FEATURE BY JOHN J JOHNSTON
It’s often noted that films and television series set in the past say more – through sets, make-up and costume design – about the periods in which the productions were created than they do about the period in which they’re set. One need only consider Irene Sharaf’s inauthentic – but hugely influential – designs worn by Elizabeth Taylor in the 1963 film Cleopatra to appreciate the truth of this idea.
