Borgias costumes

THE BORGIAS costume appreciation: 47/∞ (costume design by Gabriella Pescucci)

Have you seen the Showtime series “The Borgias”? (I know it’s a few years old but I don’t care) It’s a wonderful series About the 15th century pop Alexander VI and it&…

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I recently became highly obsessed with the TV show The Borgias, so when it came time for me to make my monthly Thrifty Thursday purchase all I could think about were Italian Renaissance dresses. Just look at these dresses! They may not be 100% historically accurate, but it is impossible to deny that they are pieces of art. Can you see why I was inspired? I got one white sheet, a pillow case that I stole the trim from, an opulent bed skirt, four pieces of light brown fabric, and a pearl…

𝐸𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑡ℎ 𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎 𝑎 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑢𝑙•𝑇𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑝𝑖 𝐿𝑜 𝐶𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑛 𝑆𝑢 𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑧𝑎 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑟𝑎 𝐴 𝐿𝑎 𝑀𝑎𝑑𝑟𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑙 𝑆𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝐿𝑎 𝐶𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝐿𝑎 𝐿𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑜 𝑦 𝐿𝑎 𝐸𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑜 𝑆𝑢 𝐻𝑖𝑗𝑎 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑜 𝐿𝑎𝑠 𝑉𝑖𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑠 𝐷𝑒𝑙 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑚 𝑉𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑟 𝐷𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑎 𝑌 𝐸𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑡ℎ 𝑉𝑎 𝐴𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑟 𝐷𝑒 𝑄𝑢𝑒 𝑆𝑢 𝐻𝑖𝑗𝑜 𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑎 𝐴𝑙 𝑇𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑜 𝑌 𝐿𝑜 𝑉𝑎…

At some point during the summer of 2022, I was cleaning out my costume closet and decided I could revamp my old 1570s French Valois Gown into something … my friend Loren of The Costumer’s Closet had made some very pretty gowns inspired by The Borgias (2011-13) TV show, and that gave me an idea.Read the Rest of this Post...

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After Showtime’s The Borgias began in 2011, we podcasted the first few episodes of the series, and we raved about the gorgeous late 15th-century costumes designed by Gabriella Pescucci, the r…