http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYuUaUi892k First off, none of the gowns I saw were from or near 1400s looking. The first woman on the sideline dancing with a man is wearing something akin to what I had seen once upon a time in the Simplicity fantasy costume section. The two "courtesans" one wearing green and the other in red look like Hollywood 1800s western dance hall outfits or something that might have been worn at the Moulin rouge. at 3:02 and 3:08 there is a woman wearing something akin to Venice "V" gown. http://tinyurl.com/kvcfkv
3:10 Striped gown, hard to see it but I believe the black partlet may be one of the thing off about it. Most gowns look like they were "Dangerous Beauty meets Moulin Rouge. This demo, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9jIgLnQOSo&NR=1 at 2:49 looks like the back of a Florentine gown of 1530(?) http://festiveattyre.com/research/secondflor/secflor6.html I agree, good animation. -----Original Message----- I have been doing some publicity for EB Games/Game Depot lately which is odd seeing I don't have a damned idea about video and computer games nor any interest in playing the things, however, has anyone seen the previews for Assassin's Creed 2, an up-coming video game? It is set in northern Italy, late 1400s. There was something suspicious about the woman wearing red in the preview video (see it at thier site or go into a game store, tell 'em I sent you!) so I went back to some old research and was a bit surprised... Whoever designed the game look has actually done more than gone to a Ren Faire, the woman is not a bad animated match for some Durer sketches of that period -- or maybe just the Moonlighting Taming of the Shrew ep! The lushness and textures impress me. Still, there is something about the briefly-seen costume that annoys me although I cannot put my finger on it. Fall of gown? Shape in general? I dunno. Anyone else seen it and have an opinion. Oh, and by the way, I am not citing it as a great example of historical reproduction, just a curiosity, -C. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
