[Ansteorra] Elizabethan headcovering question
    Susan 
    catmafia at hughes.net
       
    Fri Aug  4 07:00:06 PDT 2006
    
    
  
Recently we've been watching several Shakespeare movies.  In two of 
Zepherelli's I noticed the young woman wearing something I've never 
really seen before and was curious if it was correct and what it is 
called.  It was Ophelia in Hamlet and Juliet in the tomb in Romeo and 
Juliet.  It looks like a very abreviated coif and was embroidered in 
Hamlet and beaded with pearls in R&J.  It was made of two pieces sewn 
together and went back over the crown, each was maybe 2"-3" and it went 
from ear to ear.
Is there a webpage anywhere that evaluates the costuming of period 
movies for accuracy?
Susan the Curious
ps. other movie recomendations are welcome
pps this is a great page that talks about visiting all of the locations 
of the R&J, it is translated from Russian and the site in Russian has 
some great paintings along with screencaps from the film, 
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Picture/3520/location.html
    
    
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