covering (almost) all of Over the Garden Wall's historical clothing references

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[maryjulia]

Literally my english teacher showed this show to us in class because it supposedly relates to Dante's Inferno which we were reading at the time. It was really fun to pick apart the scenes and there are so many easter eggs its crazy

[mesovogue]

Rewatching Over the garden wall every fall is a tradition I started myself one year ago

[growing_paynes]

the varying time periods of the outfits make me feel even more sure that the unknown is a kind of afterlife/purgatory rather than a fantasy world or parallel universe

[ansleighbarney]

i have a theory that the old grist mill was actually beatrice's family home until they all got turned into bluebirds! starting off, the introduction in the first episode shows beatrice by a stream with the dog/"beast". the woodsman tells the boys that he found the home abandoned. and, maybe the most obvious thing, the old grist mill has a few bluebird decorations! i'm sure that this is obvious to some people but i've never seen it talked about before:-)

[thewrongmusic]

"Johnny Appleseed is a hero who plants trees, which kind of alludes to Greg's role in the show"
Did you just-

[kayaaa]

YESS OVER THE GARDEN WALL IS A MASTERPIECE im so happy u covered

[vortexofweird]

Hi! I’m quite sure that Wirt’s cape is not a union infantry soldier uniform. It is a WWII nurse’s cape. It’s looks extremely similar if you look it up so it must be a direct reference. The fact that he wears part of a nurse uniform is interesting given the role he plays at the end of the show as a protector (I will not spoil).

[Aethrian]

When I dressed as Wert for Halloween people kept asking me if I was supposed to be a gnome 😂

[breadstickavenger]

There’s a brazilian tv show called “Hoje é dia de maria” = today is maria’s day. It’s set in the northeastern sertão, and it follows the story of a little girl called maria who’s trying to scape her abusive father & stepmother to go see the sea (her dream). The show is full of brazilian folklore and old timey stories like cinderella, and the entire set and costumes were recycled. There’s a ball scene in which maria is wearing an entire dress made of water bottles caps! I think it’d be really interesting to see your thoughts on the costumes!

[chi_ka]

It's a Rock Fact! When i was watching this series, in chapter 8 i was wondering why did they called this chapter "babes in the woods" it was too peculiar to me. Then i was scrolling down the comment section of CN that uploaded chapter one for this series, he says that babes in the woods is actually an traditional english tales, it was about two children dying in the woods and i think that just blow my mind XD

[melonyrobinson]

I noticed that often the headwear in the show is the opposite of the character's personality. Ex: Wirt, who is intelligent, has a hat reminiscent of a dunce cap, Greg wears a teapot, and tea in America is mostly associated with sophisticated, posh Brits or calmness, Adelaide's hat has ribbons and flowers, implying youth/childishness and an outdoorsy feeling, the woodsman's top hat indicates status and sophistication, and lorna and aunty whispers wear caps the represent innocence

[pandagirl]

Considering the fact that the beast literally turns kids to trees I'd say that the johnny appleseed theory is spot on.

[NeillGuitars]

This was very interesting. One missed reference: Beatrice mentions sewing coins into her clothing. I'm not sure if this is related, but it was common for some to sew coins into their clothing while traveling to prevent theft. The Roma are known best for it, but I'm pretty sure Irish immigrants to America also did it.

[maxdecember]

In case anyone missed the reference: the tavern keeper was heavily inspired by Betty Boop

[Kermitthebadger]

An interesting titbit on the British accent: However, what is known as the current British accent did not arise until the mid 1700s. In fact, the English and Americans shared an accent during the initial British migration to the United States. But contrary to what most people believe this accent was very similar to what Americans now speak.

[laurynr]

I haven't seen the show, but I feel akin to Wirt

update: I binged it and its frickin incredible! its so imaginative and had tons of twists, hands down one of my favorite miniseries!

[evamichael-white]

Its a very american thing to be a certain “thing” for halloween, such as a character or a person. Here in the UK at least (especially rural areas) we often dress as made up creatures and monsters, using what we have to make strange outfits. I know its an american show but its funny the cultural difference, i never even questioned that wirts costume wasnt a person/character/creature, growing up me and my friends allways made up our own costumes out of what we had.

[aurafluff]

I have nothing important to say I just thought it was really cute when you called the frog in a morning suit a "dashing sir"

[Anna-xhfk]

Wirt’s jacket thing looks like a nurse’s cape to me tbh

[ossswin]

Fun fact: Wirt's clothes choice was most likely inspired by Dante Alighieri's most popular portrait, made by Sandro Botticelli, in which he is painted wearing a tall pointy (although slightly curvy) red hat and a jacket with a very similar collar to the one Wirt wears. It's a nod to the Divine Comedy, Dante's masterpiece about travelling through hell, purgatory and paradise, which heavily inspired Over the Garden Wall