i felt like these deserved a re-post! you see, i have been going through my archives and i rediscovered these Period Drama vs Street Style colour comparisons that I did way back in 2011 for Hila (you can see the original posts here and here). i never actually posted them all here so i thought i’d share. and, damn, i did pretty well if i do say so myself! Hila and I share a great appreciation for period dramas, she even wrote a book about screen adaptations of classic literature. she also wrote this marvellous post for me in 2012 about the locations of some of her favourite period films.

i haven’t watched a really awesome period drama in a long time. i sort of dabbled in Mr. Selfridge which i found average at best, and completely gave up on Downton Abbey (they really should have stopped while they were ahead). i have also heard of The Paradise, but i haven’t watched it yet. any period movies / series you can recommend?

The Piano // Street Peeper

Marie Antoinette // Peter Stigter

Atonement // Citizen Couture

Cranford // Mr. Newton

Downton Abbey // Vanessa Jackman

Sense & Sensibility // Style Sightings

Emma // Facehunter

Pride & Prejudice // Citizen Couture

Brideshead Revisited // Citizen Couture

King’s Speech // Refinery 29

The Duchess // Café Mode

Shakespeare in Love // Café Mode

Upstairs Downstairs // The Locals

Out of Africa // Sartorialist

Lark Rise to Candleford // Jou Jou Villeroy

Little Women // NY mag

Cold Mountain // Vanessa Jackman

Boardwalk Empire // All the Pretty Birds