One Dress A Day Challenge

One Dress a Day Challenge

January: Red Redux

The Taming of the Shrew / Elizabeth Taylor as Katharina Minola

Kate wears this rich red gown with green stripes and gold trim for the final scene, which takes place at her sister's wedding--her first visit back to her home since her own wedding. When she first arrives, she also wears a red fur-edged mantle and looks very color-coordinated with Petruchio.

I've also included a side view showing her elaborate hairstyle.

Although most costumes for this movie were designed by Danilo Donati, Elizabeth Taylor's gowns were done by Irene Sharaff. They blend well enough with the other costumes that they don't stick out as different. There is something very 1960s about the combination of saturated red, deep olive green, and shiny gold. (Frock Flicks notes that it is probably modeled after this portrait below by Lorenzo Lotto.)

Part of my Shakespeare course’s final! I made a cover/poster of my fav play that we read ,, bye hamlet- coriolanus is my new best friend

BEATRICE & BENEDICK MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (1993), dir. Kenneth Branagh

much ado about nothing is so underrated. successfully scamming your friends into falling in love by just gossiping about them really loudly? golden. beatrice friendzoning benedick in front of everyone they know and then confessing her love like two minutes later? hilarious. the friar telling hero to deal with her shitty boyfriend by simply faking her own death? fucking superb. random villain who has literally no motive other than he just wants to fuck things up? phenomenal. there is nothing about this play that is not incredible.