She deserved more screen time in my books!! Receding hairline plus frizz plus queue — not a great look.

Okay, so the movie’s bumroll is too hippy, and the jacket could close a little bit more over the bust. I liked that they actually did their research and found out that Englishwomen generally wore military-inspired riding habits that referenced the regiments in which their family members (usually their husbands) served, so it was great to see both lead guys in their uniforms as well. Yes, more on Seymour’s later life would have been good! I think I’ll give this movie a chance given your complementary review! It’s just one of my fav 18th century movies, and I would just like to share it with the world. You get most of the good costume drama over there, we are constantly trying to get our hands on those shows! Looked like an absolute 18th century angel! Is this the same dress, worn without the capelet? Then I watched the first season and boy was I wrong about her.

Seymour, Lady Worsley stared down at me from the full-length portrait that hung on the wall at Harewood House. I love the hat with the subtle green plumes and ribbons, too. The story seemed fairly sympathetically covered but I would have loved them to continue it into a two-parter and cover her later life too, rather than the endnote. A look at the love affair between 1960s supermodel Jean Shrimpton and photographer David Bailey. 99% perfect! I pretty much liked all of the outfits — they were shiny, they were appropriate to the era (mostly 1781-ish), and they did a good job with adequate amounts of underwear and accessories (something a lot of productions are missing these days — I’m looking at you, Poldark). The waltz played towards the final scenes is 'Invitation to the Dance' by Carl Von Weber which was composed as a piano piece in 1819 and as an orchestration in 1841 by Hector Berlioz after Von Weber's death. Digital Spy - TV news An elderly man pieces together his childhood memories after finding his diary from 1900, which he wrote when he was 13 years old. I still have some clothes from my trousseau 48 years ago, and a lot of my clothes are a decade old. The judge was appropriately be-wigged in his “square” wig. Instead, I would like to focus on the Il marito, sir Richard Worsley, decide allora di citarla in giudizio e di chiederle un risarcimento di 20 mila sterline per i danni provocati alla sua reputazione e alla sua proprietà. waistcoat which is buttoned in the front with golden buttons. For your supporting cast, you’ve got the Viscount Deerhurst. Lady Worsley's Whim: an 18th-Century Tale of Sex, Scandal and Divorce This is a fabulous 18th-century tale of sex, scandal and divorce, and Hallie … But the queue (the long hair in back) should REALLY start at the crown of the head or just below for the 1780s-90s. Mr. Farrar was Lord Worsley’s lawyer and henchman. strength. I remember that a local stitchin’ witch showed up at a Rev War event in that riding outfit; it was impressive. Natalie Dormer as Lady Seymour Worsley was a perfect casting and she not only looks like the real Lady Seymour Worsley but acts in just the right way as far as I can tell. An eighteenth century drama details the scandalous life of Lady Seymour Worsley. This is one of the coolest parts of this site. I think so. [10], Lady Worsley later left for Paris in order to avoid her debts. — and is a reproduction of a real 18th-century jacket held at the Kyoto Costume Institute. In the heat of the summer of 1976, drama teacher Vivienne fights sweltering heat and general teenage apathy to put on an end-of-term version of Shakespeare's The Tempest. It’s interesting that it’s got the same collar style as the striped dress above — makes me wonder if it’s another recycled costume? How many times do people make biopics and not bother to actually LOOK at the real historical person? Plaintiffs: Sir... Seymour Dorothy Fleming, Lady Worsley (1758-1818), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seymour_Fleming&oldid=980435622, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2019, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB, Articles with French-language sources (fr), Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 September 2020, at 14:31. The (higher ranked) members of the army in their glamorous uniforms were considered to be exceedingly chic

IT WAS NOT GOOD. YOU’RE RIGHT, I’VE BEEN A VERY NAUGHTY GIRL.   |  AND, yes, the budget was very small, in fact the smallest budget I have worked on for years, I did my best. The BBC film dramatizing her life, called, But I don't want to talk about the scandal of her marriage and separation here. There is really a renaissance of public talk and speculation about Seymour going on, about the

This ironically evokes connotations of her being notoriously a scarlet woman.

Fabio D'Andrea: No Day Shall Erase You (A Flat Minor). Bisset, a captain in the South Hampshire militia, had been Worsley's close friend and neighbour at Knighton Gorges on the Isle of Wight. I think there’s one boob scene, but otherwise you get a lot of this. All about Logan’s Fierce Child Star Dafne Keen, The Great British Bake Off rises to the top of BBC iPlayer in August, The week in TV: The Scandalous Lady W, School Swap: The Class Divide, Show Me a Hero, Britain’s Spending Secrets, Natural World.

Are you open for movie suggestions for your 18th-Century Quest? Very pleased with all the positive comments and pleased people have recognised the research that has gone into my work, James Keast, Costume designer The Scandalous Lady W. Wow, thanks for the info! She sometimes wears it with a peach petticoat, other times with the same floral pink petticoat worn with the yellow dress.

Party scene c. 1775. I think it’s a holdover from (modern day) 16th century costume… I think people think it’s just the same crescent-shaped roll!

In fact, I thought Holiday Grainger would be a gone case in the Borgias. Seymour was forced to become a professional mistress or demimondaine and live off the donations of rich men in order to survive, joining other upper-class women in a similar position in the New Female Coterie. And they created a great skirt silhouette (again, I’m looking at you, Poldark). I love the peach color on the collar turn-backs. (TV Movie 2015).