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MR SELFRIDGE COSTUMES

Within this i will be looking at the different costumes within Mr Selfridge. I chose this as it is one of my favourite TV series’s for costume as it spans the early 1900s up until the late 1920s. It shows the development throughout the time period as shows how women's roles changed and how that affected the fashion of that time. 

I am very interested in how different characters wear different clothing and how they style them to show the different characteristics. This can be seen within the way the characters above wear their suits, As Mr Selfridge wears his very smartly and also with the jacket open which i feel shows that he is approachable as compared to Mr Grove on the left who has his jacket very tightly fastened which makes him look very reserved and insecure. 

Mrs Rose Selfridge and Mr Harry Selfridge watching Anna Pavlova performing her performance of the dying swan. The clothing within this scene is some of the most elegant dresses within this series. It shows a variation of the different styles of the most wealthy of guests. 

Miss Ellen Love (pictured on the left) was the spirit of Selfridges in the first series of Mr Selfridge. Due to this she always wore the latest fashion and the most expensive things as she was the face of selfridges which meant she was a walking advertisement for the store. Miss Ellen Love’s outfits are my favourite throughout of the whole of the first series.  The images of Anna Pavlova (pictured to the right) are shown of her performing the dying swan ballet performance.

There are clear classes shown within the Selfridges. Agnes and George Towler in the first series are shown to be a lower class more of a working class. (Pictured below) They are shown to have come from a humble basic beginning as their clothing is ill fitting and they have a very plain home with only the essentials. Agnes and George aren’t the only ones who are shown to be in the lower classes within Mr Selfridge there is also Miss Bunting who is shown to be unemployed which shows the complete range of classes within Selfridges. They are shown to be of lower classes by their clothing as they are aged and worn.

Another example of the classes within Selfridges is when they are wearing the uniform as each of the staff wears the uniform slightly different (As Pictured above). Agnes  (Pictured on the far left) is shown to be wearing a very basic version of the uniform without any embellishment or detailing it is also slightly ill fitting which shows it was not made for her specifically. Comparing this to the other staff Kitty Hawkins and Doris Millar who had a more middle class upbringing. Both Kitty and Doris have a more flattering uniform as they are fitted more to their figure and they’re embellished in their own style which shows their own style within the uniform.