On Monday 25 September 2006 6:22 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 9/24/2006 9:51:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > One of the major points made in "Hollywood and History" is > that women's costumes (particularly the female lead) tend to be heavily > influenced (if not totally based on) current fashion trends of the day in > which the movie is actually made, > > > And also that the female extras' costumes might actually be better than the > leads, because of this--that was certainly the case in the 1958
Yes, H&H says that that often was true. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity." --Robert Frost _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume