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In other words...A mix transition of later Muromachi and early Edo styles

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Informative, interesting, and the side by side comparisons of the clothes are so well researched and lovely to look at I had to pause a few times to take it all in. Wonderful video, thank you!

Such a cool niche topic: clothes throughout history: I will certainly be back and watch either the one about the romans or about the one about lucrezia borgia in the future 😎 I love that you include the functional ones like what underwear they wore and not just the "fashionable" or "fancy" items

This was such an enjoyable watch! I loved your commentary, your clear love for the film, and your slight sassiness throughout! You made me laugh on multiple occasions, this was just so much fun to watch, thank you for an amazing video. Also, I mean, awesome costume breakdowns and I love all the historical information I've learned from this 😊❤

Amazingly helpful video! I'm a beginner when it comes to fashion history, but your discussion was easy to follow while still covering a lot of information. I'm excited to go watch your Part 2!

I am always delighted with your videos and I really learn a lot, thank you. Have you heard of the Little Ice Age? It was between 1300's & 1700's and really affected England. I've read that is why there is so much fur in fashion then.

I just stumbled upon your CZcams channel, and I’m deep in love.

Cool accent I just cant put a finger on where you come from but I love your English mastery!

It's so good to see you again! I hope you are enjoying your new job and new city. I love your analysis of these costumes -- you pick up so much more than I do. I am looking forward to part 2.

7:48 Took me back to my high school years! I got a chuckle from that very relatable analogy to modern fashion. 25:00 Agreed, darned metal eyelets and grommets. Surely the wardrobe department in a big-budget film could afford a few people to hand-stitch the eyelets... Excellent video, thank you!

Great video. I agree with the helmets worn by the Gladiators. They seem to be a mix of all sorts of old props from other movies. The bull head worn by that one gladiator comes from Time Bandits (1980), while there's a mix of early medieval Saxon helmets amongst the Persian and Ottoman types. I think some of them may have come from Alfred the Great (1969) while the Roman legionary helmets are modified from English Civil War helmets from Cromwell (1970). Very thorough analysis and interesting video. Looking forward to Part 2!

You have more knowledge about mughals than romila thapar.

I have loved this movie and the play all my life. I was 14 when I saw it in the theater with my boyfriend of 14yrs old and future husband! We have been married now for 49 yrs and I have always loved Romeo & Juliet. I played Juliet many times through the years in plays, but have always loved the costumes in this movie. Do you know what happened to them? Please tell me they are preserved somewhere. I have sewn for the last 60 yrs and always wanted to make the red velvet gown. Somehow, life got in the way. As John Lennon said once...Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans. I have made costumes in this time period, and even worn some in the plays I acted in, but the red dress in this movie has always been a favorite of mine. Thank You for the lovely video.

This video was awesome! I love a lot of the japanese patterns shown in the sengoku period, they seemed more colorful and unique compared to some of the more plain colors we see associated with some japanese fashion, particularly men's fashion. there is a manga called Azumi (do not watch the movie it is terrible) set at the very beginning of the Edo period that is about a girl who works as an assassin for the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Tendai buddhist sect that has so many unique japanese clothing styles. The Sengoku period had just ended and you see a lot of samurai and bandits wearing more colorful and flamboyant clothes.

Are you Scandinavian or Nordic?

Such an interesting video, I didn't realize how many parts there were to a samurai's armor! Akira Kurosawa is such a top-tier favorite director, Spiderweb Castle/Throne of Blood is my favorite movie of his. He uses so much Noh theatre imagery in the sets and character designs. It also introduced me to one of my favorite actors, Toshiro Mifune (he can almost literally recreate a warrior mask but just with his crazy facial muscles). The armor is excellent in that movie too, and there's a scene at the end where Mifune as the main character is getting shot at with arrows that Kurosawa admits were REAL ARROWS from STUDENT archers. Mifune is such a champ lol I also binged your other videos, and your Yanxi Palace videos are a favorite.

Gable hood..very old looking for women….I think…

u r a foreigner, dont try to talk with such authority on our history, we have been trading our jewellery, presious stones pearls etc even with euro during 1 cen ad

also watch Bajirao Mastani, Padmavat, Mughal e Azam, Prithviraj, Panipat for medieval fashion

Lucrezia, as historically appears, never exist. In fact her name was ANNA MARIA SFORZA, a daughter of the Duke of Milan; Galeazzo Maria Sforza. She supposedly died in 1497 giving birth to an ALEXANDER, but there is no grave of ANNA-MARIA SFORZA, who is said to have been buried in the SAN VITO monastery, which has long since been dissolved, but according to Christian custom she should have been reburied, which did not happen. A picture of the LUCREZIA BORGIA (National-Galery of Melbourne, Australia) clearly reveals ANNA MARIA SFORZA with the dagger of the LUCREZIA BORGIA and the MYSTICAL ROSE, the same that also appears in the picture of LEONARDO DA VINCI as the ANNA MARIA SFROZA, very revealing, not true? ANNA MARIA SFORZA only changed her identity and became LUCREZIA BORGIA (*18.4.1480 looks at the numbers). Compare the picture from Melbourne with the PIETA by Michelangelo Buonarotti in the Vatican, it is 100% the same woman and the man is ALFONSO D´ESTE the later DUKE of FERRARA, the HUSBAND of ANNA MARIA SFORZA and allegedly the later HUSBAND of LUCREZIA BORGIA. (Politically-strategically unimportant, Ferrara was not important), if VENICE, where there is a STATUE of LUCREZIA, but which is older than LUCREZIA and comes from the king of the HOUSE OF ARAGON (Naples). Historians should look into this more closely, because the MONALISA of LEONARDO DA VINCI was the "BROTHER" of ANNA MARIA SFORZA = GIAN GALEAZZO MARIA SFORZA a TRANSSEXUAL better known as SALAI = LISA-A, MY LISA = MON A-LISA = NOM = MON = for the NAME and A-LISA = SALAI. The sister of ANNA MARIA SFORZA was the EMPRESS of HABSBURG "BIANCA MARIA SFORZA". It all sounds a bit bold, but I did some research and it's the truth. Added to this is the house OF ARAGON (NAPLES). The wife of MONALISA (ISABELLA of ARAGON) came from this house, her MOTHER was a SFORZA. The second husband of LUCREZIA BORGIA "allegedly" also came from the house of ARAGON. The GRANDMOTHER and MOTHER of ALFONSO D'ESTE as well. JOFRE BORGIA was also married to a half-sister of ISABELLA OF ARAGON, the wife of GIAN GALEAZZO MARIA SFORZA... the MONALISA; whereby SANCHA OF ARAGON, like ALFONSO of ARAGON, historically have a difficult place in time, presumably these are only fictional personalities (?). Behind the story of the 5 CONSPIRATOR FAMILIES, really powerful things are revealed.

Love it. I have black silk robe brocade with swastika very thing with blue butterfly buttons also with blue trim on the sleeve. Stunning stitch

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I wouldn't repeat history, i will create.

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Loved this. Thoughts on combining the two styles?

Yey :D Someone sharing their interest in historic dress of the Qing Dynasty. I really like the way you presented your information and also liked the drama recommendations and references you've used. But I like to add a bit more detail to what you've said: Depending on the period, Manchu fashion actually changed and got influenced by Han clothing. Earlier version of Manchu dress do not have the Mandarin collars that we so often associate with Qing Dynasty dress. For modesty and for showing off status, women of the harem usually worn Longhua (龍華), which was a white scarf plain or with embroidered design to signify status. Similarly, initially, the embroidered pattern around the collar (called yunjian, 云肩 meaning cloud collar because the design is similar to clouds) that you see so often in Yanxi palace is also not used by Manchu ladies until influenced by Han ladies. The Yunjian is a separate piece of accessory from the rest of the clothing to help prevent any hair gel/scented oils from getting on the clothing. But it eventually evolved into what looks to be an embroidered on collar. The wrap skirt that you've mentioned is called ma mian qun (马面裙 meaning horse faced skirt) was also from previous non-manchu dynasty. Manchus more often than not worn pants underneath because of their history of horseback riding. The pouches that the emperor hangs around his waist are not actual pockets because they already have scented herbs and spices in them. They're essentially like cologne for getting rid of bad smells and for medicinal properties like keeping alert/reducing anxiety. Yanxi palace is probably the most historically accurate compared to the other Qing Dynasty dramas of the same period but it's still not the most accurate for the time period. Many of the hairstyles and costume designs are unfortunately daoguang age or a bit later (1820s to 1850s). But I think it's a lot better than shows like Empresses' in the palace and Ruyi in terms of costumes accuracy. I'm glad that you went over the detail of the hairstyle: the Liangbatou is not accurate to the time period but it is more accurate than the Dalachi from Empress's in the palace and Ruyi as that kind of hairstyle was invented by Cixi on account of her holy Imperial imperial highness's thinning hair and massive amounts of hair accessories. The only accurate hairstyle that I've seen is yingluo's Dapantou (big bun hairstyle) from when she got the status of guiren (noble lady) and fucha rongyin's xiaopantou (small bun hairstyle) in the scenes that she is laying in bed or in her pajamas. I understand the reason why the show chose later hairstyles to display. You can't put as much hair accessories on bun hairstyles compared to liangbatou or even ruanchitou (that yinluo start wearing as she becomes a Fei/Consort rank). Qipao might still be thought of as the "traditional" Chinese dress but there are changes. Many chinese are having a kind of Hanfu renaissance to bring back the dress of previous dynasties because they deem Manchu clothing as "foreign".

Pls make a video about the fashion in drama "ruyi's royal love in the palace"

Well done! My grandparents lived in Shanghai and in Peking in the late 1920s. My grandfather developed courses and taught English for adults. My grandmother collected embroideries and I am fortunate to have several pieces - robes, collars, skirts and some accessories. I didn’t know the Chinese names for these. Thank you. I’ve watched several historical dramas but I haven’t watched the one you mention. I’ll look for it. My favorite, “Winter Begonia” found on CZcams.

Thank you for another fascinating video! My husband has always been rather obsessed with the samurai, and you've given me an idea for a gift his birthday next month; I'm going to get him a DVD of Kagemusha. I think he will love it! Looking forward to your next video, as always. 😊💛

I'm dead. I saw your video on Qing dynasty.

thank you, very informational

I loved your look when you brought up the venetian hair

Didn't know indigo cotton fabrics were popular in Japan so long ago. Thank you for another fascinating video! The research you do, and the beautiful historical imagery so carefully and beautifully edited help make these all the more interesting; thanks again!

I really like that you have pictures from "other" palace dramas, and not just from Yanxi Palace (which I like best, so far).

This channel is not just a costume/clothing appreciation channel, but a lowkey movie/series recommendation channel. Kagemusha: yes, please!

I like 1 by 1 in marriage .It likes the thing that Ulanala Empress of Hong Li said when she talked to Italian painter Giuseppe .

It must be because you sited 2 of my all time favorite costume dramas why YT just recommended your channel. I'm so grateful. I'm looking forward to looking at your catalog and what you'll have next. New sub!

Amazing video! I have yet to watch this series, but I have seen Empresses in The Palace and Yanxi Palace: Princess Adventures, and loved both ❤

I think foot binding was for the rich lady's, it showed they didn't have to work, and could afford maids...

My name is a derivative of hers.

I discovered C- and K-drama about a year ago. They started popping up in my YT feed thanks to algorithms. I guess because I am I interested in Asian hair jewelry, costumes and wuxia-film fighting scenes. It started with two Korean films, one about the queens tailor and the hangbok, and one about a concubine. And then it was Qing C-drama, starting with Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, it's prequel Empresses in the Palace, and of course The Story of Yanxi Palace. From there I went to historical dramas in Ming, Tang, Song and other dynasties, and C-drama series based on fictional webnovels with some historical facts and figures, or completely fictional. In spite of all kinds of censorship and educational morals, it is all in all way more than just lovely to watch.

I agree, I have watched hundreds,, and hundreds!

"Everybody goes to sleep with a full set of jewelry". 😂 A normal palace drama then.

Maya, I love your humor so much. I find the palace fighting women can be over the top too, which makes them hilarious. My favorite Cdrama is Nirvana in Fire and because of that too many Cdramas now disappoint me.😂 Is there any chance you'll cover Kdramas and Jdramas? I would like to hear your thoughts on the jdrama The Emperor's Cook as it has both western and Japanese period costumes and the story spans a lifetime.

Ryuis royal love is superior to yanxi palace .i fing yanxi has a bit to much sillyness .

a beautiful presentation. Thank you

wish there was a pattern to try and make these outfits.