Why The Costumes of Little Women did NOT deserve an Oscar
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- Опубліковано 18 лют 2020
- My opinion of the costumes of Little Women. BEFORE YOU COMMENT, please re-read the title of the video. It doesn't say "Why The Costumes Of Little Women Were Bad"; No , they simply didn't measure up to the other Oscar nominees. They didn't do the movie itself any favors. Talented designer, but the execution was messy. It ended up taking a lot of people out of the story while watching. Myself included.
You'll hear me rant about the Live Action Beauty And The Beast too, and a couple other vaguely related topics. I know this is very different from what I usually do, and perhaps less entertaining, but I hope ya learn a thing or two!
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Your editing is absolutely horrendous. I love it.
She pinned you lol
@@td9543 omg what an honor
The fact that she made a bonnet to *roast* them, was literally the best thing I’ve ever seen anyone do.
Haha lol
Is like a little kitsch aesthetic. And i love it as well LOL
Maybe this poor family wouldn't be poor if they didn't have 50 dresses for each of their four daughters
Sofie The Winged yah like they had money but the civil war made them lose money, and somehow they had money.
And the irony of the “they’re hippies” doesn’t make any sense as to why the Marches had a wide arrangement and variety of clothes. Especially with some of the colors - bright and beautiful - that aren’t considered “hippie” at all.
Sofie The Winged i love that pfp lmao
They were rich, those dresses were probably there before they lost their money (also applies with their house being so big)
@@Min-pu9rz you can still... Sell them and make more money to not be that poor? Also doesn't make sense with personal dresses for Amy
I wish her critiquing costume designing in movies was a regular series.
Mac Yes!
With Bernadette Banner on a podcast
YES YES YES. PLEASE NOTICE THIS COMMENT PLEASE AHHHHH
YES
Yessss
“Poorness does not come with an innate lack of social awareness” this quote in itself deserves an Oscar.
Absolut! I often found it this bad to see in films. They are poor, they don't had lived behind the moon. Even if there money would be not enough for new clothes or hats - they would do everything to find a way to stay in fashion.
I love that she said this, my sister and I were having an argument to this effect a while ago.
*poverty
Exactly! What Hollywood can't seem to grasp is that those poor, pitiful Poor People are still freaking people who possess the same amount of personality, pride, and social awareness as the rich and famous. It's equal parts ridiculous and insulting.
It’s smart and I can’t understand it yeah it should win an Oscar
I knew the costumes would be doomed the moment Greta Gerwig gave an interview where she said the Marches were "like hippies, they sewed their own clothes and everything" as if sewing your own clothes wasn't COMMON PRACTICE for women that weren't upper class.
That's so reductive. What a weird and wrong comment by her.
Exactly!
It's so out of touch it's crazy. Not just with history but with poverty. Acting like they'd sew their own clothes purely by choice. They're POOR, there are no other options. It's the same vibes as "let them eat cake". Like "They don't even eat dessert every day! How quaint!"
@@esverker7018 sewing ur own clothes doesn't necessarily mean that u r poor or anything
We are a middle class(financially stable) family and my mother likes to sew her own clothes. She sometimes makes my clothes bcz she likes to, bcz she wants to.
What's wrong with that?
@@conserztasfia0078 It’s the opposite now. Making your own clothes is usually more expensive than buying them. I can’t make a shirt for $5.
I thought, "Wow, she's being so harsh." But then I saw the evidence. And the disturbing lack of bonnets.
This made me giggle
troubling, indeed
Ugh the dam lack bonnets😤
it was DISTURBING by lack of bonnets
I find your lack of bonnets disturbing
I never thought I'd live to see someone hate-craft a bonnet.
I think that's my favourites new expression 😂
i love it here
Hate-craft 😂
Ha! What a time to be alive, right? 😂
Imma go hate-craft something right now!
Haha true
"But still, I think you can be socially functioning, appropriately dressed individuals and still believe in basic human rights?"
OHH SNAP.
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@@coralreef2329 I HAD NO IDEA I HAD 1.4K LIKES I DIDN'T EVEN REMEMBER I MADE THIS COMMENT
@Sarah Black niceeeee :D
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I don't quite comprehend the connection between a belief in human rights and a need to wear flashy clothing you can't afford. Like, have you ever seen a peace corps volunteer out in the fields vaccinating people in a third world country in Gucci loafers? If the Marches are so poltical, their clothing should reflect their politics. They would probably be boycotting cotton because it was produced by slave labor, Marmee would probably sell her jewelry- which she wouldn't have much of because her husband's work running a sort of liberal education school wouldn't produce enough income for him to buy her all sorts of trinkets and baubles- to support social causes or at least provide for her children and pay the bills while her husband is away.
“Where’s the real Meg? Oh I found her, she’s in 1994 wearing a bonnet.” 😂
Favorite quote!
Lol
Best quote 👌
@@sarab3027 yeah-
Literally tho!! 🤔
Not to mention that the women weren't little at all. They were obviously average sized
Florence is 5'1
underrated comment right here
@@danielasilva5945 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I just chortled 😂
It was that they were supposed to be young at the beginning
Me, knowing nothing at all about Little Woman or historical clothing: *takes notes*
Lol same!😅
MEEEE lmao but im about to watch little women soon
yess
This wasn't the costumers fault. Gretta Gerwig (the director) said, and I quote "I wanted to avoid cosets and hoop-skirts because I find they're unappealing garments." She said that in her 73 questions interview, right after calling Little Women "sacred text" and saying that she wanted the movie to be as real as possible and that she even filmed on location.
*raises a finger* no, nevermind, I'd lose braincells trying to make sense out of it. I can understand not finding hoop skirts that appealing, but corsets? The bra of the time?
she sounds like a tool
@@zanet391 I mean, I can understand finding both hoop skirts and corsets unappealing to modern sensibilities, but then why would you try to costume a movie set in the era of hoop skirts and corsets
@@zanet391 Not finding hoop skirts appealing??? Have you SEEN a cage crinoline????
right?? if she hated the clothing of the era so much just change the whole setting, do a modern remake or something
Hollywood does not like headwear. There's a reason soldiers often lose helmets 2 minutes into a movie, so you can see their face easily and tell them apart in wide shots. Bonnets block the face and cast shadows, which is not ideal for telling a story, but as you showed, the could pull it off in the 1994 version so they could have worked around them here!
Emma. (2020) did a good job with bonnets.
That Belle dress was one of the most disappointing dresses Disney ever did for their live action films.
R I K O I agree. It’s seriously the biggest disservice not only to the era it’s set in but to the insane amount of work that went into making the original movie. With my dying breath as an old lady I will say “how dare they make a live action Beauty and the Beast and screenprint cheap gold ink onto tulle and call it Belle’s ballgown”
It was literally a prom dress like give us the GLAM u got the budget to embroider and bedazzle and make a hella amazing dress
The old one was beautiful and unique while the live action was just a joke
Belle dress was desapointing since the Cinderella one is one of the most georgeous dresses i've ever seen
I remember watching the trailer and thinking the dress looks beautiful but when i actually watch the movie i realized that her dress was just ok. they could've done better job at the dress like how Cinderella's dress in live action looks gorgeous.
SO GLAD she mentioned Belle's remake dress. Such a crime to ths day.
Disappointment upon disappointment. I completely agree.
Same! I was so disappointed and when i saw the dress Micarah made, i wish it looked more like that because it's gorgeous!
Definitely disappointing, huge missed opportunity to make something really fancy and regal looking, instead it came out looking like a prom dress.
Selena S. Not even a prom dress. More like a thing you’d find at a khols
@@NeoNovastar it's more like halloween costume at this point or a false advertised image on Amazon and then reality delivered it.
The best part about Amy's school outfit is the fact that the book LITERALLY explains how it was " good, well made, and little worn, but Amy's artistic eyes were much afflicted, especially this winter, when her school dress was a dull purple with yellow dots and no trimming" and yet it was portrayed as a brand new school outfit that Amy would certainly not fret and fuss about.
"But putting your hair up is literally free" had me crying!
petition for a movie to hire micarah to make their costumes
Yeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssss
But better
Yes please!!!❤️
she would be the first woman to earn a costume oscar for dresses made up of 50% hot glue.
Would be amazing!!
It seems like historical movies always win awards for costumes, even when the costumes are done poorly.
@fjrjejd giriejfn That was by design, the director said she wanted her version of the Marches to be a "hippie family" that wore deliberately non-traditional clothes. Micarah is knowledgable but she seems to think that the costumes are bad because they aren't "typical" of the era, not realizing it's a deliberate choice to make the characters fresh and unconventional.
I think some people get too hung up on "historical accuracy" when sometimes other things are more important.
@fjrjejd giriejfn "What would the reason be to make them look like hippies when that isn't what the story is about?"
Because it helps you see the characters in a new way. This is a new interpretation of the story, if it were just another note-for-note retread of the source material there wouldn't have been any point in making it. Keep in mind this is the director's personal interpretation and it's no more or less valid than anyone else's. She's just telling the story the way it is meaningful to her and that's what artistic expression is about. The reason there aren't bonnets for example, is because she said she just doesn't like them. And that's fine. You may prefer the more historically faithful versions but that doesn't make the costume designs bad, it's just preference.
Micarah makes some fair criticisms like the flow of time and the number of dresses for a supposedly poor family, but a lot of it just boils down to preference/wanting the movie to be something it wasn't trying to be
@fjrjejd giriejfn I don't know what you think hippie is supposed to mean in this context. It just means being counter to the culture at the time.
"Like she said some characters would still have certain items of clothing for who they are as people"
No, for who *she* imagines they are as people. Maybe the director imagines them differently.
"She could also do a hippe feeling without taking away from the historical dresses"
Maybe, but she didnt want to do that. She has said that many period pieces look like costumes rather than clothes and she didnt want her movie to feel like that. Again this is just a matter of personal preference. It is not poor design, just different priorities than you.
@fjrjejd giriejfn Cool. Guess we'll agree to disagree.
@@duewest9801 Well, the choice in dress design didn't give me the impression that they were radical. It came across that they were more privileged than they actually we're supposed to be.
My adhd loves how quickly she talks, it makes it so much easier to watch. I love this
hey, me too!!!! she's so fun to watch!!
Same my adhd didn't get bored watching this so that's definitely saying something
loser
:D same here!!
@UCQ2iKglDkpN_oAKzpcEYYQw fuck off
me, a person who’s never seen or read little women and has little interest in fashion history, is now IRATE at the costume inaccuracies of little women. 10/10
That Beauty and The Beast dress was like a slap in the face considering how gorgeous was a dress in Cinderella live action movie.
And people still had the audacity to say the Beauty and The Beast live action was Better than Cinderella .
Qaadira Khan
The costume designer for the film said “it looked amazing, covered with gold” like are we looking at the same thing? I would consider it too cheap even for a Halloween party.
Exactly what I said after we walked out of the theater, Disney delivered two, TWO breathtaking dresses for Cinderella (the iconic and legendary blue ball gown and the wedding dress) even her plain blue everyday dress was pretty and cute but for Beauty and The Beast we got a very blah dress. They messed up allowing Emma Watson to have input/control over the design of the dress, I mean it was pretty obvious after Cinderella people were anticipating the reveal of Belle’s dress and they should’ve gone above and beyond to accomplish the beauty and magic they gave us then. My sister even said that the Disney park dresses for the princesses were a million times more beautiful than the prom dress blah we got, which I agreed with 💯 there are even cosplayers that have made extraordinary Belle dresses.
Emma also refused to wear corset. Cinderella is the best visual movie compared to the poorly made weigtless beauty and the beast. Yet as story I love more B&B so beautiful story but awful movie.
YES! Cinderella's dress was MAGICAL! Belle's was quite a flop..
*standing ovation*
This is all I needed. Thank you Bernadette. I was legit quite concerned about whether you’d approve.
@@MicarahTewers Of course! This is the sort of quality education the internet needs 👌💯
If Bernadette approves on something historical, then i'm here for it.
The godesses have spoken to each other, we shall not ignore this omen.
Bernadette's take on good and not good period costuming are in two wonderful videos.
With regards to Amy's clothes, the book clearly states that the bane of her existence in her school years was the fact that she had to wear her richer cousin Flo's hand-me-downs. Flo's mother had no taste, and chose colors that went badly together, and were completely ill-suited to Amy's coloring in particular. I really didn't get why she had the best wardrobe in the early years.
AMEN ABOUT EMMA WATSON BELLE’S DRESS
I, too, was recasted when I saw that dress 😞
Fr I love emma but they should've recasted as soon as she started messing with the dress so many people would have been a better choice than her. It was atrocious and we were robbed. Will never get over the monstrosity 😭
This didn't feel like a rant but me getting educated about dresses and history.
Same
Same.
Heck yes! There is no need to feel guilty for having strong opinions about something you are so passionate about and which you have sufficiently researched. This was such an interesting watch!! I did not expect that and I love it.
Funny too. But I did learn a little more about the Ricocco era which will help me later on for sure. Thankyou Micarah! 😊
Same!
"Maybe her outfits are supposed to reflect the accuracy of her American accent" OH SNAP
or maybe you mean OOF
Ope!
She really snapped with that one , OUCH
I actually rolled over 😂😂😂😂😂😂
SAVAGE
jee, the book literally makes a huge fuss over dresses and hair styles. Jo's burnt ball dress, Meg's dowdy white tartalan, Amy having to wear her cousin's hand-me-downs... only Beth was happy with her dress. curls are a must, so are bonnets. Jo hates wearing her hair up coz it means she has to behave like a lady. Meg is making a go-to-concert bonnet when she tries to make it up to her husband. I can go on and on... and I think Emma Watson is more suited for Amy or Jo, not Meg.
yesssss i can definitely see emma watson as amy, but she doesn’t have Oldest Sister Vibes, especially due to the costumes
@@sylvan44 I haven't read the books so when I learned that Meg was supposed to be older than Jo I got a suspense of disbelief whiplash.
Oh and Amy and her dress with flowers, and Jo playing with kids holding her bonnet (I might be wrong tho I haven’t read the book very recently)
@@mirjanbouma because meg doesn't act like an older sister most of the time, in my opinion.
Yes, she was doing chores and sewing but her traits and behavior doesn't give a "big sister" aura.
@@perfectionmadeflesh Florence would have made a great Meg but her Older Amy was THE best portrayal. I think that’s why she got the role.
LETS ADDRESS THE FACT THAT PEOPLE STILL THINK CORSETS GO DIRECTLY AGAINST SKIN AND FORGET ABOUT UNDERGARMENTS AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STAYS AND CORSETS
Someone hire this woman to do costumes for a movie I think she knows what she’s talking about
No she KNOWSSSS
Seriously. The cost effectiveness of letting her lead a costume design team would be worth it alone. She’s knowledgeable about time periods and can maintain accuracy despite exaggeration.
What a talented, skilled, and amazing woman. So happy youtube put her in my recommendedZ
anonnymouses yessss she so talented!
@@anonnymouses7134 Good idea, except one thing. Why cost effective? She should be paid the full market value of the job for her skills. She shouldn't be paid any less than anyone hired to do the job. This is one of the things that really upsets me, as a person who works in the textile world. People should be compensated their full worth for their expertise.
@@mynvision I think they meant that she knows how to budget and make costumes at a very low price with high detail and quality. I definitely agree with you though 🙏🙏
10/10 would watch your rant again about Belle's disappointing yellow dress.
Sarah P omg YES
Yes please!!!
Sarah P i hated that dress. it looked like something from the early 2000s.
Oh I know. As if they had never watched the original film!
Oh. Me too 🤣
As someone who actually does clothing design and costuming for film, this was on point. This costume designer needs to just do films in the 1900's onward. She got lucky with Pride and Prejudice. She obviously doesn't understand character arc and "armor".
Your hairstyle is pretty
@@Raman_Kumar_09 thank you!
lol that doesnt make you an expert you moron
You probably don’t know even close to as this person “you moron”
@UCQ2iKglDkpN_oAKzpcEYYQw that LITERALLY makes her an expert you moron.
There’s an episode of “Anne with an e” (which is set in the early Edwardian era) where in the beginning if the episode the young girls are seen with children’s clothes (knee length dresses, very simple hairstyles etc.) and at the end of the episode, where they were in college, they wore more adult outfits (longer skirts, hats, white blouses, waist-coats) and you could feel the difference in them, at the end they looked grown up and tall and sophisticated, where in the beginning they looked like little girls. I think they could’ve done the same with little women, specially because the actors were the same and were already adults, but they failed miserably. I’m extremely disappointed
That might be true however, Anne with an E did a disservice to her character compared to Anne of Green Gables 1985. Anne with an E mock and doesn't wear a corset which is what she would have worn during that time period. Whereas Anne of Green Gables wore/loved the feminine clothes of that time and it didn't take away from her uniqueness but compliment it. Anne with an E does that classic 'I'm not like other girls' trope just as Little Women by rejecting corset.
@@teddypeony185 Anne with an E complained about corsets but definitely bought and used one when she moved away to go to college
@@teddypeony185
I uh. I’m pretty sure there was an entire scene that featured Anne (in Anne with an E) putting on a corset with Marilla so idk what you’re talking about
me, someone with no fashion knowledge and who hasn’t even seen little women: yaasss girl drag them
Ong
Lol me right now
👍🏼Me too
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same haha
Belle’s dress was a disappointment period in that live action and you know the budget was huge
all the money went into the weird cgi beast lol
And they even had a more accurate dress for the wardrobe character when she's human
It literally looks like a heavily tied up tablecloth
And the SINGING was TERRIBLE
Aleena Catooo the singing probably would've been horrendous if autotune didn't decently save it
I want to see Micarah collab with Karolina Zebrowska over their love of historically accurate costumes and bonnets and their frustration with Hollywood ignoring historical accuracy in favour of making more boring, inaccurate costumes. I need to see the Costume Queen and Meme Mom join forces on this topic!
It's kind of ironic how the most accurate dresses to the period are ALSO a problem because they are worn by the youngest sibling, making them innacurate. The movie's biggest strengths are it's biggest flaws, oddly enough lmao.
no one:
micarah: *makes a whole bonnet to prove a point*
I *strive* to be that petty
And I was here for it 😂😂😂😂😂
@@mariahhenderson1470 lol
To call this a rant is to diminish it, this is basically an video academic essay about costume
truuu
When a random girl can make a bonnet with cereal box while the actual costume designers can't design shit
Belle's dress still infuriates me. The 18th century, mostly 1760's to mid-1790's, is probably my favorite era for clothing. If I could walk around Philadelphia with a tricorn hat, you know, without being chased, I'd be content. Those hats are my bonnets. The women's hairstyles of those collective eras are just glorious, particularly during the 1770's when women would wear ginormous poufs decorated with statements and ideas similar to how I might rock a 'Bad Things Happen In Philadelphia' shirt. One of the most iconic was probably when Marie-Antoinette sported a whole arse ship in her hairstyle to celebrate the American Revolution. Belle's dress... The color, first of all, was rubbish. They had cloth of gold and silver back then - Marie-Antoinette's wedding gown was cloth of silver in 1770 ffs - and they throw her into that hateful mustard color? The lack of bounce in the skirt, the way it just slithered through the air like cheap incense smoke. Even Emma's refusal to wear a corset or stays could have been overlooked if the most iconic dress of the film didn't end up looking like something out of a small town's rendition of 'Beauty and the Beast' on ice.
“Oh they were poor” “but putting your hair up is literally free” SENT ME
The belle dress was so depressing. I didn’t even care to see the remake and still was so excited to see the dress. Then it turned out to be more the dress that doesn’t get chosen on say yes to the dress.
I am so impressed.
You ranted about a subject I don't care about at all.
But your passion for it drew me in and I found it very interesting what you had to say.
Great video.
Very informative!
You put it into words.
Greta Gerwig literally said she didn't want any hoop-skirts and corsets in the movie because she finds them unappealing garments. I got so mad, like what the hell? If you want to make a historical movie in a historical time and try to claim it as historically accurate then you can't make decisions like that! at least we know most of the mistakes are not the costume designer's fault.
Lionstar16 Except she never said "lets make a historical movie" Directors take liberties with history ALL THE TIME. It doesn't make her a "feminist idiot" what a sexist insult.
But ronnie, you do understand that the movie was based on a book that was supposed to be in the 1860s - 70s?
I'm pretty sure hoop skirts and corsets were pretty basic things to have back then ESPECIALLY when trying to be fashionable, like the characters in the movie.
@@bushbabe7493 I think the characters in the book wanted to be fashionable, but the characters in the movie valued different goals. It's an adaptation of a book, not a replica. It comes from the world and is an *inspiration* of the book, it's not an extension of it Also, it's a movie/visual piece of art, enhanced with audio -- not a historical documentary. If Greta Gerwig wanted to be historically faithful, it'd be a different story, but that wasn't her goal.
@@jamielaw4749 If you adapt a story based in a historical context and the film still intends to represent the time period, if she wanted to do an adaptation or an interpretation of the film without being "historically faithful" then she should have interpreted the story in another context. Since she presented the story still in its original context, the period, environmental, historical relevancy, and everything but deliberately chose to omit aspects of historical fashion elements because of personal standards. At this point, it just seems like she did not have the level of dedication now knowledge nor historical awareness to "interpret" the film in a sensible manner, but rather a messy presentation due to modern aesthetic influences. If one cannot be faithful to the historical fashion presentations of a film still set in a historical setting, there is nothing "creative" or "interpretative" to this.
yup its not desighners of emma watsons fault
I will defend Emma Watson’s accent in this movie. Not on the basis that it’s not horrendous - it is, but on the basis that if I have to listen to American actors terrible attempts at British accents in movies all the time, y’all should have to listen to our terrible American accents.
Turnabout is fair play!!!
Her accent in the bling ring was perfect.
Except we drag poor accents regardless of nationality. Doesn't matter whom it is.
Fair point.
And also, let's be honest, she's in the same movie as Saoirse Ronan, who's a good enough actress to not have problems with accents, so it just makes hers look even worse in comparison and more noticable as a result.
@F C and Eliza scanlen (she’s Aussie)
... or we can just call out bad dialect work in movies whenever they happen. Bad British accents by Americans doesn’t justify Emma having a bad American accent... 🤷🏼♀️
Emma Watson ruins every costume department she has an influence on
stop bashing her she had as some influence but she is an actress not a costume designer. >:(
@@dolphixwaters319 Which is why she shouldn't get so much influence. She's hired to act, and that's it.. If the crew wants her opinion on something then that's fine. Otherwise she should just stick to what she was hired to do
@@latrolettteeeeeee she's really not tho.
@@latrolettteeeeeee what a child
@Ana Amaro i have adhd
And that’s that on that
Eliza G PERIOTTTT
*y e s*
This is a lil creepy, but I have the same name and my last name starts with G. It's like seeing comment you didn't wrote but it has your name
@@elizaglu4987 WOW
Eliza Glu woah-
Not only does she talk about the historical inaccuracies, she also talks about how the dresses do not match the character traits... amazing vid👌👌
And plot holes. My god was I distracted by the blue silk belt thing
This video helped me realise how important not only accuracy is, but context as well. Like Micarah pointed out, Amy's schoolgirl outfits are historically accurate, but because she's the youngest, she logically should be wearing out of date hand me downs from her sisters
@@PlaystationSimmer No! In the book, Amy wore clothes that were handed down to her, specifically, from a rich cousin, so they were expensive.
E Dennis but they were still handed down, so they wouldn’t have been at the height of fashion, but slightly behind it, even if they are well made and in nice quality fabrics.
@@edennis8578 This is the 2019 movie, not the books
This was honestly validating bc I kept thinking if I hadn't just read the book I wouldn't know what was going on in the movie. Everyone looking the same age, ESPECIALLY TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET, really took me out of it
I love this breakdown and didn't realize just how much the costumes could've improved the overall storyline of the new little women. I agree with everything you said and who the heck wouldn't want to wear a bonnet I mean come on!
Can we talk about how she spent $30 on a dress ANd LoOkED PRETTIER THAN EMMA W H A T
Ultimate trash This is totally unrelated but I love your profile pic
Ultimate trash they’re both very beautiful!! there’s no reason to bring emma down to bring micarah up!! 🥺
@@ruby-sg4nk and I like yours too ;)
@@avas5329 not saying that Emma isn't pretty.Just personal taste.I love the way Micarah's photos looked.Like Emma is a 8.9/10 but Micarah is a 9/10
the grand king has spoken
Take a shot every time she says “Creative Liberties”
A shot of water because it’s good to stay hydrated!
This is some downright PROPER advice
@@MicarahTewers agreed
i wanted to comment that whaha but not anymore oka stay safe bye
take a shot every time she says bonnet lol
Thanks to this video and comment I keep a healthy lifestyle
I will never not be angry that Emma Watson ruined our collective Belle's dress dreams for want of a corset, then _immediately agreed to wear a corset in_ Little Women, _which was her _*_very next film._* Genuinely, it was selfish. She knew that she couldn't make the same demands of Gerwig that she did of Disney if she wanted to work, and she chose what benefited _her_ -- not the audience, the character, or the story -- every time.
I think you've filled in the gaps with your biased assumptions. There's a lot of people that's involved in big budget films' decision making, from actors to pr to lawyers etc. You can't assume Emma Watson is behind everything.
@@AishInTheHouse Well, according to Jacqueline Duran, "For Emma, it was important that the dress was light and that it had a lot of movement. In Emma’s reinterpretation, Belle is an active princess. *She did not want a dress that was corseted* or that would impede her in any way."
As far as character changes, Watson said, "In the animated movie, it's her father who is the inventor, and we actually co-opted that for Belle. I was like, 'Well, there was never very much information or detail at the beginning of the story as to why Belle didn't fit in, other than she liked books. Also, what is she doing with her time?' So we created a backstory for her, which was that she had invented a kind of washing machine, so that, instead of doing laundry, she could sit and use that time to read instead. We made Belle an inventor."
_All_ the press (positive, promotional press) around the movie touted her refusal to wear a corset and how the iconic dress was going to be a big surprise because it had to be redesigned around the new, "more feminist," version of the character that Watson had envisioned. If that were not the case, I think the Mouse had the strings available to pull to correct or shut down the omnipresence of those stories, which came out of major, established outlets.
The costume designer no doubt got instructions from the producers. To change the design ! of The Big Dress compared to the animation movie - this is a big thing ! and the decision about it was not left to a young actress. Never mind promotion statements. Not even Emma Watson would have been allowed to mess with any marekting decision they made regarding the design of the dress.
Emma Watson giving it a feminist spin (and I do not doubt she beliebed it) sounds better, than: We know fans have high expectations for the big dress (they always have for the robe of the heroine), but we think we can make more profit from merch if we modernize The Big Dress.
The "Disney Princess" and her respective dress as per the animation movie (= merch !) ar major, major brand of Disney. And they are beloved by fans, so the producers knew this was emotional. Belle's dress was easier to turn into a marketable version for the fan shops. Sure Emma Watson may have had objections to a corset, rest assured she would not have been allowed to give input or criticize that decision in the promotional tour, if they had not planned on a modernized version of the dress for this princess.
Else they could have easily explained to young Emma, that a corset type understructure is still a sign of highy quality in big robes and wedding dresses.
What would have made it palatable for Emma:
It is not necessary that the corset is pulled very tight (to the point the woman's organs had to shift place ! and she gets an unnaturally tiny waist), it can be just a structure from the waist up to the bust that gives the upper body and especially the bust a good shape and it also encourages good, upright posture. That type of understructure (usually integrated into a robe) is also the best way to create a strapless robe.
They did not have bras back in the day, the corsets kept the boobs in place.
What was that quote from her third Harry Potter movie, said by Professor Snape?
“Are you incapable of controlling yourself, or you take pride in being an insufferable know-it-all?”
Have I ever see little women? no
do i love fashion? yes
Did i annoys parents by practically retelling this whole video to them whilst watching a marvel movie? absolutely
You should watch the movie tho. Like it’s pretty good in my opinion
I have never related to the energy of this comment so much in my life
@@candirach I did end up watching it and it’s a great movie but the costumes still bugs me to this day 💀
“PUTTING YOUR HAIR UP IS LITERALLY FREE” HAS ME ROLLING
QVXO I began cackling like a mf witch 💀 ITS SO TRUE aksheuiwkwjs
Just the idea of being too poor to tie your hair up was way too funny to me
"I think you can be socially functioning, appropriately dressed individuals, and still believe in basic human rights."
...And that's how you make me fall in love in just one sentence.
I am so pleased 😭💕
AGREE!
OH MY GOD I READ THIS ON THE EXACT MOMENT SHE SAID IT
I really need more rant videos from you, this was so therapeutic.
The fact that Emma Watson, in her “feminist” vendetta against corsets, is actually erasing and ignoring the fact that women were capable of not only existing comfortably but even working and exercising (well, as much as they could) comfortably is so laughably ironic. She’s making victims of people who weren’t victims at all in that regard. As if there weren’t already enough injustices women have actually had to face, to be making up even more to heap on to the list
Very true! Corsets we’re a women led industry as well! It’s really an erasure of history
EXACTLY! She's moving the focus to something far less significant, and it's not helping anyone!
Feminist? More like “taking pride in being an insufferable know-it-all”.
I remember reading the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder (she is a teenager, they have moved to the West). She must wear a corset (and does not like it at all), but since she often helps her father with physically demanding farm chores (like harvesting hay) she is allowed to open it for these chores. (Her mother does not like it much "your are going to get an impossible figure") Not sure if Laura is required to wear the corset during the night, or if that is a concession her parents made to her (so rest assured Mary did wear the corset day and night). In the first book it is mentionned that her mother Caroline had a tiny waist, Charles then her suitor / fiance could span it with his hands. Her mother is (low key) proud of that, and the little girls pick up that this is a remarkable accomplishment.
Of course her mother could not keep up with that standard, pregnancies and chores in the kitchen, garden, and taking care of the animals.
I feel like Amy, who painted her shoes often to pretend they were new ones, would appreciate your economical bonnet.
Love this 🤣
I swear I hear the "They were poor so they'd wear their hair down and not wear corsets and have a lower/higher neckline" excuse so much. I honestly just wish costumers would just say that they wanted to focus on other aspects besides historical accuracy rather than them saying "Oh, the family was radical so they obviously didn't care about fashion". Like, I don't care all that much about fashion, but my wardrobe isn't clothes from 20 years ago and 20 years in the future.
Exactly. It would make more sense actually if the sisters all wore dresses a just few years out of date, and that the dresses were more plain than other characters. This would not only convey that they can't afford the latest fashions, but also that they don't prioritise fashion while still not disregarding historical accuracy completely
Hair up isn't expensive and was actually quite scandalous. For alot of people they could wash their hair much of at all so their hair was very greasy. This meaning wearing it down was dirty and if you had nice clothes or clothes that should last a long time then that means you would wear your hair up to protect your dress and your sanity.
how can you be sure you're not wearing clothes from 20 years into the future? no matter what you say, i am now convinced you're a time traveller.
Working women in different eras wore corsets for field work and house labors because gave the correct posture so you didn't got any back injures and hold the breasts on place so they didn't bother them doing the labors lmao
Right?!! Have they never heard of the HUGE second hand clothes market that was around in history? No matter how poor you were, you could find a way to get a corset or proper undergarments by making them or buying secondhand
When I started watching the video, I thought, "ah, Little Women absolutely deserved the Oscar and they wore great stuff in it." But you convinced me. Completely. You're absolutely right.
The bit about Belles dress made me LOL!!!!!! But also YOU MADE THAT DRESS WITH $30 OMFG THAT IS AMAZING!!!!!! You are SO talented!
They really were like “hm this doesn’t feel right... tie a ribbon around her waist” with every outfit huh
It's like they wanted to put a swiss waist on them in every scene, except they had no swiss waists or outfits that would work with them. A swiss waist would work on some of these characters but not with the costumes they were given.
I think it was like "she looks bulky. Give her a waist" but yes. Didn't make any sense
I don't know, but maybe the Dior's designer Maria Grazia gave a helping hand :D (If you watch regularily HautLeMode, than it's an easter egg for you)
Wow Micarah really seems to have a bee in her bonnet about this whole thing
Silvia Seidle I see what you did there.
I SRKREEEMED at this
And the comment of the day goes to...
yes, yes she does
and, at least Micarah has a bonnet in which to house her bee ;)
A bee with a bonnet in her bonnet, because bonnets.
Meg at the beach has THE EXACT same hairstyle I wore as a bridesmaid in my brother's wedding a couple years ago.
Seeing basic fashion staples (corsets, stays, hairstyles, hem length etc) disregarded in historical films makes me sigh. Don't people understand how ridiculed and ostracized the characters would have been? It would be similar to the "only at Walmart" commentary. So many judgemental and askance glances at the spectacle! I understand and empathize with wanting to update an old look or fashion to be more contemporary, but in terms of this version of "Little Women" it would have made just as much sense/nonsense to dress them in jeans and tshirts. In other words... the wardrobe choices in this film made no sense at all.
Summary: stop casting Emma Watson in historical films if you’re gonna let her tweek her own costumes.
Edit: for everybody saying that it was a decision with her and the directors, it wasn’t. It was said in an interview that she refused to do the film if she had to wear a corset. According to her, she didn’t want to change her natural body shape and inflict unhealthy standards, but the truth is that corsets and shemises where the underwear of that time. Though they could be used to alter the appearance that wasn’t to original intention. She didn’t have any of her facts straight.
Agreed - she just doesn't understand that her feminist 'no corsets' shit doesn't belong in a film where corsets were the essential underwear.
Amen, and amen.
I didn t know this. Was her the one who decided bot to wear a corset?
@@alessiab426 yupe. She said that in an interview.
Alessia Barcella yep
Honestly I would love to hear a full rant about Belle's dress because that was the most disappointing animation to live action gown design I have ever seen. No gloves, no corset, no elegance! Ugh, still peeves me
And compare that to the gorgeous Cinderella gown.
@@blainevanity6 OMG yes! Cinderella's gown was stunning
YES
Cinderellas is the best dress to date. Jasmine's dresses were so disappointing. I'm of South Asian ethnicity and I have better party dresses in my wardrobe from five years ago than what Jasmine was wearing. They added a bollywood flair to the whole movie (which was annoying because Arabia and bollywood are not the same thing) and they couldn't even Google South Asian party wear to get ideas!?? They looked so cheap and tacky and noone in Arabia or south Asia would wear that rubbish. Very disappointed. They ruined my princess anyways (Jasmine was the brown princess I related to) and they just destroyed her character and personality in the live action. Thank God we have the animated.
Emma Watson didn’t want to wear a corset because of ridiculous feminist reasons. I mean, the corset was like the substitute of a bra, the thing she did wasn’t feminist, it was ignorance
Can we please get more Micarah video essays? Education with wild editing means I paid attention because my ADD was satisfied by the chaos.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I don't understand why they keep casting Emma Watson as an American. Her accent is horrid.
Yes! In perks of being a wallflower, you can tell she’s struggling to get her accent right.
Maybe because she's popular? Idk, i don't understand too, after Harry Potter, i can't find her acting satisfyingly good. 😂
@@lablyaspiras6966 same I know she has a huge fanbase because of hp but she is not that good of an actress and tbh she was good in playing Hermione because she is just like her in real life
@@usernamesareoverrated6659 true, now it's so obvious compared to other actresses in her recent Little Women movie tho :/
@@usernamesareoverrated6659 also i think out of the trios (Ron, Harry and Hermione) Ron is the most underrated in fact he's a better actor than Dan and Emma
This is single-handedly the most historically detailed, most spicy, and most nice/apologetic costume take-down on UA-cam. Congratulations.
Don't forget creative. I think I'm going to subscribe for the bonnet making alone.
So much random and happy energy!
may i suggest a tie for the title with Bernadatte Banner's "Correcting 500 years of 'Historically Accurate' Halloween Costumes"? When she pulled out the old English fluently? I SWOONED. I love these types of videos lmfao.
Robyn Wilson Ok, fair point! Although if my memory serves me, I think Bernadette's was a little bit heavier on the spice and a bit more unapologetic- in a good way tho! 😂
@@robynwilson9227 She is a Goddess. Love Her. And not just because she makes beautiful things and talks about them beautifully.
So many amazingly talented people in the world. I feel blessed to know of them.
@@goldengryphon I know omw, I am such a big softie for people talking about what they love, seeing people get passionate about things and going in detail is so darn cute to me. Seeing people so passionate and creative makes me so darn happy. So many talented people out there it's not funny. 😫🤩😭👑😍
Oh I remember the 1994 version had the decency to have Amy rewear one of her sister’s dresses when she’s older
Yes!!!! The beloved blue afternoon dress 💙
@@MicarahTewers Hewwo
Also, the red gown that Jo wore to Mrs. Gardiner's Christmas party was worn by Beth the Christmas that Mr. Laurence gave her a piano.
I think what makes this even sadder is that the designer obiously knows how to make historically accurate outfits which only leaves us with the explanation that the production / studio had a lot to say in it and fucked it all up ....
Why are you not a Hollywood costumer? I just discovered your videos a few days ago and I can’t stop watching. You’re incredibly talented
Can someone PLEASE hire her to design costumes for these type of movies.
I showed this to my mother, who has been a seamstress for four decades, has a PhD in theater, and specializes in award-winning historically accurate costume design for local theater companies. it brought her so much joy. THANK YOU.
Sorry to be so forward but your mother sounds awesome!!
Ahhh your mom needs to be my mentor
the way i gasped when she said "it's little women, not little girls [or] toddler girls, so why do they look like they were dressed by toddlers?"
Let's be real: Laurie had the best fashion in this film
Oh to be a Micarah Tewers who’s not only beautiful and talented, but she’s also full of knowledge
Micarah is like Bernadette Banner if she wasn't pretentious and irritating.
@@TheSongwritingCat and i oop-
@@TheSongwritingCat *pretentious and pestiferous
@@TheSongwritingCat Agree!! No one else I've encountered seems to think that she is pretentious, so I wondered if I were the only one. I don't understand how others can watch her.
@@alishajade5621 Same here, she made a video defending the corset that was clearly from a very thin closed mind. I get bloated from wearing tights, I'm pretty sure I'd pass out in corset era. I don't understand how people can get past her condescendence when there are so many other talented historic fashion youtubers who are nice.
Why aren't you working in Hollywood fact checking every costume department???
I think the people who worked on the costumes could have made them historically accurate but chose not to. You make it seem like they wouldn‘t know what people wore back then...
@@hannalor333 when producing a period piece, make it period, otherwise make it too fantastical to be mistaken for accurate history. The style in this film just comes across as lazy, which is too bad...the 1990s version was dead on with costuming and the story didn't suffer at all for it.
hannalor333 but why would they CHOOSE to not make it historically accurate? That doesn’t make any sense. It seems like they just didn’t worry about it because they didn’t think anyone would even know the difference. I think it’s important for the costumes to match the storyline... Otherwise, what’s the point?
@@chelseaozanic92 Well, the acting and the way they spoke was quite modernized as well, which might indicate that it was actually a choice to not make certain aspects of the movie historically accurate. Or at least, not to emphasize it so much. I don't really know if it was a choice or not, but it is something that some directors do for artistic purposes (or a variety of other reasons).
Half the time people don’t care about historical accuracy. It’s more about how pretty the costumes are and if capture the essence of the characters and how cheap they are. It sucks but it’s true.
There is almost no way you will see this, but this is the video that allowed me to find your content 3 years ago and I think some more videos like this would be much welcome, not because it's critical, but because it's so fun to learn from you and I would assume it's easier to film. Anyway, love all the content!
Is it just me or has anyone else watched this video like 10 times for no reason.
Only twice but usually I only watch wids like this once. But it's so good and she slaaays
Day 7 of Quarantine: I learned about history, and historical dresses, and fashion. I've learned so much since I've seen the outside world.
This single video alone has taught me more than school ever has 😌
Literally I had to read the book of Little Women for school, and at least I learned more in this video than with the actual book
If you are interested in fashion history. The Ultimate Fashion History channel on youtube is pretty good.
I've been at home for over a month and yet I watch this video once a week
This comment almost made me cry cause I didn't realize it had been over a month.
Not only is this woman funny, but she’s smart, incredibly talented, and not to mention GORGEOUS??? She’s going to blow up so much I hope she knows and is ready for that
northern_lights My dude, remind me of the literal first line of that comment.
Was little women good do you guys recommend?
It’s funneh And the krew fan sadly, the women were not little and they were average sized. despite this inconsistency, I’ve heard it’s good.
It’s funneh And the krew fan honestly, I wasn’t a huge fan. Maybe it’s because I didn’t read the book though 🤷♀️ the acting was fine but I didn’t buy the story / it was confusing at times (because there are flashbacks) and I thought the choice to have actors play the young versions of their characters was off-putting. But that’s just me!
YESS SHES THE WHOLE PACKAGE!!!!!!!!!
So the March's are not really portrayed as being radicals in the books, BUT the Alcott's really were radicals. They were vegan in both their food and dress, which was kind of dangerous in 1800's Massachusetts. They didn't wear cotton because of slave labor, so they wore linen. They also had some weird nonsense about not eating root vegetables and we're members of one of those weird cult communities for a while until they almost starved to death and Alma took the children away and Bronson finally decided to follow them. Also Bronson decided that it was against his religion to accept any money for the work he did, hence why they were always grindingly poor. He had a moderately successful school for a little while, but he decided to integrate, which is very admirable, but put him out of business. Based on some of her other books, they might not have commonly worn corsets when he was in charge. There is a whole section about how unhealthy they were in her book Eight Cousin's, but there are definitely pictures of her when she is older wearing one. All this being said, however, she intentionally made the March's a lot more respectable than her real family.
The word you're looking for is cult, they were in a cult. Louisa May sure did make her characters more respectable than the family she grew up in...
WHEN YOU RIPPED ON EMMA WATSON'S AMERICAN ACCENT I LITERALLY CLAPPED
I can see Micarah sneaking on set of Little Women just to pass out bonnets 😂😂😂
LoL 😂
Micarah: whispers Emma Watson
Emma Watson: *turns around* what!?!?
Micarah: *buts bonnet on her* bye! *teleports back to her RV to get more so she can do the to everyone else*
Everyone except her (and her subscribers, friends, and family):scared
@@Kirkpepm Micarah: Also gives emma a CORSET CAUSE THEY ARENT ACTUALLY BAD
@@hannahbanna_ News lady: we have now spotted 8 cases of actors and actresses wearing more historical accurate clothes what well happen next back to you Karen
Karen : we know call it the tewer thief
Yep! 🤣🤣🤣
Emma Watson's Belle dress: I am a cosplayer on a tight budget.
Your Belle dress: I am an upper class French woman going to a formal ball.
Yeah Belle's dress was a HUGE letdown. They could have done so much better
So I know I’m a year late but last year my Grandmother was home alone around Easter because of a certain virus that shall remain nameless.
It was time for our weekly extended family call where we would play games like Pictionary over zoom. It was my grandmother’s turn to pick the theme. She picked a bonnet making contest. My sister and I used this video as a tutorial of how to make a bonnet in a day and it brought a smile to our grandmothers’ face seeing how much care we put into the contest.
One detail I love from the 1994 version is that Meg's blue "afternoon dress," the one that she doffs to wear borrowed finery at Belle Gardiner's ball, is the same fabric, and probably meant to have been made over into, one of the dressed Amy wears on Paris!
I'm only 4 minutes in but THANK YOU for bringing up the disappointing dress in the live action beauty and the beast I've never heard anyone else bring it up before and I always complain about it.
you weren't on tumblr or twitter then bc everyone was extreeemely disappointed with not only the casting choice for belle (seriously tho, why hire someone who doesn't have a background in singing?? the fuck!!) but the godawful dress that came from emma watson's stupid faux feminist babblings. this ain't me shitting on feminism either, cus i think it's a good and necessary movement, but things can definitely get pretty STOOPID at times when you have extremely privileged and wealthy famous women criticizing the wrong things for being "anti-feminist". and dramatic, gigantic princess ballgowns ain't it!! we all wanted drama, fantasy, beauty, and instead we got... a bargain bin prom dress you'd find at charlotte russe. DISAPPOINTED!!
thank you!! yeas I was greatly disappointed on the Whole movie! Emma Watson... not the Belle I was expecting ( no hate ) but could have gotten a Pretty Bellen not an attractive belle...Hope Im making any sense English is my second language ...
Ik right belle’s dress was my favourite for the off the shoulder and how it moved so beautifully and full x like Disney has a big budget , and like me most of the time I only watch the remake for the outfits , like Cinderella dress although it wasn’t exactly like the original was AMAZING ( sorry I’m ranting I just loved her original dress it was so unique) ok I’m done 💕
@@cmsimon5130 it wasnt emma's fault that the costume designer fuck it up, and shush bringing feminism down for the poor choices of an entire team of professionals
@Taylor Williams i know but she only ask no corset nothing else ,it was not her job to design the dress
“WhEre’S ThE rEAl mEg?!!
“Oh wait I found her she’s still in 1994....uh, wearing a bonnet...”
S H A A A D E
B o n e t s
Love!!!!!!!
Came to comment that! Thanks!
1994 version is the best version.
Shade... because of the bonnet ;)
Please do more of these kinds of video’s because I absolutely adore when people actually connect a story to the correct history time frame and what accurate costumes should have been.
God I love your analysis. You’re so informed and articulate. It’s like someone writing an essay but you make it lighthearted and I feel like I learned a lot about different eras of women’s fashion without feeling like I’m being talked down to. You’re so awesomely talented and smart
Hope to watch a movie someday and see: costumes by Micarah.
That sounds mad stressful..... but I’m down
That would be interesting
@@MicarahTewers Oscar worthy tho 🤷
@@MicarahTewers Im an opera singer and Id loooove to have you designing costumes for an opera!!!!
Everyone has a bonnet, even the dogs, and several members of the camera crew.
"Maybe she's supposed to look like this. Maybe her outfits are supposed to reflect the accuracy of her American accent." 😂😂😂
That was true shade. Subtle, but when you catch it it burns!
that was mean and inappropriate on her part and im not negotiating this
@@chrisvasileiadi1273 honey her American accent was awful
@@londy3127 oh so that's a reason to throw shade?
@@chrisvasileiadi1273 yep. I'm not seeing why you would be offended? All she said was the costume sucks, and emma watsons American accent sucks.
The real question though is why isn’t Hollywood calling you for costume design. I can’t imagine someone who so incredibly talented they can whip up that belle dress, not creating fashion for the world to admire. I’m not sure if that came out right. Basically, you’re an artist that deserves for your art to be seen on the big screen.
She can sew and she knows the history of dresses, well informed about it and, AANNDD SHE IS FUNNY. Micarah Tewers is who I aspire to be. (But I cant cause I’m here watching her instead of studying or choosing a hobby)
(Yes I don’t have a hobby)
If i took a shot for every time she said “bonnet(s)” I’d be getting my stomach pumped in the hospital
Accurate
Or "creative liberties"
Moony Gum
Ya know, I was gonna add that, but she only says it in the beginning like 3-4 times whereas she says bonnets throughout the video