#the creation's classical esque fit was inspired by how he was depicted in stage adaptations of the 1820s

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I know frankenstein is technically set in the 18th century but I can't help always imagining it in the 1810s when Mary Shelley was writing... I just love the regency melodrama of it all <3

[isablooo]

The Creation's classical esque fit here was inspired by how he was depicted in stage adaptations of the 1820s! Although they usually robbed him of his Miltonian speeches and used pantomime for his character instead, I adore this costuming choice! Like, of course a guy who learnt to read from Paradise lost and Plutarch's Lives would want to dress like his idea of a Greek philosopher

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I know frankenstein is technically set in the 18th century but I can't help always imagining it in the 1810s when Mary Shelley was writing... I just love the regency melodrama of it all <3