I still can't get over how magical the film stills for Marie Antoinette are. Third post about this movie, I know... I've been waiting so many months to see it. One of the disadvantages of small town life. Thursday, it will be mine though... a late Valentine!
I couldn't agree more with Stylebubble's perception on this film when she says, "I think all the pre-US release data reviews should have forewarned people enough to see this film, not as a historical period drama that wants to re-tell facts but as a stylised piece on 18th century decadence, that views Marie Antoinette as a young, bewildered girl thrown into a heady fast-paced lifestyle. "
"Beauty for beauties sake", this film is definitely right up my alley.
But in truth when I look at period costumes, I'm taken back in time to my highschool fashion merchandising class. A speaker came to visit us from FIDM (The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising) to give us a presentation about the history of fashion. I loved all of the quirky information that we learned, things that you're never told about in stylized period films.
For instance:
Men were the first ones to wear silk and lace. A show of wealth, and status.
In Elizabethan times, the ruffle collars were filled with herbs so as to distract the wearer from their own scent (bathing wasn't a big thing back then).
Light skin was once so highly sought after that aristocrats went as far as taking small quantities of arsenic to get that pale look.
Heart and star shapes used to be applied right on top of blemishes to hide imperfections of the skin. Dirty but glamorous!
And the bustle, it just kept growing in size until it so much hit the point of exaggeration that the style went away completely.
I bet someone out there reading this has some more quirky fashion history facts they can add?!Labels: Everyday_Magic |
| posted by Liquid Sky Arts at 9:33 AM |
