Tagged: glenda jackson

She won an Oscar, an Emmy, and a BAFTA for costume design, and these wins and all her... Read more →

How, I ask you, HOW have we never done a Woman Crush Wednesday featuring Glenda Jackson?... Read more →

I had this enormous post written out about The Music Lovers (1970), but about 90% of... Read more →

There is perhaps no greater feminist moment in historical costume film or TV than this,... Read more →

This article has once more been making the rounds, and as 1/3rd of Frock Flicks, and a... Read more →

Fans of historical costume tend to gravitate towards historical portraits. We can't help... Read more →

After Snark Week and our recent post on what movies and TV get wrong about 16th-century... Read more →

Which screen Queen Elizabeth I wore the best wired veil? Queen Elizabeth I movie costumes seem to require this piece of fabulosity!

The series covers Elizabeth's life from the last few years of her sister Mary's reign until Queen Elizabeth's death, all in six 85-minute episodes. At least six of Glenda Jackson's costumes are direct recreations from portraits of Elizabeth I, including the well-known Darnley portrait, Phoenix portrait, Armada portrait, and Ditchley portrait.