Dew of the Sea Costume History, Theology & Thoughts

            I've been studying poetry with my current online Creative Writing diploma and have been encouraged by the course to research 2 poets of my choice, who wrote in the same genre. So I chose two of my favourites from the late 18th and early 19th century period of Romanticism: Elizabeth Barret Browning and William Wordsworth.  While Wordsworth wrote during Romanticism, especially in its "great decade," (1797-1808), Elizabeth Barret Browning was heavily influenced by this literary and artistic phase, but wrote poetry primarily in the Victorian era. This means that some of Elizabeth's poems address Victorian social and political issues, such as child labour, abolitionism and women's rights. But a crucial similarity between these two poets is that they both wrote passionately and emotively. While Wordsworth often focused on nature in his poetry, as many Romantic poets did, Elizabeth explored her own love life, emotions and experiences in Sonnets Fr...

 Historical influences in cinderella 2015 Whilst Cinderella is technically a fantasy, the costume designers of the 2015 version definitely gave a huge nod to historical dress, with inspirations from the 17th century, the 1840s, the 1860s, and the 1950s to name a few!  I LOVE the costumes in this film so much and I think they are some of the most cinematic, beautiful works in the history of film. Let's have a look at some of these examples... 1. Cinderella's mother. Here is Hayley Atwell as Cinderella's Mother wearing what looks like an 1840s/50s -inspired dress. This dress from the 1850s has the same smooth wide neckline and short sleeves as Hayley's dress! See the pointed bodice that too is a feature of Hayley's dress. Notice that Hayley's dress had a smocked front, the smocked form was in high fashion in the 1850s. Look! This dress has nearly all the elements of Hayley's dress, a wide low neck, short straight sleeves, smocked bodice, pointed waist, AND it...