#middlemichi

Thank you so much! That really means a lot to me.

My opinions on the costumes of Crimson Peak are basically just two straight hours of happy squealing. Let me elaborate.

The designer, Kate Hawley, knocked it out of the park in terms of grounding her work in the time period (1901) while still using artistic flourishes to flesh out the characters and support del Toro’s vision. Most of the costumes are pretty darn accurate in form:

(Edith vs. a 1905 image of “shirtwaist suits.” Accurate but still uses color, texture, fabric weight, and trim to play into her light and butterfly themes.)

(Lucille’s blue dress vs. a Natural Form fashion plate c. late 1870s-early 1880s. A bit older than Edith’s “ten years out of date” estimate, and that was one thing a lot of fashion history people questioned. But it is fairly accurate, and the extreme style difference helps set her apart from Edith in a way that even modern audiences with no knowledge of historical clothing can recognize.)

And those are just two examples. The entire movie is like that. It’s a breath of fresh air and I love it so much.

There are still clear artistic choices, and lots being said with colors, patterns, etc. Also what characters AREN’T wearing- because we’ve seen Edith healthy, happy, and in control with pompadours and neat, fitted skirts, her wearing a loose nightgown with her hair down shows that she’s Very Not Okay. Lucille's tight, restrained-looking clothes underscore her violence being “set free” when she trades them for a huge, billowy robe. It all benefits from a solid basis in the fashion realities of the era.

Imagine! If designers could just save the beachy waves for accurate situations, they could contribute to the storytelling! What a concept! </s>

That sounds really cool!

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name: Christin

gender: genderfluid, but i prefer female pronouns since it’s what people are used to using and i don’t mind.

relationship status: taken~ I have a lovely girlfriend (goosesandmeese) that I’ve been dating for almost 2 years now. 

zodiac sign: cancer

siblings: an older sister and a younger sister. 

favorite color: ...... i dunno so i’ll just say it’s rainbow. 

pets: a yorkshire terrier named Pepper~

wake up and sleep times: when i have college i usually get up at 7am, but on weekends and during the summer it could be any time before noon.

lemonade or iced tea: LEMONADE

cats or dogs: ... both. both is good.

day or night: neither? dawn or dusk are my ideal times. the day is usually busy and hot and nights are usually uneventful.  

text or calls: i get nervous talking on phones unless it’s with someone i know well - in which case it’s preferred. but mostly i like sending texts. 

make up or natural: both equally. it just depends upon whether i’m feeling it and how much effort i’m willing to devote to how i look. 

met a celebrity: I passed Matt Smith dressed as bart simpson once when i went to San Diego Comic-Con in 2013. I didn’t know it was him until i was at a panel later that day and he mentioned it. 

smile or eyes: when i meet people i usually notice their smiles first, but i like eyes just a little more. 

light or dark hair: dark.

intelligence or attraction: intelligence.

chapstick or lipstick: depends on my mood.

city or country: country.

last song i’ve listened to:  i was listening to Snölejoninna by Sofia Jannok, but the song Say Yay! has been in my head all day so it counts. 

first language: English.

“Fly, Fly Away” from Catch Me If You Can

What is the best trick you've ever pulled on someone?

I'm not normally a trickster type, but I like to cause slight disturbances that no one really gets mad over. Like two weeks ago a friend and I ordered pizza for our whole choir that got delivered exactly during our breaktime. I thought we'd get a little bit in trouble since cheese and stuff is bad for singing but our professor was like "Oh, I didn't have dinner yet, can I have some?"

Are you a confident person?

aaaaaa where'd you get those overall thingsss <3

you should’ve just yelled out the window “FUCKING BULLSHIT TAKE THAT WEAK SAUCE BACK TO THE KITCHEN” lol

WHEN ARE YOU MOVING AND WHERE