Costuming in Historical Fantasy vs. Historical Accuracy in Movies & TV // Bridgerton Costumes
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Thanks for the sweater love! It was a gift from Nicole for Christmas and it came from Sezane: https://www.sezane.com/us/collection/knitwear
I also wanted to add an additional note about the costuming build for Bridgerton – the Costume Industry Coalition (the organization behind the Hamilton Spencer Jacket that Bernadette did the documentary for) did an IG post the other day about how there were costume shops all over the world who worked on the builds for Bridgerton – including the US, UK, Italy, Spain, and Bucharest. The level of organization that had to happen to make this series happens blows my mind and gives me just a little bit of anxiety. 😂
Love this. Really like your purple top/blouse. I giggle..UT was an 80s style..1982. I had a rust and navy plaid top. Might even still have the pattern. It's a great style on you.
Coming back to this years later now that the season 3 trailer and stills are out. The absolutely baffling fit of Penelope's dresses in seasons 1-2 make so much more sense when you realize that they were really trying to downplay Nicola's erm assets before doing the big 'glow-up' in season 3.
Game of Thrones … "All that armour was not at all period-correct." … "Oh. But the Dragons and White Walkers were correct, right?" … "Uh-huh. Sure."
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Boxes of "poly satin" – LOL!
Though I never got into Bridgeton as a series the costumes are sublime. I do agree that costumes in general are a tool to tell a story and don’t necessarily need to be historically accurate IF the story isn’t.
What i personally find absolutely fascinating is HOW historical clothing is worn. Meaning how would you go along your day wearing x y or z. How does your posture or movement change etc. with a modern interpretation of historical clothing you obviously will have adaptations in how the garment is constructed etc. to fit an actor’s (for example) need for certain movements.
Is it just me or Abby looks like if Colin and Penelope had a child 👁👄👁
I think I'm in the minority who thinks many of the designs are just bad regardless of accuracy. They remind me of an 11 year old's Easter dress bought at Dillard's
And one doesn’t watch Grey’s Anatomy to learn about medicine
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Bridgerton was seriously one of the most awful TV series ever. Utter trite and garbage. No wonder our democracies are falling apart if this is peoples' standard visual diet. That show did not have a single redeeming feature for me. I cringed until I had to switch it off. Americans should leave attempts at period pieces well alone, unless its set in the US. Epic fail from me from me. A pile of woke garbage.
I love the Modern/Victorian aesthetic of Bridgerton
Don't forget another historically inaccurate thing- body hair! Women didn't shave until much later in history, so all those naky scenes should have had Daphne with armpit and leg hair!
I miss Cheyney's videos, excellent content Abby! Thank you!
Am I going nuts or is everyone simply oblivious of the fact that some of the characters in this movie would have NEVER, EVER graced society at that time?
Love people roasting phillpa Gregory, I have nothing against her personally infact she's problay a nice person. But I hate her books can't forgive what she did to Anne and George 🤢. Or what she did to Anne making her a b*tch.
Outlander trying to claim historical accuracy is hilarious, the costumes are about as historically accurate as the accents are geographically accurate.
Amazing video!!
That Philippa Gregory jab though… Loved it
Thank you Abby. The Historical Accuracy Police are taking the fun out of just enjoying a series.
I prefer my "Historical " Fantasy a bit more explicitly fantasy. Like, don't name-drop real historical figures, don't give us the date( in a calendar format that is used today) and it would be best if the setting wasn't in a real life place. Cause those stuff anchor the plot and it's human nature when you have specific details is to check them,compare to real stuff, do the math and nitpick . and worse, people who have little to no idea on historical details will see/read it and assume, that this artistic variation is, in fact, historically correct because it is anchored in that real time and place. And one doesn't even need to be creative: a fairytale opening style of "once upon a time, in a faraway land" is quite sufficient in most cases.
I like historical fantasy costuming. Getting angry about it not being accurate is like getting mad about steam punk not being accurate.
Liking for the doggo!
mic drop OMG YESSSSS! As a (future) Tudor historian that Phillipa Gregory burn was just *chef's kiss*.
What is the movie at 11:54?
I really liked the costumes in Wolf Hall, I just wish Anne had more dresses. They were beautiful, but didn’t seem like enough for a queen.
Marie Antoinette is the patron saint of riding that line. Yes they look enough like history and yet take it just that far enough into fantasy so that they can become sociopolitical discussion points.
The problem comes when a historical fantasy goes so far beyond the bounds of history as to drag us kicking and screaming out of the fantasy. Historical fantasies should be just fantastical enough but yet leave us happily in our history.
And I would have liked them to have been at least a little historically appropriate. I know that most of us wouldn’t have cared if it was bedazzled or flocked with a flocking gun. But just putting a smidge of thought and care for the characters who had lines would really have helped.
Nope they are not, they are just mostly confusing and poorly fit and weird and a bit boring. I lurved Marie Antoinette but wouldn’t go looking for the matches of what I saw in the movie and what she actually wore…
When Daphne appeared at the ball in that white glitter gown, I died because I need that dress. I need it now.
Your channel is delightful!
I can’t begin to number the times I’ve yelled at a screen, either out loud or internally, “Where’s the damn chemise?! Put on a feckin’ shift! No one wears a corset/stays against bare skin!“.
And yes, we’re always down for a Gryffie cameo.
I just binge watched Bridgerton in a day and I just want to make Daphne's dresses because I'm trash for blue dresses especially baby blues and powder blues.
I am officially a fan because you use my china. 🙂
The delight i felt at that Community clip…
Is this a Bernadette Banner subtweet?
Me, casually looking at videos, when one (1) word hit me like a brick. "Can we overnight the shoes to Prague…" To Prague?! Abby Cox you´ve been in Prague!?!
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Bonus doggy content always welcome.
"What are you thinking of for dinner?" Is my most-hated discussion topic too. He has zero ideas to put forward and shoots down each dish I suggest.
There is such a big difference to me when historically innacurate costumes are a deliberate, meaningful choice versus when filmmakers take a half-assed, couldn't be bothered to research approach to costuming. Or, worse, when they decide that it's more important to conform to modern notions of beauty/fashionability or even just to cater to modern misconceptions about what dress from that era is like. The costuming choices for Bridgerton make sense because that feeling of the fantastical is consistent with other elements of the film. It doesn't clash the way the costumes often do when the departures from historical accuracy lack intent and purpose.
I know absolutely nothing about fashion or historical fashion, yet somehow I found this channel. Thank you Youtube Algorithm