumes and how happy she is watching these clips. A lot of people reacting to historical costumes always laugh or roll their eyes at the costuming in movies if it's inaccurate, and she didn't. I really appreciate that.
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I love how much she clearly loves fashion and fashion history, and gets all excited about the different clothes and costumes.
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Kate Winslet's costume from Titanic is an exact replicate from the Edwardian period. I found the original source some years ago.
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I love her observations about the period in which historical adaptations are produced. We can't help but insert our own culture in it, no matter how hard we try to perfectly recreate the past.
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Does Pretty woman qualify for "Historic Costumes"? It was made in 1990 and is set in the same time. The designers did an amazing job, but probably no historical research was needed since it was a film set in the current time. Or was there references to other time periods that I am unaware of?
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Very interesting to watch, particularly where the time in which the film is recorded influences the design of the period dress. It’s like the 1960s and 1970s when period dramas saw the women in the cast wearing pale lipstick and the hairstyles of the day.
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I truly enjoyed this video, but just a quick correction. Forrest Gump came out in 1994, not 2007.
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I loved this one. It's far too easy for "history" to become a list of dates of battles and names of politicians, or even celebrities. But history lives and breathes in the spaces between "great events", and the tale it tells is woven like fabric onto the loom of time. It has a flow and a meaning that is carried not in the battle, but in the taper of the sword's edge, and how it differed from the one carried by a warrior's grandfather. It's in the color of the fabric, and the story of how purple came to be used. In the story of why saffron was worth more than gold. The ever-changing flows of fashion are the very lifeblood of our history, and it was so very nice to hear an expert's opinion of their depiction in modern entertainment.
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The grade she gives "The Iron Lady" is kind of unfair considering they showed her the scene before she becomes the Margaret Thatcher we are acquainted with. The outfit she's wearing there is supposed to look kind of out of character in comparison to the "transformation" she goes through.
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Oh, give me MORE of this! Could watch this type of content ALL. DAY.
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I saw the dress exhibit of the P&P95 dresses at Bath. One of the highlights of my trip to Bath. Great museum overall.
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I would love her to review and Australian series called Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. It's set in the 1920's, but got of traction overseas. The highlight is the clothes - although the series is critically acclaimed and well received for the plot, acting, great writing etc .... its really the clothes that everyone comments on.
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Respectfully, Darkest Hour does not take place during the Blitz, but earlier in the war -- the evacuation of Dunkirk takes place during the film, and the entire film only spans a couple of weeks at most. So the people on the Tube are still wearing their prewar clothes, not their mid-war clothes.
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I'd love to hear her thoughts on series like Outlander, modern Poldark, and Bridgerton! As well as Call the Midwife.
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But Pretty Woman wasn't a period film. It was a contemporary 90s film
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A period piece Id love for her to review is "Ever After A Cinderella Story". The costumes are gorgeous.
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I liked how the 90's Pride & Prejudice men's pant had the baggie butts. Not fashionable now, but true to period 😆
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Finally someone is reviewing/talking about BBC’s P&P! So many only look at the Hollywood version. As someone who prefers the BBC miniseries I am always bummed when it’s slighted. It has such beautiful scenes and costumes and the lines are right out the book! I’m sorry but the abridged version Hollywood made just doesn’t cut it for me. So thank you for this! 😃😄👏🏻
