Tag: color and fashion

  • Fashioning Glamour: Women (and men) in Red

      Hi, everyone! Two weeks ago I jumped into the history of horror and glamour and their relationship with color. Red is a complicated color because, like black, it has meant many competing things in human history. Red paint, made of dirt, is present on the oldest tomb paintings discovered so far. The practice of…

  • Fashioning Horror: Pt. 1 Women in White

    Halloween is coming! Horror films have given us some of the most iconic images of evil that ever wore clothes. Since fashion and film (and character) have been a recurring theme on this blog, I thought it would be fun to take a quick look through some iconic horror costumes. Women in White: ghosts, madwomen,…