The Costumes in The Muppet Christmas Carol Deserved an Oscar | A Dress Historian Analysis

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🙏🏻Thank you to Audible for sponsoring this video! Try out Audible today: https://www.audible.com/abbycox or text abbycox to 500-500! 🎉 It's the holiday season, and that means it's time for the onslaught of Muppet Christmas Carol articles, quizzes, and Tumblr posts. And let me tell ya something...I 👏🏻am👏🏻 here 👏🏻for👏🏻 it👏🏻! I have loved and adored The Muppet Christmas Carol since I was 6 years old and saw it in the movie theatre (hi, elder millennial here), and I have been looking forward to making a video about this movie since I started a youtube channel. Here's the thing, not only do I think that The Muppet Christmas Carol is the best version of a Christmas Carol (second is Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol, btw). The costumes in The Muppet Christmas Carol are also historically accurate. I'm not kidding. It's honestly kind of ridiculous how much research was done for the costumes in this movie. They're muppets. It's a kid's movie. Like...why? (Not that I care, because I am living for the costumes in this movie.)The costume designers, Polly Smith and Ann Hollowood (who worked with Jim Henson for years and years, btw), did incredible research on Victorian fashion, specifically what would have been worn when A Christmas Carol would have taken place (1843). So, here it is... everything you could ever want to know about the costumes in The Muppet Christmas Carol, from Gonzo to Kermit, Scrooge (Michael Caine, you're amazing) to Fred (mmm plaid pants.) I'm going to analyze the historical accuracy of the costumes from The Muppet Christmas Carol. ...including Belle's Regency Pelisse from the break-up scene, and yes, we're going to rant about how "When Love is Gone" was cut from the movie... 🥳Socials Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbyelyn Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/abbycox Tiktok: @nabs_co 📚My books: The American Duchess Guide to 18th-Century Dressmaking: https://amzn.to/2GrkAIQ The American Duchess Guide to 18th-Century Beauty: https://amzn.to/2TTwJtq 💌Business Inquiries *ONLY* [email protected] (This email goes directly to my management and not to me.) 🖼Images Used https://collections.lacma.org/node/214563 https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/BI-1959-529-46 https://collections.lacma.org/node/233908 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10830 https://collections.lacma.org/node/252784 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/107962 http://collections.lesartsdecoratifs.fr/corsage-1 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436222 Trousers (or Trowsers), 1845-1853, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O75654/trousers-unknown/ Coat, 1828-30, © Victoria and Albert Museum, London: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O75647/coat-unknown/ https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll12/id/11856/ https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/82126 https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll12/id/597/rec/61 Lappets,1825-1850 (made), © Victoria and Albert Museum, London: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O357697/lappet-unknown/ 📝 Works Cited https://archive.org/details/treatiseoncuttin00scot/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/GodeySMagazine1843/page/n278/mode/1up?q=fashion https://ew.com/movies/the-muppet-christmas-carol-when-love-is-gone/ https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Ann_Hollowood http://www.nostrings.org.uk/puppet/polly-smith/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0391380/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr18 https://www.vulture.com/2017/12/the-story-behind-the-music-of-the-muppet-christmas-carol.html https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll12/search/searchterm/Female%20costumes https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-muppet-christmas-carol https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71757/14-things-you-might-not-know-about-muppet-christmas-carol https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a14515074/young-scrooge-the-muppets-looks-like-now/ I also heavily referenced Norah Waugh's Cut of Men's Clothes for period quotes and information since menswear is *not* my strong suit (har har ba-dum diss) https://amzn.to/39pge0Z 🎶Music via Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com) **I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for me to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. By purchasing items through the links listed above, I could earn a small commission for your purchase. Thank you.❤