We have a true classic costume today – I would not go so far as to say “iconic” but certainly a classic. This one surprised me – a dress from Grease reused in…well, I won’t spoil it for you, click the link.
And a wonderful, wonderful Tudor costume from Crossed Swords / The Prince and the Pauper. . I am sure it’s been used elsewhere as well, though I am not sure where.
We have a true classic costume today – I would not go so far as to say “iconic” but certainly a classic. This one surprised me – a dress from Grease reused in…well, I won’t spoil it for you, click the link.
And a wonderful, wonderful Tudor costume from Crossed Swords / The Prince and the Pauper. . I am sure it’s been used elsewhere as well, though I am not sure where.
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Nice find with the Grease costume!
I think I have seen the Tudor one elsewhere, but I’d need the time to check carefully: since it is a reproduction from a Edward VI portrait, there might be several costumes reproducing it and looking very alike.
It’s true that there may be several!
Log in to ReplyNice to see that the Tudor costume is still around and in a good enough shape to still be lend out to productions.
Yesterday an interview with Bridgerton’s costume designer John Glaser was published by Vogue. In it he states that the new lead Sophie will wear quite a few of Daphne’s old dresses. However, the example pictures they give are NOT the same dress which is a shame. Anyway, I guess with the release of the first part next week all I can say is: Let the hunt begin!
Log in to ReplyThanks for this! I plan to post the dress you submitted the week the show goes live – this article will be helpful, and I will link it in the write up! Yeah, it’s funny they didn’t use a matching costume…or worse, they thought it was a match, and they don’t have the eye that we do. Haha!
Log in to ReplyI wonder it the Sophie reuse will make sense in the story? It is possible… And I can’t wait to find out!
I also really hope we’ll have some masks sightings!
And I still have to check the Marie-Antoinette necklace on one of Sophie’s step-sisters at the costumed ball and to send it. But, in my defense, I might have entered an hyperfixation around the necklace and might have been searching for all the replicas in movies/tv.
Yeah I am guessing it is intentional to the story, but I guess we will wait and see!
Yes, masks and jewerly and maaaybe even dresses could show up at the ball. I really really hope so!
The necklace eludes me…it’s incredible, but i can never really tell if any of them are reuses or not. I’d love your thoughts!
I already saw the first episode thanks to the Tudum event and unfortunately I didn’t spot any reuses that I would have been aware of but hopefully someone else does.
Log in to ReplyI forgot you had seen that. Was it any good?
Log in to ReplyIt’s different to previous seasons and its scenes go over pretty fast in the first episode. It takes some getting used to. I liked Sophie’s character but I’m not yet 100% convinced of Benedict as the lead but I mean it was only the very first episode that set everything in motion. The new look at downstairs is kinda refreshing.
Log in to ReplyI really like the Cinderella trope of “we just shared a little moment in a ball, but I’m in love and want to find you again”, but it’s not that easy to do well. And I don’t know with Benedict, somehow… I’m not sure I will take it seriously from him? We’ll see!
Thanks for sharing your first reaction 😉
I’ve answered below about the Bridgerton one, as for the others, it mostly seems to be different each time. There is a reuse I know for sure (as in the replica was sold and mentionned being used in two movies) but I haven’t found the second movie or any picture from it with the necklace yet so I can’t post it here for the moment.
Log in to ReplyAbout the necklace: The actress said at the red carpet for the premiere that they recreated the necklace from the original Marie Antoinette. So we all know that actors aren’t always reliable with costume info but I would assume with Bridgerton’s history that they actually didn’t rent one of the many replicas that already exist but made their very own. But I would actually be interested in just how many replicas are out there.
For the story, it apparently makes sense since it is also said in the books that she receives the sisters’ old clothes as a start according to Twitter.
Log in to ReplyThanks, this is great!
Log in to ReplyAnd I was going to say that after rechecking I was 95% sure it was the same one as Marie-Antoinette season 2…
It would be so similar though… And there is an addition on top that doesn’t feature in the drawings of the necklace, so it would be weird that it would have been done by two different creators. Here I circled the part I’m mentionning:
Here the original instagram post by La Bijouterie du spectacle: https://www.instagram.com/p/CsWcSWWoAFP/?igsh=MWo5eDRjd2RmMDNtcQ%3D%3D
Which is the one from Marie-Antoinette season 2 and a doc about Marie-Antoinette produced by Canal + to go with the season 2 (Marie-Antoinette confidentielle, that I haven’t been able to check)
I haven’t seen these two added diamonds anywhere else.
One of the drawings of the necklace for reference:
Actually, I wanted to ask for your help finding the replicas. There is one in a German movie about the affair, Waffen für Amerika, but the only picture I found is here: https://www.tvspielfilm.de/kino/filmarchiv/film/waffen-fuer-amerika,4065172,ApplicationMovie.html
There is the movie on youtube but… not accessible to my country. If you have the time one day, I was wondering if you could give it a quick look to see if we can see the necklace more clearly? Though the general shape looks unlike any other I’ve found.
I think those added bits are key – really good catch! I’ll see if I can find that movie and any other photos!
Log in to ReplyI did find a photo of the necklace from Waffen fur Amerika – check this out – https://pt.pinterest.com/pin/27303141484924623/
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Nice find with the Grease costume!
I think I have seen the Tudor one elsewhere, but I’d need the time to check carefully: since it is a reproduction from a Edward VI portrait, there might be several costumes reproducing it and looking very alike.
It’s true that there may be several!
Nice to see that the Tudor costume is still around and in a good enough shape to still be lend out to productions.
Yesterday an interview with Bridgerton’s costume designer John Glaser was published by Vogue. In it he states that the new lead Sophie will wear quite a few of Daphne’s old dresses. However, the example pictures they give are NOT the same dress which is a shame. Anyway, I guess with the release of the first part next week all I can say is: Let the hunt begin!
Thanks for this! I plan to post the dress you submitted the week the show goes live – this article will be helpful, and I will link it in the write up! Yeah, it’s funny they didn’t use a matching costume…or worse, they thought it was a match, and they don’t have the eye that we do. Haha!
I wonder it the Sophie reuse will make sense in the story? It is possible… And I can’t wait to find out!
I also really hope we’ll have some masks sightings!
And I still have to check the Marie-Antoinette necklace on one of Sophie’s step-sisters at the costumed ball and to send it. But, in my defense, I might have entered an hyperfixation around the necklace and might have been searching for all the replicas in movies/tv.
Yeah I am guessing it is intentional to the story, but I guess we will wait and see!
Yes, masks and jewerly and maaaybe even dresses could show up at the ball. I really really hope so!
The necklace eludes me…it’s incredible, but i can never really tell if any of them are reuses or not. I’d love your thoughts!
I already saw the first episode thanks to the Tudum event and unfortunately I didn’t spot any reuses that I would have been aware of but hopefully someone else does.
I forgot you had seen that. Was it any good?
It’s different to previous seasons and its scenes go over pretty fast in the first episode. It takes some getting used to. I liked Sophie’s character but I’m not yet 100% convinced of Benedict as the lead but I mean it was only the very first episode that set everything in motion. The new look at downstairs is kinda refreshing.
I really like the Cinderella trope of “we just shared a little moment in a ball, but I’m in love and want to find you again”, but it’s not that easy to do well. And I don’t know with Benedict, somehow… I’m not sure I will take it seriously from him? We’ll see!
Thanks for sharing your first reaction 😉
I’ve answered below about the Bridgerton one, as for the others, it mostly seems to be different each time. There is a reuse I know for sure (as in the replica was sold and mentionned being used in two movies) but I haven’t found the second movie or any picture from it with the necklace yet so I can’t post it here for the moment.
About the necklace: The actress said at the red carpet for the premiere that they recreated the necklace from the original Marie Antoinette. So we all know that actors aren’t always reliable with costume info but I would assume with Bridgerton’s history that they actually didn’t rent one of the many replicas that already exist but made their very own. But I would actually be interested in just how many replicas are out there.
For the story, it apparently makes sense since it is also said in the books that she receives the sisters’ old clothes as a start according to Twitter.
Thanks, this is great!
And I was going to say that after rechecking I was 95% sure it was the same one as Marie-Antoinette season 2…
Here the original instagram post by La Bijouterie du spectacle: https://www.instagram.com/p/CsWcSWWoAFP/?igsh=MWo5eDRjd2RmMDNtcQ%3D%3D
It would be so similar though… And there is an addition on top that doesn’t feature in the drawings of the necklace, so it would be weird that it would have been done by two different creators. Here I circled the part I’m mentionning:
Which is the one from Marie-Antoinette season 2 and a doc about Marie-Antoinette produced by Canal + to go with the season 2 (Marie-Antoinette confidentielle, that I haven’t been able to check)
I haven’t seen these two added diamonds anywhere else.
One of the drawings of the necklace for reference:
Actually, I wanted to ask for your help finding the replicas. There is one in a German movie about the affair, Waffen für Amerika, but the only picture I found is here: https://www.tvspielfilm.de/kino/filmarchiv/film/waffen-fuer-amerika,4065172,ApplicationMovie.html
There is the movie on youtube but… not accessible to my country. If you have the time one day, I was wondering if you could give it a quick look to see if we can see the necklace more clearly? Though the general shape looks unlike any other I’ve found.
I think those added bits are key – really good catch! I’ll see if I can find that movie and any other photos!
I did find a photo of the necklace from Waffen fur Amerika – check this out – https://pt.pinterest.com/pin/27303141484924623/