green formal evening dress KissProm Sheer Corset Dark Beaded Mermaid Long Dress, Dark Green / 6 Elegant semi-formal yellow silk Colour:Forest Green Class_Dress with its figure

green formal evening dress KissProm Sheer Corset Dark Beaded Mermaid Long Dress, Dark Green / 6 Elegant semi-formal yellow silk Colour:Forest Green Class_Dress with its figure

Elegant semi-formal yellow silk dress with floral pattern and high heels.

Because the actual Duchess was both a fashion icon and political activist, Varekamp marvels at the ingenuity of her character’s look in that particular scene

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Colour:Forest Green

Ann Curtis explains: “The Romans in the togas were the equivalent of men in grey suits whereas Egypt had the allure of magic, heavy perfume and foreignness about it which tried to get away from Roman governance.” Colours were also used to emphasise two opposing worlds, which Charles Lewsen of The Times commented on: “While the stark black and white of the Romans’ clothes was modified only by a formal purple, Cleopatra’s court disported themselves in pinks, mauves and oranges.” Talking to Jean Hinton, who worked in the RSC costume department during the late sixties to mid seventies, made me aware of how much work went into the making of the costumes, in particular the costumes for the 1972 production of ‘Antony and Cleopatra’

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