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I've watched some videos about period costume inaccuracies in movies, lately, and they've been really informative
But also, like... not every movie is going for naturalism?
But also, like... not every movie is going for naturalism?
There's a lot of expectation that ever film is going for naturalism and realism. Whereas in theater, abstraction is accepted, and often necessary, due to what you can accomplish on a stage and with a budget.
I'd argue that the costumes in Little Women (2019) are meant to be EVOCATIVE of a time and place, not representative. It's feeling over verisimilitude.
And I think the people making these videos come from different places than the costume designers. They are historians or cosplayers coming from a place of trying to replicate history, so they value ACCURACY. Whereas wardrobe designers value FEELING and what a design COMMUNICATES.
