![]() Set in the 1860s, it features this beautiful reconstruction of a Victorian era mourning ensemble worn by Alida Valli as Countess Livia Serpieri. Senso (1954) sounds like an interesting movie that I have unfortunately never seen. The costumes from these movies, all by Piero Tosi, looked eerily like real museum pieces, and not only because several of them actually incorporated pieces of original period garments. In the exhibit, there was a whole section dedicated to director Luchino Visconti’s lavish historical dramas, the collaboration of Tirelli and Visconti being an important chapter in the history of the costume house. However, several professional high-resolution pictures of many of these costumes are available on the Tirelli website, so I recommend checking that in the remote case that you haven’t already done so!Įditor’s Note: You can click the photos in this post to see larger versions. ![]() My pictures are taken with a phone camera, so they often don’t do justice to the colors and mood of the costume in its intended lighting. Moving on in time, many beautiful 19th-century creations awaited in the third floor of the museum. In the first part of this series about the Glamour: Famous Gowns of the Silver Screen exhibition of a selection of Tirelli costumes in the Serlachius Museums located in Mänttä, Finland, we looked at costumes from films set in antiquity through the 18th century. You can see her work on her blog, Couture Mayah, or her Instagram. She’s a costumer doing 1870s, 18th century, and late medieval, and she loves to watch period flicks. ![]() Frock Flicks note: This is a guest post by our friend Maija Hallikas-Manninen.
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