Much like brighter shades of red, burgundy and darker shades of red enjoy passionate energy, but because there’s a mix of other colors—like blue or black—darker reds have a timeless sophistication. Burgundy also has connotations of wealth and power.
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Red is a primary color that comes from a variety of popular shades and tones. It’s a color of joy, passion, danger and energy. It’s a bold color that stands out and can make the heart beat faster.
It is also an auspicious color and is used as a bridal color in many cultures.
This ranking is all about costumes that are bright and vivid reds. Think Cherries and Victory Red lipstick and not wine.
So that primary red shades and not burgundies or scarlets or darker shades of reds, those shades have separate rankings.
This ranking only considers costumes that are from Period Movies. Modern and Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Superhero/etc costumes have their own separate ranked lists.
Undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear, swimwear etc are not included.
The costumes are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how well it suits the character/film. This list aims for objectivity but no list truly is.
The List is subject to change
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A Wedding Scene are momentous in a narrative as they can changed the scope of the story, add drama or bring closure. And it’s the Bride’s wedding gown that is the most discussed part of any wedding affair.
This list ranks 20 of the best wedding gowns from Period movies. As period movie tend to depict a period or related aesthetic these gowns capture more elegance, refinement and displays of wealth than wedding gowns from modern movies that depict current fashions or fantasy/sci-fi movies.
The gowns were ranked by beauty which is subjective, how they reflect the character/movie and how memorable they are in the cultural landscape.
This list tends to favor more western conventions of bridal attire but the colors were not limited to white especially since the tradition of the white wedding gowns only really began in the mid-19th century. They just have to be a wedding gown for a wedding within the movie even if no wedding took place while wearing the gown.
List is subject to change
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Yellow has positive happy associations as the color has been long linked with the sun. Other meanings of the yellow are happiness, optimism, youth, warmth, energy, and enthusiasm.
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Blue is a powerful color that can soothe the mind and the soul. It can make us feel a sense of security, trust, and reliability. It is also a color that peaks our imaginations as it’s the color of the seas and skies. It’s a color or noble characteristics, of good and virtuous characters.
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