Poldark
Is anyone out there watching Poldark? I keep being mystified by the costuming choices and I don't know if it's because my ideas about late 18th c. fashion are too rigid or what. I definitely don't know much about the state of fashion in Cornwall so I keep telling myself that it must be some regional thing every time I question something. Unfortunately I read a quote from the costume designer that makes me think otherwise: "rather than being pedantic about period accuracy, the priority was making the costumes look and feel relevant." I guess period accuracy isn't relevant.
I could understand if the main characters were well-outfitted and the minor characters looked like they were wearing 1970s Colonial Williamsburg cast-offs, but even the main female has me constantly thinking, "What?" Her necklines are so high, I guess to compensate for the fact that she's never wearing a handkerchief? And what is with the green cap that her servant girl wears? The caps are probably the worst thing about the series; either they're missing or being worn smooshed forward on the head way too far. Some of the women even wear 19th c. sunbonnets, unless again, that's a rural fashion of which I am unaware.
I could understand if the main characters were well-outfitted and the minor characters looked like they were wearing 1970s Colonial Williamsburg cast-offs, but even the main female has me constantly thinking, "What?" Her necklines are so high, I guess to compensate for the fact that she's never wearing a handkerchief? And what is with the green cap that her servant girl wears? The caps are probably the worst thing about the series; either they're missing or being worn smooshed forward on the head way too far. Some of the women even wear 19th c. sunbonnets, unless again, that's a rural fashion of which I am unaware.