[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"doc-detail-137540-en":3,"doc-seo-137540-105":30,"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":91},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",{"doc_id":7,"user_id":8,"nickname":9,"user_avatar":10,"doc_module":4,"category_id":11,"category_name":12,"doc_title":13,"doc_description":14,"doc_content":15,"file_id":16,"file_url":17,"file_type":18,"file_size":19,"view_count":20,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":20,"is_downloadable":20,"audit_status":20,"page_count":21,"language":22,"language_code":23,"site_id":24,"html_lang":23,"table_of_contents":25,"faqs":26,"seo_title":27,"seo_description":14,"update_tm":28,"read_time":29},137540,962084931830,"Jacob","https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_a8503ba1806abce46bf441b54a3ca4cd",2,"Literature","Princesses, Pirates, and an Empress - Dressing the 18th Century Anachronistically","The paper examines how costume designers intentionally use anachronistic clothing to shape audience perception, using three recent screen works as evidence: Marie Antoinette (2006), The Great (2020—), and Our Flag Means Death (2022—). Drawing on historical research and the idea that anachronisms often combine past styles with contemporary fashion, it argues that well-researched costume choices can support themes, develop characters, and elevate media into historical fantasy rather than undermine period storytelling.","UWill Discover Journal: Sustainable Futures Vol.1 Issue 1  \nPrincesses, Pirates, and an Empress: Dressing the 18th Century Anachronistically  \non Screen  \nElissa Weir  \nUniversity of Windsor  \nAbstract  \nThe costume designer for the Marie Antoinette (1938), Gilbert Adrian, researched the 18th century dress extensively, yet cut dress trimmings on bias, had shoulders revealed in court dresses, and wigs that were more 19th century than 18th. Marie Antoinette(2006) has more or less the same level of accuracy.“Anachronisms are found in almost every motion picture that portrays another period,” says costume and textile historian Edward Maeder,“... instead these costumes take elements of past styles and combine them with aspects of contemporary fashion,”(Landis, 2013) . When the internet is filled with takedowns of the historical inaccuracies in films and TV, on screen depictions of the past continue to be anachronistic. Anachronisms are not always due to a lack of research, but sometimes quite the opposite! Good costume designers research their given period thoroughly, and, much like Maeder said, choose what to keep and what to change. Often these reasons are to better connect with modern sensibilities and styles, but these changes can also be done to elevate a piece of media into historical fantasy, or to say more about the themes and characters than any piece of completely historical costume could hope to do. With a focus on costume, three different pieces of recent media will be analysed: Marie Antoinette (2006) The Great (2020—) and Our Flag Means Death (2022—) and used as evidence of successful anachronistic costume that highlights their stories and characters.  \nWhat people choose to wear says a lot about them. So, when costume designers for movies and TV make clothes for their characters, those costumes also say something about who the characters areas people. In period pieces, the easiest, least controversial choice is to choose costumes according to what would have been available to characters at that time, in that place. While this choice is perfectly acceptable and makes for some detailed and engaging costumes, it is not the only choice costume designers have at their disposal. Anachronistic, a word meaning a person, place or thing being portrayed in a time-period it doesn’t belong to, is a choice costume designers turn to if they want to highlight characters and themes that might otherwise get lost if using strictly period appropriate dress. Anachronistic costumes can also be chosen in order to better connect with modern sensibilities and styles, or to elevate a piece of media into historical fantasy. Importantly, when well researched and properly motivated, anachronistic costumes are not seen as a detriment to the movie or TV show, though bad anachronistic costumes can and do exist.  \nThe costume designer for the Marie Antoinette (1938), Gilbert Adrian, researched the 18th century dress extensively, yet cut dress trimmings on bias, had shoulders revealed in court dresses, and wigs that were more 19th century than 18th. Marie Antoinette (2006) has more or less the same level of  \nUWill Discover Journal: Sustainable Futures Vol.1 Issue 1  \naccuracy.“Anachronisms are found in almost every motion picture that portrays another period,” says costume and textile historian Edward Maeder,“… instead these costumes take elements of past styles and combine them with aspects of contemporary fashion,”(Landis, 2013) . Anachronisms are not always due to a lack of research, but sometimes quite the opposite! Good costume designers research their given period thoroughly, and much like Maeder said, choose what to keep and what to change. With a focus on costume, three different pieces of recent media will be analyzed: Marie Antoinette (2006), The Great (2020—) and Our Flag Means Death (2022—) and used as evidence of successful anachronistic costume that highlights their stories and characters.  \nMARIE ANTOINETTE (2006) dir. Sofia Coppola, ","cbCaijjBHbnGO1DU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijjBHbnGO1DU","pdf",1448009,1,13,"English","en",105,"# Abstract\n## Anachronism as a Design Choice\n## How Costumes Communicate Character and Theme\n## Case Study: Marie Antoinette (2006)\n## Modernization and Visual Strategy","[{\"question\":\"Why do costume designers use anachronistic clothing in period stories?\",\"answer\":\"Anachronistic costumes help highlight characters and themes that might be missed with strictly period-accurate dress. They can also connect to modern sensibilities and elevate the work into historical fantasy when properly motivated and researched.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper relate anachronisms to film and TV accuracy?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that anachronisms are not always caused by poor research; sometimes they stem from deliberate decisions to merge older styles with contemporary fashion elements. These choices can better express meaning and character themes than fully historical costumes would.\"},{\"question\":\"What examples from Marie Antoinette (2006) illustrate this approach?\",\"answer\":\"The paper describes pastel color planning inspired by macarons, dress trims and accessories styled like icing or cream, and the “I Want Candy” sequence using pop-culture visuals. It also notes the subtle modernization of the gowns to present Marie Antoinette as a young teenager while retaining the iconic silhouette.\"}]","Princesses, Pirates, and an Empress - Dressing the 18th Century Anachronistically | PDF",1787416890,20,{"code":4,"msg":31,"data":32},"ok",{"site_id":24,"language":23,"slug":33,"title":13,"keywords":34,"description":14,"schema_data":35,"social_meta":86,"head_meta":88,"extra_data":90,"updated_unix":28},"princesses-pirates-and-an-empress-dressing-the-18th-century-anachronistically","",{"@graph":36,"@context":85},[37,53,68],{"@type":38,"itemListElement":39},"BreadcrumbList",[40,44,47,50],{"item":41,"name":42,"@type":43,"position":20},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":45,"name":46,"@type":43,"position":11},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",{"item":48,"name":12,"@type":43,"position":49},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/literature/",3,{"item":51,"name":13,"@type":43,"position":52},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/princesses-pirates-and-an-empress-dressing-the-18th-century-anachronistically/137540/",4,{"url":51,"name":13,"@type":54,"author":55,"headline":13,"publisher":57,"fileFormat":60,"inLanguage":23,"description":14,"dateModified":61,"datePublished":62,"encodingFormat":60,"isAccessibleForFree":63,"interactionStatistic":64},"DigitalDocument",{"name":9,"@type":56},"Person",{"url":41,"name":58,"@type":59},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-09-05","2026-08-22",true,{"@type":65,"interactionType":66,"userInteractionCount":20},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":67},"ViewAction",{"@type":69,"mainEntity":70},"FAQPage",[71,77,81],{"name":72,"@type":73,"acceptedAnswer":74},"Why do costume designers use anachronistic clothing in period stories?","Question",{"text":75,"@type":76},"Anachronistic costumes help highlight characters and themes that might be missed with strictly period-accurate dress. They can also connect to modern sensibilities and elevate the work into historical fantasy when properly motivated and researched.","Answer",{"name":78,"@type":73,"acceptedAnswer":79},"How does the paper relate anachronisms to film and TV accuracy?",{"text":80,"@type":76},"It argues that anachronisms are not always caused by poor research; sometimes they stem from deliberate decisions to merge older styles with contemporary fashion elements. These choices can better express meaning and character themes than fully historical costumes would.",{"name":82,"@type":73,"acceptedAnswer":83},"What examples from Marie Antoinette (2006) illustrate this approach?",{"text":84,"@type":76},"The paper describes pastel color planning inspired by macarons, dress trims and accessories styled like icing or cream, and the “I Want Candy” sequence using pop-culture visuals. It also notes the subtle modernization of the gowns to present Marie Antoinette as a young teenager while retaining the iconic silhouette.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":51,"og:type":87,"og:title":13,"og:site_name":58,"og:description":14},"article",{"robots":89,"canonical":51},"index,follow",{"doc_id":7,"site_id":24},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":92},[93,97,100,104,109,114,119,124,128,131,135],{"id":20,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":94,"show_sort_weight":95,"slug":96},"Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":11,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":12,"show_sort_weight":98,"slug":99},80,"literature",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":101,"show_sort_weight":102,"slug":103},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":105,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":106,"show_sort_weight":107,"slug":108},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":110,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":111,"show_sort_weight":112,"slug":113},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":115,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":116,"show_sort_weight":117,"slug":118},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":120,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":121,"show_sort_weight":122,"slug":123},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":125,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":126,"show_sort_weight":29,"slug":127},9,"Religion & Spirituality","religion-spirituality",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":129,"show_sort_weight":29,"slug":130},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":132,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":133,"show_sort_weight":132,"slug":134},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":136,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":137,"show_sort_weight":105,"slug":138},19,"General","general"]