Ordinary lives briefing with Elizabeth

Ordinary lives briefing with Elizabeth and special guest Jayne Shrimpton

- This costume should be thought of as a up close 'film' costume.
-It should be for a 'real' person
- 1950's or earlier
-This character can be anyone, but it must before a 'real' person and be a functional garment
-day wear

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Biographical themes

• find an actual person
• be able to research that person
• think about archives 

Dicksee 1875 the house builders 

Richmond 1882 Mrs Luke Lonides 

Aesthetic Movement (woot woot)

Ellen Terry---->

Ann Macbeth 

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Conflict, human tragedy and disaster 

• Militant people 
• symbols to show affiliation 
• holocaust 
• womens land army 

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Working life

• less famous artists are great for everyday life 
• victorian labourers 

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NOTE: can go to the national gallery w/appointment and see the archives, also watch parades end....?

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Town and City Life

• can get information at churches 
• Marcellus LaRoon-street dryers of London
• shopping
• traveling-omnibus

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Leisure

• light summer dresses
• sports clothing 
• bicycling 
• tennis 
• motor cars etc.

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Ordinary lives at home

• family life 
• family photos

My great great grandparents, the little girl with the hat on the front of the Ford is my great grandma Loraine. I believe this is out on their chicken ranch.

<---my great grandma Loraine in the mid-late 40's (?)

 Her husband my Great Grandpa Bob Johnson and his dad, my great great grandpa Johnson

and they're daughter, my grandma Carol :)

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Lecture continued with Jayne Shrimpton

1840(s): beginning of photography, we'll find the subjects of these photo's to be more well to do
1850(s): Slightly lower class people can now afford to be photographed due to cheaper materials and lower costs
1856: crinoline introduced
crepe=morning <---more dull fabrics
sisters often dressed identically
proper corsets stopped by ~1920's but many women wore light corsets till the 50's