![]() We just believe that "it's just for teenagers" does not justify horrible visuals and cheap and lazy storytelling. We perfectly understand the role that target demographics play in shaping a media product. And we do think that Reigns "intent" doesn't justify such an enormous deviation from historical accuracy. I would kindly point out that had you bothered to read any other of our articles in this blog you might have realized that we KNOW and LOVE the fact that Costume Design sometime chooses to put the story and intent before historical accuracy. Remember even players in the middle ages wouldn't have worn AUTHENTIC clothes for the characters they played, they would have worn STAGE costumes that were perhaps a little more colorful, less rich and practical for the art of theatre! I would also prefer very realistic costumes but I am non-autistic enough to understand why the producers and directors do what they do. These films and shows simply arn't geared to your demographic, yah nerd! They're to make money and connect with most other people on the planet. It upsets you because you like watching historically accurate period films for the costumes themselves and for some reason you feel like they should cater to your needs only. The art of storytelling doesn't have to be bound by historical fact in all areas. Perfectly acceptable to do this and Reign, I think went out of its way to break the mold, deliberately and without speaking down to the audience. It was about the story of the women itself and old style clothing would have gotten in the way of being able to connect with the character. Reign was a show geared towards teenage girls, who don't really care about historical accuracy. I hope we've clarified our stand on what we meant about the ruff. So, once again, sorry if we didn't explain ourselves clear enough or were offensive in some way. But in order to make this communication really work, there needs to be some level of respect on both sides. We love to keep an open conversation with our readers because there is always something new to learn or improve. We are always open to corrections, what's more, we encourage them and always adreds them, we've always done it. So we are truly sorry if this article offended you at all, but there is no need to be this rude. We dedicate a lot of work to this blog, and we write out of deep love both for historical clothing and movie costume design. Secondly, we do our research, I won't deny that sometimes we get things wrong, but I don't believe is the case this time. It's simply not accurate at all to wear it as shown in the movies mentioned above. The main reason why it became a separate piece was so that it could be cleaned without having to clean the entire gown with it. What we meant was that it was not worn as you would a necklace. We are aware that the ruff is a separate piece of clothing held with strings on the back. Hi, first of all, we are weren't saying that it's wrong because it's impossible.
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