The History of Costume....
Popping online to do a quick update and ask a favour of my fellow costume lovers!
Firstly, my request!
I'm currently working on my 'History of Costume' assignment for Tafe. This covers from Ancient Egypt all the way through to the 20th Century (We're supposed to stop with the 20's, but I plan to go to the 50's or 60's). As a very visual person, I wanted to have a small section as part of each era that lists pop culture references to the era - particularly in the form of movies and tv shows. Unfortunately, my own knowledge of this is limited particularly to era's that I myself am interested in. So I'm wondering if my fellow costume enthusiasts could please help me out in this regard!
What are you favourite historical movies/tv shows? What movies/tv shows do you feel portray an accurate view of their time period? If you had to introduce someone to the clothing of a particular era, what would you recommend they watch?
I'm looking for all historical periods; the ones I've included in my assignment are: Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome; Byzantine; The Dark and Middle Ages; The Renaissance; The 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries; Regency; The Victorian Era (separated into Crinoline, Early Bustle, Natural Form, Late Bustle and Belle Epoch); Edwardian; and the 20's, 30's, 40's, and 50's.
I'm not necessarily looking for the most accurate ones, just trying to get something for each era as a reference - though do let me know if you feel they're accurate or not!
THANKS!! :D
And now that quick update!
So as you will have gathered, I'm still working on my History of Costume assignment, fortunately with an extension til Friday! I'm really enjoying working on it and I'm learning so much more about periods of costume history I'd not previously been interested in. Though it's turning into a much larger assignment than I had first anticipated! I'm almost finished the 16th Century (known for the Tudor and Elizabethan Eras) which I've unfortunately been stuck on for the last day and a half. This is really the period where clothing became so much more complicated, with the advent of Bodies (the predecessor to Stays and the corset) and so many layers! I've been stuck as to whether I should talk separately about Tudor and Elizabethan or not. They're pretty distinct styles, but at the same time, one evolved from the other, so they share lots of similarities. It's really doing my head in! I'm thinking about taking a break from 16th C (since I've lost so much time procrastinating about it) and moving onto the 17th C, and coming back once I've finished. The 18thC is where my interest in Historical costume really piques, so I'm fairly certain that 18th, 19th and 20th centuries won't take me long to get through.
My current plan is to try and have all the writing done by this evening, though at the latest, tomorrow afternoon. Then I have Sunday and Monday as full days to print out my images and writing and start putting it all together. I'll still have Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings to put it together. So I should get it all done. I'm definitely looking forward to that part, putting my creativity to use! As much as I've enjoyed this assignment, I can't wait for it to be over, so I can get back to some sewing!
In addition to my assignment, I'm also working on our next acting production. There's not a whole lot of work to be done on it, though for the first time we're drafting our own patterns for some of the clothes (as opposed to the wardrobe head doing it for us). I finished drafting a rather gorgeous 50's wiggle dress on Thursday, and will be making up a toile for fitting on Wednesday. From what I understand, the play, 'Cloud Street' spans about 30 or 40 years, including the 40's and 50's. All the first years have been put on this production, so we'll likely be doing 1 morning of maintenance, and one evening of backstage dressing. Oh yeah, did I mention the play goes for about 4 hours!! But the good news is that it means we'll have quite a bit of our own time during the production, so I can catch up on the Drafting work that I'm behind with, yay!
I currently don't have any particular costume plans for the rest of the year, though I'd like to get Leia finished, or possibly make Ewok Leia (if I can get a wig) for the Rebel Legion events we have coming up. Other than that, my focus is on making some clothes for Summer, since it's already boiling here and I don't have much in the way of clothing right now. I have a container full of cute, summery cottons calling out to be made into dresses and skirts!
But really, I can't think of anything else at the moment apart from my assignment! So back to it I go, and I'll be back online properly next weekend!
Firstly, my request!
I'm currently working on my 'History of Costume' assignment for Tafe. This covers from Ancient Egypt all the way through to the 20th Century (We're supposed to stop with the 20's, but I plan to go to the 50's or 60's). As a very visual person, I wanted to have a small section as part of each era that lists pop culture references to the era - particularly in the form of movies and tv shows. Unfortunately, my own knowledge of this is limited particularly to era's that I myself am interested in. So I'm wondering if my fellow costume enthusiasts could please help me out in this regard!
What are you favourite historical movies/tv shows? What movies/tv shows do you feel portray an accurate view of their time period? If you had to introduce someone to the clothing of a particular era, what would you recommend they watch?
I'm looking for all historical periods; the ones I've included in my assignment are: Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome; Byzantine; The Dark and Middle Ages; The Renaissance; The 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries; Regency; The Victorian Era (separated into Crinoline, Early Bustle, Natural Form, Late Bustle and Belle Epoch); Edwardian; and the 20's, 30's, 40's, and 50's.
I'm not necessarily looking for the most accurate ones, just trying to get something for each era as a reference - though do let me know if you feel they're accurate or not!
THANKS!! :D
And now that quick update!
So as you will have gathered, I'm still working on my History of Costume assignment, fortunately with an extension til Friday! I'm really enjoying working on it and I'm learning so much more about periods of costume history I'd not previously been interested in. Though it's turning into a much larger assignment than I had first anticipated! I'm almost finished the 16th Century (known for the Tudor and Elizabethan Eras) which I've unfortunately been stuck on for the last day and a half. This is really the period where clothing became so much more complicated, with the advent of Bodies (the predecessor to Stays and the corset) and so many layers! I've been stuck as to whether I should talk separately about Tudor and Elizabethan or not. They're pretty distinct styles, but at the same time, one evolved from the other, so they share lots of similarities. It's really doing my head in! I'm thinking about taking a break from 16th C (since I've lost so much time procrastinating about it) and moving onto the 17th C, and coming back once I've finished. The 18thC is where my interest in Historical costume really piques, so I'm fairly certain that 18th, 19th and 20th centuries won't take me long to get through.
My current plan is to try and have all the writing done by this evening, though at the latest, tomorrow afternoon. Then I have Sunday and Monday as full days to print out my images and writing and start putting it all together. I'll still have Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings to put it together. So I should get it all done. I'm definitely looking forward to that part, putting my creativity to use! As much as I've enjoyed this assignment, I can't wait for it to be over, so I can get back to some sewing!
In addition to my assignment, I'm also working on our next acting production. There's not a whole lot of work to be done on it, though for the first time we're drafting our own patterns for some of the clothes (as opposed to the wardrobe head doing it for us). I finished drafting a rather gorgeous 50's wiggle dress on Thursday, and will be making up a toile for fitting on Wednesday. From what I understand, the play, 'Cloud Street' spans about 30 or 40 years, including the 40's and 50's. All the first years have been put on this production, so we'll likely be doing 1 morning of maintenance, and one evening of backstage dressing. Oh yeah, did I mention the play goes for about 4 hours!! But the good news is that it means we'll have quite a bit of our own time during the production, so I can catch up on the Drafting work that I'm behind with, yay!
I currently don't have any particular costume plans for the rest of the year, though I'd like to get Leia finished, or possibly make Ewok Leia (if I can get a wig) for the Rebel Legion events we have coming up. Other than that, my focus is on making some clothes for Summer, since it's already boiling here and I don't have much in the way of clothing right now. I have a container full of cute, summery cottons calling out to be made into dresses and skirts!
But really, I can't think of anything else at the moment apart from my assignment! So back to it I go, and I'll be back online properly next weekend!