arkadycosplay:

FIDM Crimson Peak Reference Pictures

I got a chance to go to FIDM’s current film costume exhibit and took about 200 photos of the various costumes there.

This is the album for the Crimson Peak costumes

There aren’t many, but maybe they’ll be helpful to someone!

My other FIDM costume albums: Star Wars [Kylo Ren, Rey, Finn, Phasma], Mad Max, and Cinderella. 

I do have some photos of the costumes from other films there, but not many because these seemed like the 4 fandoms that would be most helpful for other cosplayers. But if you need a reference from a film they had on display other than these, you can ask and I’ll see what I have.  

lost-in-woodlawn:

Guillermo del Toro’s spectacularly gorgeous gothic film “Crimson Peak” has wonderful Victorian & Edwardian era designs and symbolism, such as here where you can see the character of Edith Cushing wearing a clasped hands belt to signify Edith’s mourning of her dead mother. 

The clasped hands symbol was found on Victorian era gravestones such as this one I came across in Woodlawn Cemetery which dates from the 1870s. John and Martha Teller are the couple who rest here; their eternal bond is symbolized by the male and female clasped hands.

The costume designer Kate Hawley discusses her work on “Crimson Peak” in this interview in Elle magazine:

http://www.elle.com.au/culture/elle-interview/2016/2/elle-interview-kate-hawley/

More about the clasped hands symbol on gravestones here:

https://cemeterysymbolism.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/clasped-hands/