Autumn deWilde's production of Emma (2020) is as delightful as its trailer promised--without the clumsy humor that one of the trailers unfortunately suggested. (I mention the latter only because some people I talked to before the movie's release said they doubted they'd go based on the apparent pandering to modern humor. Never fear. DeWilde has…
Movie Costumes: Emma 2020
A new adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma has been released and is, as I edit this post (originally published just before its release), is about to be released for streaming. I have access now only to images from the trailers--but even having seen only those tiny previews of this production, I decided I am HERE…
Costumes in Little Women (2019), part 1
...while [Gerwig and producer Amy Pascal] wanted it to be accurate to the period, they didn't want something that felt too strictly Victorian in a way that meant you couldn't identify with the characters. - — Jacqueline Durran, costume designer, in interview with Ananda Pellerin, CNN Greta Gerwig's new adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic…
The Curator's Curio 