This scene irked me a bit, Such emphasis is made on Jo clothing versus the other girls yet aunt March died at the end of the second Little woman novel and at the end of the movie just before it became a school. The storyline spans 15 years, At the very beginning Jo is 15 years old and at the very end Jo is about to turn 31, The Civil War era bell shaped hoop skirts her sisters are wearing would have been completely out of style by 1875 and would have been replaced with a bustle. In the 1994 version does this a lot better. But as a historical costumer like I said the same kind of irked me. But I still love it. ❤️❤️
Well. Working women would have been able to get a fashionable once every few seasons as they tend to save their money and dresses that were fashionable would have cost so much so they mave been wearing the later style of the 1860s dress (circa 1868) as the skirts took a bit less floor space than they did in earlier years or just rewearing the dresses they already had as it was normal to rewear the dresses even if they are a bit outdated and would probably have altered them and fixed it up so it would last longer. As bustle dresses tend to take up so much fabric for the base dress alone with the bustle plus the additional costs of the trimmings, structures and appropriate under structures and of course someone actually making it, the cost would have been too much for a wife of a working woman unless they married rich men and then they would be able to wear the latest fashions.
I completely agree. The Marches were middle class, they’d be able to adopt the 1870s fashion trends easily. They wouldn’t look extravagantly so, like wealthier women, but they’d have the 1870s silhouette down. Especially Amy - she was living in Paris, she should be the most stylish 1870s. They should have soft bustles & fishtail trains, very slim hips, pastel colors, frivolous trimmings & decorations, square necklines, small hats. Even the hair would be styled differently.
@@emilie7595Amy has the means for a fashionable dress and around this time, women would have an overskirt thrown on top of this to fake the look of an up to date dress without having to make a whole new dress. Also I think when you mentioned the fishtail train, you might've been referring the Natural Form silhouette. The Marches would be wearing a dress of the First Bustle which was basically a fuller back while still keeping the late 1860s silhouette.
why aren’t they dressed in 1870s fashion? Jo looks Edwardian and Amy and Meg look like they’re in the 1860s with the crinolines. They should have slender dresses and little hats & soft bustles. The Marches could afford to dress 1870s.
Notice the whole scene is in a color theme. The walls, the dresses, the scenery
Don't care 🥱
The score in this scene is ethereal, it is perfect
This scene irked me a bit, Such emphasis is made on Jo clothing versus the other girls yet aunt March died at the end of the second Little woman novel and at the end of the movie just before it became a school. The storyline spans 15 years, At the very beginning Jo is 15 years old and at the very end Jo is about to turn 31, The Civil War era bell shaped hoop skirts her sisters are wearing would have been completely out of style by 1875 and would have been replaced with a bustle. In the 1994 version does this a lot better. But as a historical costumer like I said the same kind of irked me. But I still love it. ❤️❤️
Well. Working women would have been able to get a fashionable once every few seasons as they tend to save their money and dresses that were fashionable would have cost so much so they mave been wearing the later style of the 1860s dress (circa 1868) as the skirts took a bit less floor space than they did in earlier years or just rewearing the dresses they already had as it was normal to rewear the dresses even if they are a bit outdated and would probably have altered them and fixed it up so it would last longer. As bustle dresses tend to take up so much fabric for the base dress alone with the bustle plus the additional costs of the trimmings, structures and appropriate under structures and of course someone actually making it, the cost would have been too much for a wife of a working woman unless they married rich men and then they would be able to wear the latest fashions.
I completely agree. The Marches were middle class, they’d be able to adopt the 1870s fashion trends easily. They wouldn’t look extravagantly so, like wealthier women, but they’d have the 1870s silhouette down. Especially Amy - she was living in Paris, she should be the most stylish 1870s. They should have soft bustles & fishtail trains, very slim hips, pastel colors, frivolous trimmings & decorations, square necklines, small hats. Even the hair would be styled differently.
@@emilie7595Amy has the means for a fashionable dress and around this time, women would have an overskirt thrown on top of this to fake the look of an up to date dress without having to make a whole new dress.
Also I think when you mentioned the fishtail train, you might've been referring the Natural Form silhouette. The Marches would be wearing a dress of the First Bustle which was basically a fuller back while still keeping the late 1860s silhouette.
Gotta love Amy
Gotta love Toby
any1 know the song being played?
why aren’t they dressed in 1870s fashion? Jo looks Edwardian and Amy and Meg look like they’re in the 1860s with the crinolines. They should have slender dresses and little hats & soft bustles. The Marches could afford to dress 1870s.