carla rey
VFG Member
To commemorate the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's life, the Royal Shakespeare Company is spearheading a three year Jubilee concluding in 2016, that will involve theatre performances, events and live streaming cinema around the world. This week, we honor the world's love for "The Bard" in our own little VFG way.
Whether in the vein of a history, comedy, tragedy or drama, parade out items with these Elizabethan characteristics from all vintage eras: Heavily beaded gowns; Any heavily embroidered item; Corset-bodice gowns (both low and high necklines); Empire-waist gowns; Laced-up peasant dresses/blouses, vests, boots; Petticoats & hoop skirts, corsets & nightshirts; Shirts & blouses with lace at the collars & cuffs; Lace handkerchiefs; Jewelry for men and women that feature jewels, including earrings, hat/shoe buckles, brooches, gold chains, ropes of pearls, rings, bracelets, watches; Gloves; Fans; Feather-plumed hats, velvet hats, bejeweled hats & hair ornaments/crowns, Juliet caps, London flat caps.
"The play's the thing" . . . so include costume-style items reminiscent of Shakespearian play characters, for example: a uniform/headdress for Nurse from Romeo & Juliet; or laurel headpiece/toga for Julius Caesar; or magical items for Fairies in A Mid Summer Night's Dream; or jewelry/gowns for Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra.
Whether in the vein of a history, comedy, tragedy or drama, parade out items with these Elizabethan characteristics from all vintage eras: Heavily beaded gowns; Any heavily embroidered item; Corset-bodice gowns (both low and high necklines); Empire-waist gowns; Laced-up peasant dresses/blouses, vests, boots; Petticoats & hoop skirts, corsets & nightshirts; Shirts & blouses with lace at the collars & cuffs; Lace handkerchiefs; Jewelry for men and women that feature jewels, including earrings, hat/shoe buckles, brooches, gold chains, ropes of pearls, rings, bracelets, watches; Gloves; Fans; Feather-plumed hats, velvet hats, bejeweled hats & hair ornaments/crowns, Juliet caps, London flat caps.
"The play's the thing" . . . so include costume-style items reminiscent of Shakespearian play characters, for example: a uniform/headdress for Nurse from Romeo & Juliet; or laurel headpiece/toga for Julius Caesar; or magical items for Fairies in A Mid Summer Night's Dream; or jewelry/gowns for Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra.
