#gabriella pescucci

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Costume designed by Gabriella Pescucci for Michelle Pfeiffer in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999)

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Vanessa Ives white dress in Penny Dreadful

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michelle pfeiffer in “a midsummer night’s dream” (1999) | costumes by gabriella pescucci

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Jessica Barden first wore this incredible striped gown by Gabriella Pescucci as Justine in the 2016 episode of Penny Dreadful, entitled No Beast So Fierce. The costume appeared a second time, paired with a different belt, in 2023 on Matilda De Angelis as Lidia Poët in The Law According to Lidia Poët.

Costume Credit: Katie S.

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PERIOD DRAMA APPRECIATION WEEK 2023 ‣ Day 3 ‣ Favorite Costume Design — costume design by GABRIELLA PESCUCCI

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Holliday Grainger as Lucrezia Borgia in The Borgias (TV Series, 2011-2013).

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In honour of costume designer Gabriella Pescucci who turns eighty. Born on this day in Rosignano Solvay, Tuscany, Italy.

Eva Green, Penny Dreadful (2014-16)

Holliday Grainger, The Borgias (2011-13)

Winona Ryder and Michelle Pfeiffer, The Age of Innocence (1993)

Michelle Pfeiffer, A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

Monica Belluci, The Brothers Grimm (2005)

Images and text courtesy of The Corseted Beauty on instagram

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Lucrezia Borgia ✨

My new The Borgias cosplay! I based this dress on the one worn by Holliday in season 2 episode 6 'Day of Ashes'.

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Laura Antonelli in The Divine Nymph (1975).

Costume designed by Gabriella Pescucci.

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One Dress a Day Challenge

August: Fantasy & Sci-Fi

The Brothers Grimm / Monica Bellucci as the Mirror Queen

I have only seen bits of this movie, but I was not the slightest bit surprised to find out it was done by Terry Gilliam! His touch is pretty unmistakeable. The costumes were designed by Gabriella Pescucci, who also designed The Borgias, among other things.

The Mirror Queen character is identified with a real queen from the fifth century, but her costume is pure fairytale. The deep red gown with the plunging neckline and metallic embroidery is spectacular, but it's the headdresses that really steal the show.

The golden headdress seems based on the fifteenth-century henin (see below), but taken to an extreme. That is what she wears when seen through the mirror, but when seen from "inside" the mirror, she wears a more sinister-looking headdress with horns. The bottom picture shows a much smaller tiara that she wears in a brief appearance during an earlier scene.

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May Welland (Winona Ryder) Red dress.. The Age Of Innocence (1993).. Costume by Gabriella Pescucci .

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Vanessa Ives black & red dress in Penny Dreadful

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The Age of Innocence (1993)

1993 was the second coming of 1939 when it came to the number of American films that were released. Martin Scorsese's "The Age of Innocence" remains one of that year's absolute gems, a departure (no pun intended) from the famed director's usual gritty nature. Replacing gunfire with passing glances and mafia dealings with upper class gossip, "The Age of Innocence" is classic Scorsese and in my opinion, among his best films ever.

Based on the novel by Edith Wharton, "The Age of Innocence" , focuses on the impending union of the two most important families in New York society. Lawyer Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) is engaged to be married to the sweet and quiet May Welland (Winona Ryder) and their marriage is the talk of the town. At the same time, May's cousin Ellen (Michelle Pfeiffer) has returned to New York to non-stop gossip pertaining to her impending divorce. Steeped in a world of customs and tradition, Newland is drawn to Ellen's unconventional lifestyle and while handling the matters of her divorce, the two begin an affair. Newland must decide which moral route to take, one that will maintain his place in the hierarchy of the upper crust, or the other sizzling in passion, yet tainted in scandal.

"The Age of Innocence" may be gentile in its appearance, but it's every bit the nail biter as "Raging Bull" or "Goodfellas". The adaptation by Scorsese and Jay Cocks shows dynasties pitted up against one another like mob families, favors that are made to keep up appearances and a family matriarch and high end couple with all the power in the world like mafia dons. At the same time, the art direction by Dante Ferrets and costume design by Gabrielle Pessucci, doesn't merely recreate late 19th century New York, but embraces every facet it possesses, from vast estates filled with art collections, fine china and chandeliers to ornate opera houses where their audience and actors don the most glamorous haute couture. When it comes to matching the authenticity of its period, there is not one false note. Having culminated from decades of prior period pieces, "The Age of Innocence" takes the genre to a whole new level of appearance that has rarely ever been repeated.

Scorsese assembled one of the most diverse casts of recent years. In addition to the 3 main actors, there are Golden Age of Hollywood stars (Norman Lloyd, Alexis Smith), veteran British actors (Michael Gough, Alec McCowen) and the new crop (Richard E. Grant, Robert Sean Leonard) and each brings their own craft to this unique film. Robert De Niro or Joe Pesci would have seemed out of place if they were included in the cast, so it was wise to delve further in the variety of acting styles and backgrounds and have each of them adapt to the lingo of Edith Wharton's New York. Also, to have the calming voice of Joanne Woodward narrate the story transitions the film into Merchant-Ivory territory, which I'm sure Scorsese studied up on prior to filming.

As for the main cast, Daniel Day-Lewis is absolutely terrific in playing the emotionally repressed Newland Archer, who must balance his double life amidst its open secrecy. Winona Ryder also shines in an Oscar nominated turn as May in all of its Golden Age of Hollywood charm. And then there's Michelle Pfeiffer, who is absolutely mesmerizing in portraying Ellen's liberal personality, in a performance that the Academy should have considered. The supporting cast standouts include Stuart Wilson as Ellen's "other man" Julius Beaufort, a lecherous scoundrel, Miriam Margoyles' BAFTA winning performance as Mrs. Mingott, May's grandmother, and Sian Phillips as Newland's mother.

"The Age of Innocence", along with Jane Campion's "The Piano", Jim Sheridan's "In The Name of the Father" (also with Daniel Day-Lewis) and James Ivory's "The Remains of the Day", represent in my opinion, the best of cinema in 1993. Out of those films, "The Age of Innocence" isn't the top one (that honor belongs to "The Piano"), but it represents the most expertly made. The acting, direction, novel adaptation and authentically honored period are all building blocks to the neatly tied packaged result.

9/10

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Costume appreciation series: Van Helsing (2004) dir Stephen Sommers

Costume Design by Gabriella Pescucci and Carlo Poggioli

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Rachel Weisz as Hypatia of Alexandria in Agora (Film, 2009).

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you can't deny the absolute GRIP gabriella pescucci costumes from the borgias have had on costume dramas as a whole given we're a decade on since the borgias ended and you still see gabriella pescucci dresses being recycled to appear in period dramas that aren't even set in italy. iconic, i fear.