One Dress a Day Challenge

June: Brown Redux

Possession / Jennifer Ehle as Christabel LaMotte

Christabel wears this Renaissance-style gown when posing for a Pre-Raphaelite painting. I'm not sure I can put my finger on exactly how, but Jenny Beavan (the designer) has done a great job of making it look subtly costumey. Maybe it's as simple as the un-period (but very Pre-Raphaelite) hair. Having a colored and patterned under-layer poking out through the slashes in the sleeves, rather than white linen, is another factor--I don't recall seeing that on any period sources.

After the last time I posted a costume from this movie, I decided to finally get around to reading the book, which I had been toying with for several years. I really enjoyed it, so that's a good thing this blog has gotten me!

One Dress a Day Challenge

July: Green Redux (+ Blue Redux)

Possession / Jennifer Ehle as Christabel LaMotte

This post is dedicated to Christabel's deep green traveling cloak, which she wears on an extended trip to Yorkshire in 1859. Green seems to be a bit of a theme color for that trip, as she often wears the cloak over a green dress. This may be symbolic of new beginnings (etc.), or the color may have been chosen simply because it looks great with the character's red hair! I like the double edging of embroidered bands.