A Brief Talk on the History of European Classical Costume from "The Nutcracker and the Four Kingdoms"

Godfrey 2022-01-15 08:03:07

Leaving aside the plot for the time being, it is very exquisite from the perspective of submission! From the original fairy tales and the costumes of the heroine of the movie, it can be seen that the background is the second half of the 19th century.

This is the evening dress worn by the hostess and the sibling father to participate in the Christmas ball. It has a typical Basile skirt style.
Basile skirt style, the biggest element is that the skirt is concentrated on the hip

In the kingdom of the Nutcracker, the director took the era of the kingdom a kind of overhead. From the Rococo period in the 18th century to the end of the 19th century, everything appeared again.

Krinolin
Crenolin style + imperial government style
It can be seen from these that the candy fairy played by Keira Knightley is wearing a Crenolin-style skirt that was popular in Europe in the middle and lower parts of the 19th century! This is designed by the same French designer as the Basil skirt mentioned earlier, and it is characterized by being very large, like a huge umbrella or bird cage!

From the stills, it can be seen that kk wears a Krynolin dress, while the female protagonist wears a popular imperial government style in the first half of the 19th century after becoming a princess! That is to say, the women's clothing in the Napoleonic period, and the biggest feature of the imperial style is that there is no pannier! The structure is more similar to ancient Roman women’s clothing. It was the only period in which women temporarily put down their panties in the 15th to 19th centuries over 400 years.

Rococo
Rococo

It can be seen from the national costumes of the four kingdoms that the director positioned the costumes of the people of the kingdom in the gorgeous Rococo period of the 18th century! A typical rococo-style bell-shaped skirt brace for tourism, tassels on the back, huge white wigs and men's 5-point pants + knee stockings

Looking at the fairy tales that have been reproduced in recent years, I found that many directors like to put fairy tales in a relatively overhead background, not only politically correct actors of skin color, but also can be seen in the costumes, such as "Alice in Wonderland" , "Snow White: Mirror and Mirror", "Cinderella", "The Nutcracker and the Four Kingdoms 3", "Snow White and the Hunter", "The Hunter", "Beauty and the Beast", etc., among which "Snow White and the Hunter" and "Hunting" The positioning of "God" and "Cinderella" is relatively clear. The costumes, colors, and architectural styles of the former 1-2 are obvious medieval Gothic style! The costumes of the latter are mainly Krynolin-style skirts in the mid-19th century (although the costumes of the stepmother played by Cate Blanchett in the movie are too much Basle style in the latter part of the 19th century). . Others like "Mirror Mirror" and "Alice in Wonderland" are relatively more mixed

"Snow White and the Hunter" "The Hunting God Winter War"

Very strong medieval Gothic style + Byzantine style
The ice queen played by Emily, with panties, Renaissance style
Corset, no skirt support, big neckline
Big neckline, corset, skirt brace, puff sleeves + Byzantine style decoration
Big neckline + gothic style

Generally speaking, the main body of "Snow White and the Huntsman" tends to be Gothic and tends to the early Renaissance style

"Cinderella"

The stepmother is a Basile skirt, and the two daughters are Krynolin skirts.
The fairy godmother is a full-bodied baroque dress! The Ruff collar is one of the most obvious features of Baroque in the 17th century
Cinderella's skirt. , Crenolin style skirt
The director’s design for the stepmother’s costumes is too fashionable, with Basile style as the main style, women’s concise style shirts from the last century, and their hairstyles are more biased towards the style before and after World War I in the first half of the 20th century???

Generally speaking, the director positioned "Cinderella" around the middle of the 19th century (Cate Blanchett's stepmother felt that the dress style was too avant-garde and relatively abrupt, perhaps in order to show a unique black belly????)

"Mirror Mirror" overhead fairy tale style

Puff sleeves, off-the-shoulder neckline, corset skirt, plus a bow-knot back decoration with oriental elements
Julia Roberts plays the queen, a typical 19th century Krynolin dress, and the henchman next to him is also a typical 18th century Rococo men’s clothing
Krinolin dress wedding dress
From the palace masquerade, we can see that there are costumes of various periods, reflecting the overhead prosperity and banter.
Exaggerated wigs for men and women, double-breasted lapels, obviously imitating the Rococo period

"Alice in Wonderland" overhead grotesque

The real world is the Victorian period of the 19th century! Krynolin skirts for all women! Restore the background of the original author of the fairy tale
This is the costume of the former heroine who fell into the rabbit hole, obviously Victorian Krenolin style
The Queen of Hearts is a typical Renaissance style, just to show the big head, the classic exaggerated pleated folds are changed into a more ordinary collar, the overall image imitates the British history of Elizabeth I, and from the men and women behind her The minister can see that the overall bias is towards Renaissance and Baroque.
Court minister of the White Queen, Renaissance + Baroque style,
Court minister of the Red Queen, Renaissance + Baroque style

The White Queen played by Anne Hathaway is a typical Baroque style
After Alice mixed into the court of the Queen of Hearts, she wore a typical Krenolin dress
White rabbit! The white rabbit has a Renaissance-style pleated fold around its neck! Historically, it was a standard for the nobility and the upper class
The Mad Hatter is a typical low-level person in the early 19th century, with a tattered suit and a big bow silk scarf around the neck! Because the scarves and ties had not yet been invented at the time, and the Jack Samurai was like a uniform armor, which was more in line with the feeling of the Middle Ages.

In conclusion, in recent years, the remake of fairy tales can see the overhead style from the costumes. Due to the characteristics of the male and female costumes in Europe for hundreds of years, the laymen look lively, almost all of them are pettiskirts and bubbles. The feeling of sleeves, and the insider looks a little bit awkward, chaotic????, but this is the main feature of the overhead background

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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms quotes

  • Shiver: [shows Clara Marie's old throne room] This is your mother's throne, Your Grace.

    Sugar Plum: Have you come to save us, Clara?

    Clara: No.

    [the regents look disappointed]

    Clara: I'm sorry. I didn't even know this place existed before today. You see, I was looking for a Christmas present from my godfather.

    Hawthorne: [delighted] Oh, I love Christmas!

    [to Sugar Plum and Shiver; lost]

    Hawthorne: What's Christmas?

    Clara: Then I ran into this homeless mouse.

    Shiver: [concerned] Mouse?

    Clara: And that's when I met the captain.

    Philip: [enters the throne room] We barely escaped Mother Ginger. And the Mouse King.

    Sugar Plum: [gasps] You met Mother Ginger? Oh my dear Clara, you're lucky to be alive!

    Hawthorne: You must promise never to go back to the Land of Amusements, Clara.

    Sugar Plum: [frustrated] Hawthorne!

    Shiver: [also frustrated] Its title has been restricted.

    Hawthorne: Oh, of course. I meant the Fourth Realm.

    [to Sugar Plum and Shiver]

    Hawthorne: Apologies. I'm just so upset.

    [to Clara]

    Hawthorne: Forget I ever mentioned the Land of Amusements.

    [Sugar Plum and Shiver silence him]

  • Sugar Plum: [to Clara] The ballet tells the story of the Four Realms. How your mother discovered our world.