Costume Dramas and Period Clothing

Hello there, and welcome to this fabulous blog that features gorgeous dresses from diverse centuries and periods! It also shows lovely dresses from movies known as "costume dramas", as well as portraits of women in their finest attire. Feel free to follow and have the prettiest of dresses displayed at your dashboard! You can follow my personal tumblr here: malenaboleyn.tumblr.com DISCLAIMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you want to submit photos, please include the name of the actresses/actors, the name of their character, as well as the movie title and the year it came out.

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Eva Green as Vanessa Ives in Penny Dreadful.

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Paul Poiret, 1923

Musée Galliera de la Mode de la Ville de Paris

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Diane Fletcher as Sarah, Duchess of Richmond, and Julian Fellowes as Charles, Duke of Richmond in Aristocrats (1999).

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Hi! I am looking to buy an indian headdress that is sturdy but still looks badasss! I'm hoping to see if you or your followers can help me find a store for costume or cosplay?

Can anyone help? :)

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Emily Blunt as Elizabeth of York (1466-1503), queen of England and Yorkist heiress

Elizabethwas the daughter of a king, the sister of a king, the niece of a king, the wifeof a king as well as the mother of a king, the only woman ever being so. She was the first Tudor queen, and the ancestress to a new line of English royals. Elizabeth was the rightful heir to her father’s crown, being the strongest Yorkist claimant. However, when the Lancastrian claimant Henry Tudor won the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, he ascended the English throne by the right of conquest, and when he married Elizabeth, he united the two warring houses of Lancaster and York, and put an end to civil war.

Despite being a political arrangement at first, the marriage proved successful and both partners appeared to have grown to love each other. Elizabeth of York did not exercise much political influence as queen, but she was reported to be gentle and kind, and generous to her relations, servants, and benefactors. She was a loving and doting mother to her children. When the oldest son and heir to the Tudor throne died, and the King broke down, Elizabeth comforted him, telling him that he was the only child of his mother but had survived to become King, that God had left him with a son and two daughters, and that they were both young enough to have more children.

Elizabeth of York became pregnant once more, and she gave birth to a daughter but the child died a few days afterwards. Succumbing to a post partum infection, Elizabeth of York died on 11 February, her 37th birthday. Her husband and children appear to have deeply mourned her death. According to one account, Henry Tudor "privily departed to a solitary place and would no man should resort unto him." This is notable considering that, shortly after Elizabeth’s death, records show he became extremely ill himself and would not allow any except his mother Margaret Beaufort near him. For Henry Tudor to show his emotions, let alone any sign of infirmity, was highly unusual, evidence indicates his grief over Elizabeth lasted for years.

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Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen, and Lily Collins as Snow White in Mirror Mirror (2012).

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Adelaide Kane as Mary, Queen of Scots in Reign.

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Hello. I wanted to let you w that you do an amazing job with your blog. I was wondering if you could bring more The Tudors and Reign era into your blog. I enjoy that time period and you seem to find the best photos. thank you and keep up the amazing work.

Thank you for your kind words! :)

Tudor and Reign era (16th century) is my favourite era, so I tend to post a lot of photos from movies and shows set in that era. Still, it is important that I am diverse in what I post, so that people who enjoy other eras also get their fill ;) 

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Norma West as Elizabeth of York in The Shadow of the Tower (1972).

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Do you have a list of "must watch" period films? I'd like to become more familiar, and would love your expertise! Thank you!:)

Well, I would begin with lush and familiar movies, such as "Marie Antoinette" with Kirsten Dunst as the young queen, and "The Duchess" with Keira Knightley. Series such as The Tudors and the Borgias are also recommended. These are all expensive Hollywood-esque productions. I would also look to Regency-styled movies, such as those based off Jane Austen's books. But really, you should look through this blog and see where the pictures posted are from ;) that should give you an idea of what is out there.

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Esther Nubiola as princess Carmesina in Tirante el Blanco (2006).

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Court or evening dress ca. 1810-25

From the Kent State University Museum Pinterest

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Hi ! Thank you for your wonderful blog ! I love so much costume drmas ! What's your favourite fashion period ? (Sorry if I made mistakes, I'm french ! ^-^)

Love that you love it! My favourite fashion period is the late/second half of the 18th century - the rococo style, both in clothing and furniture and architecture. Or, architecture is actually a bit tricky, I love the gothic style that became popular in the 19th century too (the gothic revival of the medieval times).

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Evening Dress

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The Museum at FIT

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Michelle Jenner as Isabella of Castile, Queen of Spain, in the Spanish series Isabel.

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Léa Seydoux as Belle in La Belle et la Bête (2014).