Occasionally it's the other way around. I've seen a still from (I think "Elizabeth and Essex") with Bette Davis with very Elizebethan hair while her ladies in waiting all have 1930's hairstyles.
-- Chris Bertani www.goblinrevolution.org/costumes On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 6:10 AM, Susan Data-Samak <pasov...@aol.com> wrote: > A friend who has worked in costumed film pieces told me to look at the > "extras" in a film to see authenticity. The extras are often actual > re-enactors. The "star" usually refuses to wear authentic hairstyles and > they movie makers give in to their vanity. > > I recall a "B" ( or maybe C) budget movie where Angie Dickinson played a > Civil War woman. Her clothing was gorgeous and authentic but her hair was > 1980's style. Spoiled the "effect" for me. > > Susan > NJ > > > On Oct 3, 2013, at 5:54 AM, Kate Bunting wrote: > > > Another TV costume drama question... > > In the current BBC series "Peaky Blinders" (about a criminal gang in > > Birmingham post-WW1) a prominent female character wears her > shoulder-length > > hair loose. > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fj945 > > This looks far too modern to me. Before short styles came in in the '20s, > > wouldn't women have put their hair up? > > > > Kate Bunting > > Retired librarian & 17th century reenactor > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
