10+ Movies That Either Costume Designers Or Makeup Artists Made Unforgivable Mistakes
Costume and makeup are interpretative tools in movies that describe the characters’ appearance. Choices of costumes are not only to add aesthetic value to the actor’s role but to design the character, devoting occupation, mood, status, or religion.
A project requires dozens of professional costume designers and makeup artists to create characters’ looks flawlessly. They are responsible for the characters’ styles and make sure the costumes correspond to the epoch shown in the flick. However, it isn’t easy to take care of every detail of a film, even experts make silly mistakes. At that time, some directors choose to turn a blind eye and ignore inaccuracies. Most of us hope we will not see any obvious mistakes like wearing earrings or a hairstyle in the wrong historical period.
We've collected 11 movies where experts didn't complete their jobs well.
A project requires dozens of professional costume designers and makeup artists to create characters’ looks flawlessly. They are responsible for the characters’ styles and make sure the costumes correspond to the epoch shown in the flick. However, it isn’t easy to take care of every detail of a film, even experts make silly mistakes. At that time, some directors choose to turn a blind eye and ignore inaccuracies. Most of us hope we will not see any obvious mistakes like wearing earrings or a hairstyle in the wrong historical period.
We've collected 11 movies where experts didn't complete their jobs well.
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#1 Head in the Clouds
Source: © Head in the Clouds / Arclight Films
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#2 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Source: © Lara Croft: Tomb Raider / Paramount Pictures, © Robert Bertoia/ Everett Collection / East News
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#3 The Tudors
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#4 The Edge of Love
Source: © The Edge of Love / BBC Films
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#5 Dirty Dancing
Source: © Dirty Dancing / Vestron Pictures
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#6 The Vikings
Source: © The Vikings / Bavaria Film, © The Vikings / Bavaria Film
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#7 Emma
Source: © Emma / Working Title Films, © Emma / Working Title Films, © The Piano / Miramax Films
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#8 The Virgin Queen
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#9 One Million Years B.C.
Source: © Studiocanal Films Ltd / Mary Evans Picture Library / East News, © East News
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#10 Troy
Source: © Troy / Warner Bros., © Troy / Warner Bros., © The Odyssey / American Zoetrope
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#11 Easy Virtue
Source: © Easy Virtue / Ealing Studios, © Easy Virtue / Ealing Studios
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