Fashion Curator Reviews Historic Costumes In Famous Movies

'Fashion Curator Reviews Historic Costumes In Famous Movies'

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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[HistoryHit]

Hope you enjoyed guys! In terms of fashion, which historic period would you most liked to have lived through? 🤔

[LeCrenn]

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.

[augustgirl]

I absolutely love how enamored with the clothing she was. Even when it wasn't fully period appropriate, she still appreciated the craftmanship or the styling or creativity. You can truly tell she fashion and knows her stuff.

[ESE]

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.

[Vincmint]

I love how much she clearly loves fashion and fashion history, and gets all excited about the different clothes and costumes.

[eli]

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.

[yumeironeko]

(1:49-1:55) I love how, while the two main actors are doing acrobatics feats, this lady is hyper focused on the extra's scalloped pockets. 🤣 That's focus.
Also, she made a really nice observation about how period costumes, in addition to the period they are set in, also reflect the fashion zeitgeist of when the modern adaptations were made.

[dorrolorro]

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?

[John]

The earrings that Olivia Colman is wearing in the first clip is pretty accurate too. It appears to be foil backed diamonds. During that time, they still did not develop cuts of faceted stones optimizing brilliance and fire. Diamonds being very hard makes it also difficult to facet at that time, so the early faceted cuts were table cuts and rose cuts, as seen in the clip. To enhance the brilliance of gems, they put metal foil at the back of the stones. I love that they put that detail in.

[lindylou]

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.

[ClarkRahman]

This woman is the David Attenborough of costume historians. I love how she whispers as if she is about to startle exotic animals in their natural habitats. "And here we see the very rare ruffle, considered to be functionally extinct in this period by most experts..."

[danielkennedy]

This woman bringing boho chic into the discussion about pride and prejudice like I’m actually OBSESSED with her

[robertjames]

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.

[missmaggie]

It's lovely listening to her knowledge & expertise. I'm glad she mentioned the meticulous efforts of the modern-day seamstresses.

[naomiweaver]

That was super fun. With The Iron Lady, if you listen to the actors at the beginning of the scene, they’re talking about changing her look. They want the hats to go, and the look she has on has to change. So what she’s wearing in the scene is what disappears when she hits the road as a well-known politician. It isn’t representative of what she eventually wears.

[ProudGeek]

Oh, give me MORE of this! Could watch this type of content ALL. DAY.

[katelindanielle]

I truly enjoyed this video, but just a quick correction. Forrest Gump came out in 1994, not 2007.

[cinemaocd]

I saw the dress exhibit of the P&P95 dresses at Bath. One of the highlights of my trip to Bath. Great museum overall.

[Canuck]

With all due respect, I disagree with your comments regarding the Titanic clip. Those dresses were in fact modelled directly out of period magazines and can be easily found. They are accurate right down to the fabric used. James Cameron even purchased original period clothing that was just altered to fit the actors. An example of this is Rose’s red evening dress in the scene of her hanging off the back of the ship when she first meets Jack. There were many others too. He hired the same carpet company that had supplied the carpet for the original ship to reproduce that same carpet for use on the movie ship. Anyone who goes to that level of detail, to purchase and hire original period pieces and manufacturers still in operation is not going to be Hollywood in his presentation. I would think he would be going in exactly the opposite direction.

[BeckyMarshallDesign]

So fun to watch. At first I thought our expert was too diplomatic, but the critique paired with appreciation for context such as production year just showed how much she enjoyed the assignment and admires film costumers.