Period dress
Dressing actors authentically to historical period usually means clothing them from the skin out.
Shirts, for example, have to be made with particular sorts of collars, and undergarments for women have to match the particular silhouettes fashionable at the time.
The costumes of the late 1820 s involved “a difficult silhouette” and proved “absolute hell to make,” in the words of the wardrobe designer, Peter Lees-Jeffries.
For this production, the Court was fortunate to obtain the services of a professional cutter with “knowhow” in gentlemen’s tailoring.
The right styles of boots and shoes have to be found or improvised in sizes to fit the particular actors, and accessories, too, must be approximately to period. Hats have to be made, as they must tie in with the colours and textures of the costumes as well as the period fashion, and in “London Assurance” there are four distinct top hat shapes being worn.
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