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lesmisloony

1830's Fashion Picspam and POTC Fail

Jul 05, 2009 21:09

Watching POTC for the first time since I went all 18th century mad. Now it's twice as interesting! I've always loved this movie, but I stopped watching it after the second and third came out and annoyed me. And then I got mad at Johnny Depp and I've never liked Orlando Bloom and I have an on-and-off love/hate thing for Keira Knightley... but I ( Read more... )

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mmebahorel July 6 2009, 02:35:59 UTC

I need to find my pics from the V&A - a few years back, they had an actual 1830s dress and undergarments on display and I took pictures and copious notes (there were no sleeve hoops, thank god, and the undergarments were displayed with drawers but without the petticoats that would have been necessary to give the skirt the proper bell shape). I was most interested in that the corset was still regency-style, with a single busk in the front and with a single cord tie in back, making it impossible to tight-lace (it also looked to have more quilting than boning). Now I just have to figure out what I did with those picture files, because those particular garments were not on display anymore when I went back. (Which was to be expected, but they changed the costume section all around into utter thematic crap - it used to have a good chronological flow to the selections with thematic groupings of accessories every so often. I was definitely drooling over some square-toed fuck me boots from the 1820s. Hessians are hot, but nothing is as ( ... )

lesmisloony July 8 2009, 06:38:53 UTC

Those pictures sound fascinating!

And I definitely don't hide the way I can feel about the right pair of boots... even if Colm Wilkinson is inside them. Yow.

10littlebullets July 6 2009, 03:09:12 UTC

Sleeve hoops?! Dear sweet zombie Jesus, there were some pretty infernal fashion devices later in the century but at least the end results were PRETTY. Sleeve hoops... no excuse.

Also, 1830s male fashion is half the reason I'm so amused by the idea of a secretly-female!Enjolras. S/he would barely have to disguise hir figure at all--big hips and a narrow waist were fashionable!

lesmisloony July 8 2009, 06:40:58 UTC

I know I've seen people snickering because Hugo said Montparnasse was feminine and had the hips of a woman. Context, people!

I like how men had the silhouettes of today's women whereas the women had the silhousettes of... well, that drag queen judge from America's Next Top Model, I guess...

xthe_ingenue July 6 2009, 03:58:59 UTC

omg epic! what's Cosette's dress look like?

lesmisloony July 8 2009, 06:43:43 UTC

I'd just post the picture, but it's one of those dang flash sites.
http://www.lesmiserables.ca/
That's the site: you click on photos et vidéos (obviously) and the second thumbnail down on the far left, which is the haughty face of an inappropriately blonde girl, leads to Cosette. Her dress and hair are epically 1830's yet somehow not utterly hideous. Which is kind of a paradox.

That Cosette in your icon is just so cute! I love the bonnet.

xthe_ingenue July 8 2009, 15:45:16 UTC

Oh wow! That whole thing looks super epic, actually. I just wish she wasn't blonde haha. But look at how appropriate Eponine's death looks, in comparison to most other productions! Makes me happy.

Aww, thanks. It's Leanne Dobinson. She's Cosette on the West End right now. I saw her in May, and she was so good and absolutely precious. She was one of the finalists on How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria lol.

coloneldespard July 6 2009, 09:51:37 UTC

These are brilliant - and to think, it only got sillier in the 1860s and 70s (and I say that with a lot of affection). Gigot and beret sleeves - wheeee! I often cheat with the costuming in Les Mis sketches, as you've probably noticed, as I just cannot do them too straightfaced.

I've been collecting a few fashionable gents lately, and the d'Orsay sketch is one I've thought about using as a base for the planned "Courfeyrac: Fashion Victim 1832" (modified to 1832...unless he really wanted to be innovative in his dress).

The Jane Digby portrait is one of my favourites from the era (have you read the bio "A Scandalous Life"?).

brittlesmile July 6 2009, 19:18:11 UTC

... Is that a turtleneck? I think it is...

Also, I'm so glad I'm not the only one who's watched the PotC commentary! I agree with possibly enjoying it more than the film.