[SCA-AE] You know you have been costuming too long when...

[evilcostumelady]

Yes, agreed.  They lost an contrast opportunity there... though I could see where a gable headdress could cause difficulties shooting.  As the view moves toward profile, it could be *anybody* under the hat. ;-) 

miriel

Gretchen Beck <grm at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
--On Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:17 AM -0800 evilcostumelady 
 wrote:

> I'd bet we don't see any 'gable' headwear because either the
> actors refused to wear them or the director(s) thought they look dorky
> (IIRC, IRL Anne B hated them, and I wouldn't wear one either).

But every picture you see of Katherine of Aragon shows her wearing one. 
It's one of those little details that stands out when you contrast the 
older, more conventional, foreign style of the first wife (Katherine) with 
the freer younger more English style of the new trophy wife (Anne).

toodles, margaret

       
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