The Duchess

[Scarlett]

I loved this movie.  But then, I love Keira Knightly in anything, as well as costume dramas.  ANd it DID WIN an Oscar last night for Costume Design!  Yay!   How the thin, willowy Keira wore those wigs is still a mystery to me.

[Leyla]

I loved this movie.  But then, I love Keira Knightly in anything, as well as costume dramas.  ANd it DID WIN an Oscar last night for Costume Design!  Yay!   How the thin, willowy Keira wore those wigs is still a mystery to me.

I heard her in an interview talking about the wigs.  Apparently one was so heavy they had someone standing behind her with a pole propping the thing up while she spoke.
The costumes were gorgeous, but I didn't like the movie.  Ralph Fiennes is a slimeball.  I know we aren't supposed to like him anyways, but he grosses me out.  And the supposed love interest...could they have found anyone more bug-eyed.  At least they could have made the love interest appealing for the brief time they were allowed together.  I can handle a sad ending here and there, but this was just down-right depressing.  The beautiful costumes just didn't make the overall movie worth it for me. 

[Capt Gabriela Fullpepper]

Actually in the extra's on the DVD they talk about some of the wigs. Some where so big and heavy she had to wear a brace on her neck that also supported the wig. Mainly it was the one that catches fire in the movie from my understanding, but there may have been others.

[The Lady Mercedes]

As I said in the other post, good book, good movie. I also liked Marie Antoinette-I'm reading the book too. Besides the renaissance, I love the 18th & 19th centuries for clothing. Wish cothiers paid such attention to details & fabrics today...

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

Because of the very busy I have had, I did not get my 18th Century gown made. Perhaps over the winter, I will.

I do have several Regency clothing ensembles to make for myself and my husband for a trip to upstate New York in July for his town's 200th Anniversary. We are going to look as though we stepped out of a Jane Austen novel. Really!!!