Costumes of Days Gone

... Some funny, ghoulish, and otherwise absurd stylings going down through the ages ...

{  The Mad Hatter, circa 1800s }

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{ a little(r) Napoleon, circa mid-1800s. }

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{ The Victorians in this photograph from France doesn't feature any costumes, per sé, but their light-hearted jesting does seem out of 'character' for the time period.  }

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{ Here's a photo of Mark Twain and his daughter, Susy, as Hero and Leandra circa 1890   }

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{  Actors in costumes from the Russian play The Blue Bird, 1908. }

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{ This photo from Germany shows a little role-reversal. }

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{ some dust-bowl children in home made masks.  }

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{ skeleton riders on skeleton horses! }

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{ photo by Edmund Kesting; 1945 }

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{ the original hipsters; 1950s }

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{ ski witches from the 1960s }

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{ goblins in New Orleans, 1967 }

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and a few of my favorite classic spooky films to [re]watch this season:

1. Dracula, directed by Tod Browning and staring Bela Lugosi; 1931.

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2.  Repulsion, directed by Roman Polanski and staring Catherine; 1965.

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3. Legend, directed by Ridley Scott and staring Tom Cruise (his first film), Mia Sara and the incomparable Tim Curry as Darkness; 1985.

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