13 thoughts on “Costume Designer Christian Gasc: The Frock Flicks Guide

  1. Innnteresssting stuff. BTW, what De Sade was actually imprisoned for was the fact that his porno writing covered hidden political treatises, not friendly to the regime.

  2. What is with all the screamingly bright colors indeed. Judging from the images Gasc has two palettes; drab and screamingly bright. Also hate that shade of green in the Marie Antoinette movie with the heat of a thousand suns.

      1. Is that supposed to be a chemise a la Reine made of brocade a few Images up from the ghastly green?

      1. Scheele’s Green – the original arsenic based green – dates back to 1775. So maybe possible albeit far-fetched?

  3. Gack! I HATE it when directors and designers decide that silk stockings and buckled shoes are too foppish for soldiers, and insist on putting them in big clumpy boots no matter how genteel the surroundings and how formal the occasion. French infantry officers – or officers of any other nation – would NEVER have worn boots indoors in the royal palace. (And of course they wouldn’t ever have turned their backs on the Queen, either! What kind of revolutionaries don’t even bother pausing their casual natter and coming to attention when their monarch sweeps past in full court fig? Off with their heads!)

  4. I get the bright colors in the Bovary film. In the 1850s aniline dyes were just coming into use and since Madame is a bit of a spendthrift social climber, it would be in character to acquire the newest and flashiest.

  5. I used to live in Japan. There’s not enough information for me to determine which kimono she’s wearing (my guess is it’s the unmarried woman’s kimono or the wedding kimono). I’m just grateful it’s not black and white as that colour combination is strictly seen only at funerals with white tie/black tie as an exception to the rule.

    Here’s a quick overview of the various kimonos:

    https://www.tsunagujapan.com/10-different-types-of-kimono-for-women/

  6. Many really poor decisions in Ridicule, Gaspard le Bandit and “Farewell my queen”. However at least one consequent handwriting of bad taste through all these flicks.

    Very ridiculous how the “officers” on one screenshot are ignoring the queen in “Farewell, my queen”. WTF!

  7. BTW who cast the Bronte Sisters? Charlotte at least would have KILLED to be that pretty. Emily on the other hand is on record as wanting to be ‘as God made me.’ Anne actually was the prettiest of the sisters and would have liked to be less paralyzingly shy.

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