#costumes: the romanovs

[eridonna]

𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚 – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥

𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒕 // 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒆

When Anya attends the ballet, she wears a pink gown during the initial premiere at Hartford Stage.

When the show moved to Broadway, Linda Cho reworked the costume referencing the Blue Gown from the 1997 animated movie.

This version has a fitted bodice with beading and sequins, off-the-shoulder straps with delicate crystal chains, a flowing skirt, and a long cape. It is paired long, elbow-length white gloves.

𝑷𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏

[empress-alexandra]

Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra dress as Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and his first wife Tsaritsa Maria Miloslavskaya for the 1903 costume ball.

[lesromanoff]

Grand Duke Vladimir and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna dressed up for a costume ball held in their palace in 1883

[dwreader]

Claudia’s sailor dress and historical references.

While a staple of childhood fashion among royalty and aristocrats for decades (Queen Victoria put her son in one in 1846 and set the trend for wealthy parents), the sailor dress for teenage girls was popularized in America in the 1900s by tailor Peter Thomson of Philadelphia. Louis who keeps up with fashion trends would’ve known immediately what to put his new baby in as this was THE look for little girls in the 1910s. It was eventually accepted as school wear for girls which is ironic since Claudia doesn't go to school or interact with other kids at all at this point. They are now largely associated with schoolgirls and uniforms.

While the majority of these childhood sailor photoshoots available online are of white kids, you can also find some examples of black children dressed in sailor fits from early 20th century so this was not exclusively a white kids only trend, which Louis surely would've been very conscious of.

[la-belle-histoire]

Princess Tatiana Konstantinovna of Russia in Fairy Costume, c. 1900s-1910s.

[thephantomofanastasia]

This is so cool. A production of Anastasia the Musical at the University of Mainz in Germany

Photo credit to musicalinc on IG

[ladywatereton]

𝓜𝓮𝓻𝓻𝔂 𝓧𝓶𝓪𝓼

⋆｡˚✴︎⋆˚·🎄·˚⋆✴︎˚｡⋆

🎥 Anastasia (1997).

🎶 Infinite Love, Emile Mosseri.

[jeannepompadour]

Varvara Vasilievna, Countess Musin-Pushkin, in 17th-century boyarina attire at the Romanov Anniversary Ball in 1903

[roses-of-the-romanovs]

OTMA in 1902 vs OTMA in 1916.

[la-madame-x]

𝚃𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚊'𝚜 𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 - 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗

This particular project will be a blend of two things - Grand Duchess Tatiana's Ulan uniform and a late Victorian walking suit [meaning the skirt will be changed from an asymmetrical riding habit skirt to an 1890s fan skirt, and the jacket will be cut to a curvier profile]. The patterns for the both the jacket and skirt will be entirely self-drafted based on the original photos shown above. Let's go over the materials: For the body of it, I chose a medium-heavy weight [450 gsm] English herringbone tweed in 'Dark Navy'. This totaled to 6 metres. The yellow front is also of tweed, but this time a plain weave and only 1/2 a metre. They are pictured below along with silver dome buttons and an antique fob necklace, because who doesn't need one of those. Additional materials such as trims for the collar and cuffs, as well as the belt, will be shared in a future post.

Photos are not mine [except for last one], I found them on Pinterest.

[chic-beyond-the-wall-oc-acct]

Drew a childhood oc

This is Avigeya Niktonova Nikolaevna (I tried). A guilty pleasure OC 😌

I've made her an imperial bastard because I can ;)

Big thank you to @rainwingmarvel7 for helping me figure out her color palette 🩷🩷🩷

And I'll be blending the canon from the animated movie and the musical together because I love them both. I know the designs aren't really true to the 1920's but I was struggling and the movie and musical aren't the most accurate either soooo

Oh Avigeya-- if I had a ruble for every time I named an oc after myself in some way I'd have 4 rubles...then I could buy a loaf of bread, some milk and maybe a couple pieces of fruit...in 1926

Also tags are being stupid so if they're messed up I'm sorry 😭

[eridonna]

𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚 – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥

𝑷𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑩𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒕 // 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒆

The Champagne Pink Gown with fluttery cape-like sleeves and short mesh gloves was featured in the initital Hartford run of Anastasia.

As many fans wanted to see the familiar blue gown from the 1997 animated movie, costume designer Linda Cho later reworked the costume for the subsequent Broadway run in 2017.

𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏

[romanovsonelastdance]

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia in costume, 1903.

[lesromanoff]

Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna 1903

[slozhnos]

linda cho your costume design is unmatched <33

[cruciatusforeplay]

Another bingo fill for @the-poly-armory collaborative Barton Birthday Bingo

Summary:

"You can't order pizza," Natasha cut him off, "I'm cleaning my guns by candlelight. It's a city wide blackout."

"We could acquisition pizza," Clint said triumphantly. Natasha and Bucky both started to make noises about how Avengers really shouldn't steal pizza during a blackout, when Clint flapped his hands to shush them. The candles flickered from the motion.

~~~

A short story about community, spending time with people you love and the absolute beauty of freshly baked pizza