Lisa Eldridge . (April 12th, 2011). Make-up History-Victorian era to 1930's. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh12XPiGOzc. Last accessed 7th Feb 2014 .
This is a clip we had watched within one of our Contextual Studies classes, i found it really interesting to learn about the Victorian eras makeup rituals and products that they used at the time. I particularly picked up on the fact that Victorian woman were never to be seen with makeup on but wear very concerned about having the perfect 'Lilly white' skin a symbol of class and wealth. The smallest bit of red on the lips or cheeks and you were considered a lower class 'tart'. Instead of the large makeup rituals we have today they were all about skin care and hair size striving to achieve that pale perfect skin tone and the large lustrous large hair up do's.
I found this started to get me thinking about my own Characterisation of Miss havisham and the relation to the past adaptations of the character such as Gillian Anderson's version in the BBC film. I found her to look as though she was wearing makeup her lip colour was a pink shade a colour you wouldn't expect from a woman that has sat inside for a long time.
I would like to explore the fact of Miss Havisham's character having a red lip tone a a slight colour on the cheeks to possibly explore her feministic side not looking to society or a man to control what she wears or does. Although on the other hand she could be so caught up in the hierarchy of society that the slightest bit of colour she powders away with her glove powder? i will explore this further within practises of my characterisation onto myself.
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