Historical Costumes
Wow! History takes in a looooooog, loooooong period of time. Eons of time. From the Cro-Magnon or Neanderthal days up to today. History probably goes back to Adam and Eve (a nice couples costumes, BTW), but I don’t know if they were pre or post Cro-Magnon.
Hmmmm…..let me see. What periods of history can I recall? Roman, Greek, Biblical, Medieval, Renaissance, the French Revolution period , Early America, the Civil War, the Turn of the Century (NO!, not this past one, the one before it), the Roaring Twenties, the Thirties, the Forties, the Fabulous Fifties and the list can go on and on.. Also consider your own history, which might take in the Sixties and the following decades. Throw in the Tool Age, Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Computer Age.
In an earlier post, we mentioned that assigning names to costumes and playing that role was a major part of having a great time dressing up. The ‘putting a name of a character on the costume’ theme will resonate in many of the subjects to follow.
From the Roman period, maybe a Marc Antony and Cleopatra; from the French Revolution perhaps Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine. How about an Abe and Mary Todd Lincoln from the Civil War era, or Bonnie and Clyde from the 1930’s? Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton made a nice 60’s couple, and you even tie them back to a movie (‘Cleopatra’) they co-starred in.
Civil War Period Dress available through Annie’s Costumes. See Halloween Costumes ad in the right column.
Interchangeability is also a keyword in these posts. People from one category might also be associated with another category.
So dig out those old History books, and while you’re at it, can you also find the book from Freshman Geography 101?