I recognize that creative liberties are often taken with the character,
and as a historical costumer, it irks me too. But I've learned to accept
the things I cannot change. By coincidence my husband and I are working
our way through the Jeremy Brett series. I was wondering how accurate
the cost
This is a huge pet peeve of mine!!! If you want what I consider the definitive
look for Sherlock Holmes based on the books, please check out the series from
the 1980s starring Jeremy Brett. As appropriate, he only wears a grey
deerstalker and inverness maybe 3 times the entire series, always w
r) but some
do. and the early 19th century "great coat" had capes and sleeves, so you
very often see inverness's with sleeves in the theatre. but a "real" one is
sleeveless.
-Original Message-
From: Dawn
To: Historical Costume
Sent: Mon, Mar 22, 2010
debloughcostu...@aol.com wrote:
The classic "Sherlock Holmes" coat of popular imagination is indeed an
inverness coat. Generally (though not exclusively) made in heavy tweeds.
And those would be in browns? Or would greys have been worn during that
era?
Dawn
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The classic "Sherlock Holmes" coat of popular imagination is indeed an
inverness coat. Generally (though not exclusively) made in heavy tweeds.
However, in the books, Holmes and Watson are most often described (when
their outerwear *is* described) as wearing the British warm.
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s, go here:
http://www.arthes.com/holmes/
Karen
Seamstrix
-- Original Message --
From: Talia
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] dressing Sherlock Holmes
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:11:40 -0500
I believe it's an Inverness Coat.
Talia
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 a
I believe it's an Inverness Coat.
Talia
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Dawn wrote:
> The character is often portrayed wearing a long heavy coat and the infamous
> 'deerstalker' cap. Is there a name for the coat? I'm not sure what I should
> be looking for. Is there a predominant color that i
The character is often portrayed wearing a long heavy coat and the
infamous 'deerstalker' cap. Is there a name for the coat? I'm not sure
what I should be looking for. Is there a predominant color that it would
have come in, such as black, or grey or brown?
Dawn
