https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:39:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1576192 Sun, 25 Oct 2015 04:41:03 +0000 rachylou 1576192@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I did not know he got a wife from Denmark. Hmm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1576126 Sun, 25 Oct 2015 00:33:24 +0000 JAileen 1576126@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Per wikipedia: Anne of Denmark was married to Elizabeth's successor, James 1. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1576009 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 17:44:28 +0000 rachylou 1576009@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I googled. elizabethi.org says her clothes went to Anne of Denmark (now I have to look her up!). No gowns have lasted, but gloves and corsets have... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1575978 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 15:41:32 +0000 rachylou 1575978@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's a fascinating question, Witchy. There must be something on display somewhere. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1575971 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 15:16:25 +0000 WitchyD 1575971@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG! I love this! I find historical clothing very interesting (former Rennie here). I often wondered what happened to, say Queen Elizabeth I'st elaborate wardrobe after she died. All those pearls and jewels sewn onto her gowns. Were they property of the state? I'm sure as they were expensive, they were re-cut and re-used.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1574638 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:42:33 +0000 tulle 1574638@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do love historical clothing talk, so thanks for this, Rachylou. And Ginger, what beautiful work! I thought Sense and Sensibility with Emma Thomas was very accurate, too.&nbsp; One of their gowns even looked as if it had been dyed with woad.&nbsp; Did you see Mr. Turner?&nbsp; Extraordinary sets &amp; costumes--I just wanted to walk into that movie &amp; live there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1574340 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:03:20 +0000 rachylou 1574340@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We named a teddy bear Briny. I still have Briny </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1574255 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 20:17:34 +0000 catgirl 1574255@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Brideshead Revisited!&nbsp; My best friend and I called each other Julia all through high school because of that show... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1574252 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 20:13:36 +0000 Debora 1574252@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fun read! Thanks for starting it, Rachy. And thanks for the link, Ginger. Love the costume! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1574225 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 19:16:31 +0000 rachylou 1574225@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok. Brideshead and Room with a View are completely formative movies for me. </p> <p>But that Persuasion... That's an interesting one to me in light of our discussion on reality in historical costuming. I went to see Persuasion with my dad, my brother, and my best friend. We all had to sit separately... and listen, my brother is in the movie business... so when we all joined back up in the aisle we burst into laughter... because it was the ugliest cast/makeup in history. It was on purpose of course and some really appreciated it, but on the other hand it's hard to say people go to the movies for yet more reality.</p> <p>As a movie, I didn't like Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette. But I love it as a Pepsi Cola commercial that I run on the tv in the background for atmosphere... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1574205 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 18:27:04 +0000 Sal 1574205@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have seen that version of Persuasion and it is terrific!! I recently enjoyed 'far from the madding crowd' too. Also love the original brideshead revisited and 'A room with a View'. Excuse my poor capitalisation - on my phone! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1574096 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:04:28 +0000 Ginger 1574096@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beth Ann, that sounds so much fun! Performing in awesome clothes is a blast! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1574095 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:03:40 +0000 Anonymous 1574095@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That version of Persuasion is just wonderful.&nbsp; I watch it over and over again.&nbsp; I always cry at the end!&nbsp; And yes, the costumes are lovely and feel very authentic, not merely cinematic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1574093 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:00:46 +0000 Beth Ann 1574093@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wonderful thread!&nbsp; Singing has given me a chance to wear some wonderful costumes.&nbsp; Of course, in that case, the production designer will tweak the wardrobe realities to create a unified vision.&nbsp; For example, my kimono in Butterfly was made of ombre dyed silk georgette -- because the designer wanted to highlight that we were seeing the Japanese woman through Pinkerton's (male lead character -- a 19th century American naval officer) eyes.&nbsp; The dresses were to move and flutter as we walked -- creating a sense of the "butterfly."&nbsp; It was a gorgeous garment -- and I have traditionally undergarments to boot.&nbsp; And there was lots of practice walking like a geisha while simultaneously singing in Italian!</p> <p>Off to see Ginger's link ---- and eat cake! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1574077 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:40:24 +0000 Ginger 1574077@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha, Rachylou, no worries! I would really expect the BBC to have their facts straight, too!</p> <p>Everyone, thank you SO much for the sweet words. This is a crazy hobby, and incidentally the single biggest reason I have a very small "real" clothing budget. That red fabric alone cost significantly more than my EB parka. :p</p> <p>Brooklyn, there are number of Outlander entries - some really interesting stuff. The designer still seems to have a chip on her shoulder, but I think she's learned a bit how to handle herself on social media. </p> <p>Sally, there is so much to enjoy and discover on that site! Besides the big new ones, and the big old ones, they are really good at reviewing old stuff (good and bad) and discovering things that are so worth it. Have you seen the older (1990s) Persuasion with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds? Flat-out the BEST Regency-period costuming I have ever seen. And not just individual items, but how they are worn (repeatedly) (with different chemisettes) and realistically (hair comes uncurled in the wind, but isn't worn Down and Modern to start with) and differently in Bath vs. the country. Such a good movie. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1574035 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:20:22 +0000 Helen11 1574035@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Rachylou! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1574031 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:07:56 +0000 Anonymous 1574031@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've had a moment to catch up on the blog and wanted to comment on what a fun and enlightening thread this is Rachy! Thanks for posting. And, holy frockamoly, Ginger: Your creation is jaw dropping, and you look AH-MAZING! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1574029 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:56:47 +0000 Helen11 1574029@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ginger, what a dress! I opened your pic as Miss 7 came into the room.<br /> Miss 7: Cool. That's a very pretty dress. Is she going somewhere?<br /> Me: Yes, to a party.<br /> M7: what sort of a party? And I really like her hair, it's straight, and it's curly, and I think it was already curly, and...Did she buy her dress or did she make it?<br /> Me: She made it.<br /> M7: oh wow. Do you think she could make me one? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1574014 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:02:39 +0000 Lucy 1574014@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm an historian. I think only the wealthy took baths with any regularity, and not all of them chose to, though this shifted and changed over time.&nbsp;</p> <p>The poor had only one set of clothes - in my research in the late c19th I uncovered a lot of complaints from doctors, for example, about women delivering babies in their only set of clothes. A doctor demanded a lying-in outfit! People did wear linings that could be stripped out to wash, and also cuffs etc. But I still think the smell would have been immense, well after the soap revolutions. One had to have not only soap but water (and not from a tap far down the street) and something to heat water. All pretty difficult for the masses. <br />&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing/page/2#post-1573974 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 06:43:30 +0000 rachylou 1573974@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So my history is bad. I blame it on the conceptual method of teaching history. I don't remember the dates for the sunset of the British Empire. I've been trying to guess from the costumes on Indian Summers... I know, I'm an airhead! And should be ashamed to reveal such ignorance! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing#post-1573966 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 05:49:00 +0000 Brooklyn 1573966@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree. Awesome thread. And I read that article that Ginger linked to also. Very interesting. Makes me very keen to see Outlander, even if the costume designer is spreading misinformation. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing#post-1573962 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 05:40:50 +0000 Sal 1573962@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is an awesome thread for so many reasons.</p> <p>Yes we are one of the most fortunate generations who own the most "stuff" and I suspect many women today do own more clothing than Marie Antoinette!!</p> <p>Secondly Ginger - I love your costume and picture. &nbsp;Thanks for sharing.</p> <p>And I love the blog you linked to. &nbsp;I am a real amateur costume freak but I adore period dramas so will be digging deeply into that blog. &nbsp;Pride and Prejudice, Indian Summers, Downton Abbey, Lonesome Dove, Jane Eyre are some of the series and book adaptations I have viewed avidly recently and a good time ago. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing#post-1573958 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 05:30:50 +0000 deb 1573958@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ginger, what a beautiful dress. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing#post-1573948 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 04:52:38 +0000 rachylou 1573948@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You would think the BBC would know... !! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing#post-1573933 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 03:25:45 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1573933@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry if I spread any misinformation. I figured that a historical expert on the bbc wouldn't have been making up things, but it's certainly not my area of expertise.</p> <p>Ginger, that's an amazing dress and presentation. Thanks for sharing the pictures. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing#post-1573886 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:38:28 +0000 rachylou 1573886@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anybody read the book, Queen of Bedlam? Life for women and in general in Georigan times... Says apparently people were still bleaching the laundry with urine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing#post-1573882 Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:23:20 +0000 rachylou 1573882@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>18th century people are always pictured at their bath. All those tin tubs. What I find interesting is the notion of Marie Antoinette having portraits done as PR campaign strategies. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing#post-1573785 Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:11:49 +0000 JAileen 1573785@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ginger - just incredible! Thanks for sharing. Coincidentally, I had just visited Frock Flicks earlier today, from a link from Jane Austen's World. I love that stuff, but wouldn't have dreamed of making an actual costume. My style is costumes for my dogs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing#post-1573781 Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:06:57 +0000 Anonymous 1573781@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting read. I'm glad we don't have to dress that way anymore! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/marie-antoinette-and-wardrobe-refreshing#post-1573779 Mon, 19 Oct 2015 17:53:09 +0000 Ginger 1573779@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>:D No worries! and everyone, thanks for the compliments! I didn't mean to hijack anything. I was looking around the internets to see if any of my friends had blogged about the outfit. (Because I don't have my act together enough to do my own blogging!) I haven't found a public entry yet, but I'm still looking. </p>