At first I thought the dresses were in tatters and the insides were showing, but there was no sign of rip or tear that I could see. Was this a style back then to show the inner structure of a dress?
Sometimes he actually makes sense, he just makes sense the wrong way.
No.
The crinolette was never shown. It was just the the structure holding the dress. I don't know what the filmmakers were smoking when they came up with that idea.
Quidquid Latinae dictum sit, altum viditur.
I absolutely hated Maria's costumes. The rest of the movie was so well done, capturing the delicate, dreamlike mood of the book so well, that her dresses were completely jarring. I wanted to stay in the mood of the story, not spend time wondering why on earth the costume designer had come up with those designs.
shareI was thinking the same thing myself. I actually went and looked at hundreds of photos of dresses with bustles to see if that was ever the practice and it wasn't. The dresses are garish and ugly.
Crouton! Crouton! Crunchy friends in a liquid broth.
I assumed that since Maria had become a resident of Moonacre, her things were falling apart just like everything else in the valley. Hence, her dresses being in tatters.
I'm not boring you am I?
No my doctor says I need to air out the back of my throat every 5 minutes
Its a bustle cage. Very popular in steampunk.
shareIt was a fart bellows.
I don't love her.. She kicked me in the face!!