I bought a painting while I was in Azerbaijan late last year and I believe it is a copy of a Ren portrait. I have uploaded her to the photos. Does anyone...
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Isabella D'Angelo
jubileel_ins...
Apr 1, 2011 10:57 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antonio_del_Pollaiuolo_-_Profile_Portrait_of_a_Young_Lady_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg It's "Portrait of a Young Lady" by Antonio...
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ayeshatrentacapilli
ayeshatrenta...
Apr 1, 2011 3:37 pm
Isabella, Thanks for the identification. It is interesting to see the original and see how much darker my copy is. She'll still have a place on the wall and I...
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Anabella W
bella_lucia_...
Apr 6, 2011 3:02 am
The April Italian Showcase is up! I am happy to be able to present a first on the Showcase - an Italian working-class dress that does double duty as a Flemish...
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SusanG
lucreziadelb...
Apr 6, 2011 8:54 pm
Thanks Bella! This months' outfit is beautiful and clever, clever, clever! Lucrezia...
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Cilean_69
Apr 13, 2011 12:07 am
I just got the chance to watch the first episode of the Borgias on Showtime, and I loved the clothing, but it is not Roman, What do you all think for 1492? It...
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Isabella D'Angelo
jubileel_ins...
Apr 13, 2011 12:13 am
I've seen some of the stills and...yeah, no. It really looks like Simplicity patterns to me. Not that the simplicity patterns are bad but it's all very...
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Brad Moore
mamluk
Apr 13, 2011 12:41 am
I've been watching it regularly, and aside from the Ottoman outfits of Prince Djem and his entourage, its looks fairly good for late 15th century Italy. One ...
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JolieH2000@...
pixieandfair...
Apr 13, 2011 2:50 am
I am thinking of contacting the costumer designer, since she is Italian and born there and see what she has to say about her work. I think it looks still...
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otsisto
alfrdis
Apr 13, 2011 4:55 am
Have only seen stills. Like the Tudors, the women's costumes are a blend of period and fantasy. A blend of Venetian and Florentine. The Sea Horse gown or Green...
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Bella
bella_lucia_...
Apr 13, 2011 6:07 am
After initially testing the waters on my Facebook page and finding there was enough interest, I have decided to run a costuming challenge to celebrate the ...
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JolieH2000@...
pixieandfair...
Apr 13, 2011 10:20 am
"some look as if they were made from McCall's or Simplicity costume patterns." Really! Wow, could you direct me to which patterns that would be because I have...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ever-After-Renaissance-Wedding-Ball-Gown-Pattern-10-14-/380253875774 The Simplicity one is OOP but you can still get it pretty easily on...
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Brad Moore
mamluk
Apr 13, 2011 4:04 pm
I really feel that comparing her work to those patterns is doing her a disservice as a costumer. While not perfectly accurate (whatever that means), she has...
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Karen K Lee
ginevra_visc...
Apr 13, 2011 6:54 pm
I agree with Brad. Looking at the photos, these costumes at least read to me as "Italian Renaissance". These are a reasonable approximation. As wonderful as it...
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JolieH2000@...
pixieandfair...
Apr 13, 2011 9:18 pm
Very well said, Brad! Additionally, I went and looked at the patterns that were referred to within this thread, and I don't agree at all. Perhaps it is the...
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JolieH2000@...
pixieandfair...
Apr 13, 2011 9:22 pm
Ginevra, Point well made and thank you for finding the wacky photos! Jolie' ... From: Karen K Lee <ginevra@...> To:...
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hillaryrose7
Apr 14, 2011 12:29 am
I haven't as yet watched The Borgias, but from the pictures I've seen I agree that the costuming is very good for a television drama about the Italian...
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otsisto
alfrdis
Apr 14, 2011 3:11 am
Brad, Ginevra, and others, I said "Seeing as how the series is a fictional dramatization of history, the costumes are more designed for drama and mood setting...
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Karen K Lee
ginevra_visc...
Apr 14, 2011 12:38 pm
De, I'm sorry you feel like you were somehow being singled out and criticized; that certainly wasn't my intent. Personally I was responding to the general...
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otsisto
alfrdis
Apr 14, 2011 10:14 pm
I had no hurt feelings. Was a wee bit annoyed that some folks were thinking that I was expecting the Borgias to be authentic in garb (I assure you that I...
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JolieH2000@...
pixieandfair...
Apr 15, 2011 2:18 am
Thank you, De, I will just go back to lurking and reading and will not make the mistake of posting again! -Jolie' ... From: otsisto <otsisto@...> To:...
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otsisto
alfrdis
Apr 15, 2011 2:53 am
Your reply to my post has me confused. It appears that you either feel I was admonishing you or attacking you of which I was doing neither and am sorry that...
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JolieH2000@...
pixieandfair...
Apr 15, 2011 7:42 pm
In response to this comment: On a side note: From what someone had posted, just because the costumer is from Italy, does not mean they are an expert in Italian...
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Isabella D'Angelo
jubileel_ins...
Apr 15, 2011 8:11 pm
I believe this is much ado about nothing. It was all in the way it was phrased -again, just saying someone is from somewhere doesn't mean they know a thing...
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JolieH2000@...
pixieandfair...
Apr 15, 2011 8:53 pm
I don't disagree at all and am trying to think of what movie or series really did costumes that looked like the clothes that were once there -- as in anything...
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Brad Moore
mamluk
Apr 15, 2011 9:15 pm
Jolie, A couple of films, which to my eye, appear quite close to "right" are La Reine Margot (Queen Margot in the US) directed by Patrice Chereau, from 1994,...
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Brad Moore
mamluk
Apr 15, 2011 10:24 pm
Isabella, I understand that frustration about costumers taking liberties with historic dramas. That was one of the more frustrating aspects of the Tudors, for...
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JolieH2000@...
pixieandfair...
Apr 16, 2011 2:25 am
Thank you so very much! And I do agree about the miniseries -- I own it and it is a favorite of mine! Sometimes I wish that it was that period that called to...
