A movie costumer is just like you and me

[wataya]

I really found it funny when I can see where the chief costumer of a movie find his/her inspiration for a dress. Here are some exemples I have found :

- Kyoto Costume Institut : Fashion, p. 116 (the green "twin set") => Jefferson in Paris & The aristocrats

- Janet Arnold vol 1. 1660 - 1860 : quilted jacket with matching petticoat : pp. 30-31 = The aristocrats
& The Dangerous Liaisons (This image is bad : taken from my very own bad DVD which had in hat scene a very dim light : still, you can recognise it.)

- Janet Arnold vol 1. 1660 - 1860 : sack dress (1770-75) pp. 34-35 = The dangerous liaisons

- Janet Arnold vol 1. 1660 - 1860 : the robe pp. 44-45 = Sense and Sensibility

- Janet Arnold vol 1. 1660 - 1860 : the jacket pp. 24-25 = The Dangerous Liaisons

- Kyoto Costume Institut : Fashion, p. 121 (the striped pierrot) = Sleepy Hollow


Only the more obvious : you also often see gowns cleverly transform as to look "created".

- Janet Arnold vol 1. 1660 - 1860 : pelisse (the sleeves-heads) pp. 53-54 = Le colonel Chabert

- A dress from the Metropolitan Museum of New York (the fine lines and buttons) = Titanic