Don’t let a Kardasian see it

@vamuseum

Жыл бұрын

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@vintagegal541

Жыл бұрын

You are a keen observer. After what KK did to the iconic Marilyn Monroe dress, tasteless and tacky. Thank heavens this dress is in the V & A museum where she can't get her hands on it, whew.

@cremebrulee4759

Жыл бұрын

Definitely.

@lindam9618

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@melbabowen4389

Жыл бұрын

God forbid!

This dress is beyond stunningly beautiful. I'd like to know if Julie Andrews has seen or intends to see it while on display at the V & A? Thank you to anyone who has the passion to preserve anything from the past, whether clothing, buildings, furniture, anything. It's painstaking and are to be commended for your devotion.

@ItsJustLisa

Жыл бұрын

I’d love a photo of her with the gown. She’s been a favorite of mine since I was a little girl.

@vintagegal541

Жыл бұрын

@@ItsJustLisa That is a delicious idea!

@madulaoblongata1903

Жыл бұрын

I have been fortunate though the years to spend much quality time, dinners chats about The Boyfriend, My Fair Lady and Camelot. I was curious about so much of how the show MFL evolved. The most wonderful thing happened in Buffalo at The art museum where she had donated a painting and wanted me to take her to see it. I did. The young docent looked at Julie thought for a second and said Oh my God it’s Mary Poppins. She is as charming in real life as she appears on stage and screen.

My parents saw __My Fair Lady__ with Julie Andrews. They had the record from the play. I grew up listening to Julie Andrews singing Eliza. To learn that there are garments being preserved from the play fills my heart with fond memories of my parent’s love of musicals. To be able to glimpse a garment from the stage performance is a wonderful experience. Thank you for caring for these bits of history.

@franklinstephen3268

Жыл бұрын

Hi how are you. Greetings from California, Good video. Hope you’re safe from the covid. Have a good week and stay safe 😃😘 Scott

@chocolatesouljah

Жыл бұрын

Lovely! I teach young people musical theatre and often teach about Julie Andrews in My Fair Lady." They learn all of her solo numbers and of course, "The Rain in Spain." It is amazing that she did the show in New York for 2 years, around 800 times, before coming to London and wearing the above dress for another year or roughly 400 showings. So nice to get a glimpse of this magical costume.

I always love how the effort and the intricacies of making these conservations in order to be preserved for the next generations to see!!

These V&A conservation videos are so very informative. What expertise and dedication frothed conservators!

What a gorgeous piece of history. I've always loved 'My Fair Lady,' even when I was quite young, and became even more obsessed after discovering Julie Andrews originated the role onstage. She is my idol.

That is a stunning and elegant dress. Thank you for all the efforts in great detail to conserve it.

Such a treat to see an iconic dress that most of us don’t have the chance to see how it was in the glory days on the stage. More familiar with Audrey Hepburn’s as she was the one who was in the movie, so it is interesting to note the details of this dress and compare it to the film’s.

What a fascinating job, to be a textile restoration/conservation expert. It would be amazing if the V&A would interview a few of their conservationists, so that we can know more of what it takes to study & train for this career! I imagine it required a strong art & science background!!

@helentee9863

Жыл бұрын

Textile Art A level for a start + some chemistry and physics and possibly a history A level (for the historical research side) I expect you could Google the degree needed and it's entry requirements in the uk. Textile Art is fascinating, very popular now and not that difficult, though it does require 2 years commitment and a certain mindset. I took it by way of adult education about 10 years ago while still nursing part-time. I would have loved this job if l had known it existed when l was young. It pretty much ticks all my boxes ❤

@aimeescott2268

Жыл бұрын

@@helentee9863 I wanted to know too, so I googled it! :) There are not very many schools offering undergrad degree programs, most of the programs i found were master's level MA programs. Beloit College in Wisconsin has an undergrad program, but that was the only one I could find in the US.

Absolutely stunning. A standing ovation for all the people that protect and preserve these wonderful theatrical creations. A lot of work with little recognition.

I love learning about the conservation process of these pieces. The passion that the staff has for their work is evident.

LOVE these videos about musical costumes. We can never see the detail and care from the audience; it's so great to see the elements up close.

These conservation videos are truly some of my favorite content on KZread. Thank you for doing this. They're so informative, and (to me) extremely soothing. 😌

6:50 This is fascinating! I didn’t even know that “Textile Conservationist” was a job. The ladies are very artistic but are also literally doing like a chemistry excitement with trying to match die. That’s so neat! I would love to learn more about their jobs and how they got into such a career!

@calisongbird

Жыл бұрын

*dye

@deborahwheelock2305

Жыл бұрын

Most likely these people have had an college education in textiles and work in textiles type of work, making their way up into their careers. I am sure it’s a process to be where they are at. Very prestigious to be around such beautiful textiles. Very interesting and God bless those who take care of the past! Preservation Restoration Conservation for posterity.

What a gorgeous dress. Beautiful work done by the conservators

🧵🪡🧵 Mr Cecil Beaton & Miss Julie Andrews 🎭🎭🎭 : What a GREAT duet !! 😍🤩😍

One of my late grandmother's dress is over 70 years old. A beautiful, body-hugging piece with shimmery lace. We don't have dress conservation experts where we live, so the best we can do is store it as carefully as possible.

I have so many costumes that would benefit from the genius of these people working on it.

LOVE THE RED STONES - BEAUTIFUL BEADED GOWN

Wonderful! I always love it when others appreciate the work that goes into those intricate set pieces and actually want to preserve them. You should read how Hollywood has just discarded National Treasures but some people were kind enough to save them for future generations. The dresses from Gone with the Wind are a really sad example.

@jmash7751

Жыл бұрын

@Lilith Afram. Thank God for Debbie Reynolds. She had the foresight to collect/purchase many iconic costumes, etc., from the golden days of Hollywood. I believe they were auctioned off after she died.

@3katfox

Жыл бұрын

That's pretty representative of the mindsets between the two countries isn't it? I mean Americans just flat out do not like old things (in general) if it's not new it's no good I saw this all the time when my mom lead the historical society in our area Perfectly good homes, over a century old, beautiful, up to date plumbing electric everything without fail all ripped down just because they were "old" But the house in Wales that my grandfather grew up in is still standing to this day and its older than the US itself

@lilitharam44

Жыл бұрын

@@3katfox I agree with you 200%! I hate that disposable mindset as well. My husband in just starting out in Real Estate and one of our goals is to be able to buy and restore old homes and see to it that they go to owners who will appreciate them and keep them up for another few centuries.

@ladyfire44

Жыл бұрын

It's sad these days. We should all try to preserve National Treasures instead of tossing them aside. This sometimes make me ashamed to be an American myself

@3katfox

Жыл бұрын

@@lilitharam44 that's why I wanna get into real estate too!

I dunno I think these videos could be an hr long and I'd love them even more lol

What a beautiful dress! So lovely. Very nice. Love the beading. Julie Andrew's did a wonderful job in the role as Eliza Dolittle. So wonderful!!

Beautiful dress and it was so interesting to see how it was conserved. Looking forward to seeing the exhibition.

That dress is astounding! Gorgeous and would have just sparkled on the stage! Just amazing to see!

I love to see how carefully the garments are handled. It's like an asmr video.

I love these in depth videos on costume conservation I would love to explore the more historical side like a worth gown or something on the up coming Chanel manifesto exhibition for next year

@vamuseum

Жыл бұрын

It's funny you should say that. Make sure you're subscribed, and keep your eye out in 2023...

@happytraveller8953

Жыл бұрын

Cathy Hay has a YT channel where she meticulously documents construction/reconstruction of gowns made by Worth; absolutely fascinating to see the end product.

Thank you for showing this absolute work of art and conserving it!

So regal. It looks so contemporary! Iconic and beautiful. Hopefully seeing with my own eyes in V&A museum ❤

Iconic, iconic, iconic... there are other words

@Art4ArtsSakeVideo

Жыл бұрын

If he said 'iconic' one more time, I was gonna pop him in the nose with my thesaurus!

@calisongbird

Жыл бұрын

@@Art4ArtsSakeVideo 😂

I do wish I could have seen her as Eliza. The original soundtrack is miles better than the film, with all respect to Audrey and Marni.

This is what I’m in uni for, working up to, and look up to!

Oh! I clicked on this so fast! I was so excited to see this exquisite beauty!

Fantastic verbal/speech lovely narration voices and who they are really made it special. The narration is fantastic. Very enjoyable.

Great video featuring a truly iconic dress.

If I could start a carrier over again I would love to learn all the techniques show here.

Stunning and beautifully designed and made costume!!!

Dame Julie was robbed of her part for the film version. However, if she had been cast in MFL, we may possibly not have had her incomparable portrayal of Mary Poppins. Swings and roundabouts, I suppose!

A very interesting piece ,I am looking forward to seeing the dress on my next visit to the V and A,

Bellissimo video grazie

Thank you! Very very interesting experience with a conservation.

So exquisite. Thank you ❤

My girl Hannah! Omg! You go boo!

@hansuthers

Жыл бұрын

🥰 oh heyy

📸📸📸 Sir Cecil Beaton 🧵🪡🧵

Fascinating insight

"All I want is a room somewhere..." 🎶

Thank you ☺️

I found it interesting that the musical’s current designer came to visit and study Mr. Beaton’s version. As I watch this video and remember that your institution has been storing it, presumably safely, for 40 years and yet the dress is clearly showing its age, I began to ponder. I am pondering what advice your department’s conservers would suggest to contemporary fashion and costume designers about design and structure if one were to be designing a piece which had a high probability of residing in a museum 40 years later. As your staff discuss adding back channels and hidden elements to relieve the actual fabric from the stress of the beading weight, I wonder if there are specific things that could be done when the dress is being constructed to minimize the stress and deterioration risks.

@kyndramb7050

Жыл бұрын

I think they mentioned replacing some of the supportive stitching that's been lost.

Great video!

I can imagine this on the stage.

I would have liked to see it restored!

Şahane... Sanatsal.. Mücevher gibi...

It's a shame that I can't get a copy or even watch the film on any channel that I can find. I loved the film so much and my daughter would love to see it too.

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What an interesting job to have. Those are some smart ladies! Would have loved to have seen the finished product!

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Wow！

I love the dress soooo much it is so very beautiful! what a masterpiece of workmanship! it was a marvelous piece of Living Art on Julie Andrews.. however the presentation on that mannequin- ooooh weeee my goodness gracious there's no way to be kind- it looks like a robot without a head..

Brilliant! And just imagine what this you tube video could mean to the gorgeous Mrs Julie Andrews who wore it once…

What an amazingly gorgeous dress it is magnificent 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💐💐💐💐💐💐💐 and what a tedious job wow wow wow

At 07:45 he was talking about the iconic black and white scene. Madonna was inspired by it on her legendary world Tour "The Girlie Show" when singing "Justify My Love". You will find it here on KZread!

Julie had the voice, but Audrey had the style.

@codename495

Жыл бұрын

So did Julie, she just didn’t have the time as she’d already signed in to another project. And that project beat My Fair Lady by winning numerous Academy Awards to include Best Picture.

素晴らしいコンテンツなのに再生回数が少なすぎる

Wow

I wonder why they decided not to replace the shoulder straps when the original definitely had them. They're clear on every photo of Miss Andrews in the costume. I own the Embassy ball gown from the original Australian production which was made in London by Monty Berman who made all of Miss Andrews' costumes for both the Broadway and London productions and it has the shoulder straps. Interesting.

My fair Lady was nothing new. It might have been first on Broadway but not on the West End. Shaw's play *Pygmalion* has been played on the West End in 1914 and had been adapted numerous times, most notably as the 1938 film Pygmalion, the 1956 musical My Fair Lady and its 1964 film version. *Pygmalion is a play by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, named after the Greek mythological figure.* *It premiered at the Hofburg Theatre in Vienna on 16 October 1913 and was first presented in German on stage to the public in 1913.* *Its English-language premiere took place at His Majesty's Theatre in the West End in April 1914 and starred Herbert Beerbohm Tree as phonetics professor Henry Higgins and Mrs Patrick Campbell as Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle.*e

I adored the stage show, My Fair Lady, when I was it in 2018, but, strangely, I hated the film. The stage show had so much color and a clear plot. For some reason, for me, the film meandered. Also, I’ve never seen so much brown in my life. Lol

Although this gown was built to be worn without shoulder straps, it was worn by Julie Andrews “with”. As shown in photographs.

@vamuseum

Жыл бұрын

The images we have of Julie Andrews wearing the dress show that she did have sequined or jewelled straps. 💎 These were not on the dress at the point of acquisition by the museum, so we didn't feel it was appropriate to try and replicate them. Hope this is helpful!

Julie andrews never wore it that ‘nude’. She always had a sort of camisole, the straps clearly made it part of the dress. The sleeves were held by those straps I think.

@vamuseum

Жыл бұрын

All the images we have of Julie Andrews wearing the dress indicate that there was some sort of gauze around her neckline, which may have well been an underdress or camisole. This wasn't acquired with the dress so we didn't want to pretend it still existed! ✨

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YOu can actually see her wear the same dress (the american version of it) in the Ed Sullivan Show singing I could have danced all night. You should consider having that video play next to the dress on display. I know the exact date of the showing if youd like.

Julie Andrews is the real treasure

I was surprised that they handled it with bare hands so much.

@lizday8140

Жыл бұрын

I have heard on other documentaries regarding the preservation and restoration of museum pieces that natural oils transferred from fingertips could eventually discolor fabric, become a draw to insects/microbes and would encourage decay. They mentioned that very thing (bare hands) being the cause of decay in antique costume collections. I kept thinking they might sterilize it somehow, after the restoration - as a specialist who preserves wedding dresses does. Even if they decided on that, I would still wish to refrain from touching the garment without gloves in the first place.

@vamuseum

Жыл бұрын

Gloves - especially cotton gloves - aren't always suitable for handling and conserving delicate fabrics. We use nitrile gloves when handling sensitive materials, as appropriate. Oils from hands can cause damage, so clean hands (regularly washed with soap) are a standard practice to ensure the conservator can feel exactly what they are doing, and judge the strength of the fibres. We also don't apply any kind of sanitizer to historic fabrics. Hope this is helpful 🪡

@lizday8140

Жыл бұрын

@@vamuseum Please, if I seemed to judge harshly, pardon me. I realize now that the emotionally-based opinion given in my earlier comment stems from my admiration for the designer and wearer of the dress, rather than the dress itself - or the estimated sum value of it's parts. In reality, it may be that in five hundred years, there may not even be a market for Broadway theatrical gowns of antiquity. And, yet I expect it to be handled as one would a priceless relic. Ha-ha! Perhaps, I am overly nostalgic.

@WoefulMinion

Жыл бұрын

@@lizday8140 It was a good question and I think the museum did an excellent job of explaining their techniques. I didn't even think how important touch would be to determining the state of the material. Museums always do their best not only to preserve pieces for future generations, but to use processes that can be reversed if better processes for preservation are found.

Most iconic dress, that Kim Kardashian’s shouldn’t be allowed to touch nor wore. Cause, if she did, then you guys need to make sure she goes bankrupt for it. Since I couldn’t imagine anyone else wearing it, than Julie Andrews herself, during the day she wore it. Also, these iconic dresses that is worn within movies, broadway, and theater, even the guys own clothes, if it survives, should be maintained and preserved for life. Since, it’s rare to see these again.

I wonder if it is possible to send this to Julie Andrews.

How many performances was it worn for, and did it fit the understudy.

Let's hope that no stupid celebrity tries to wear this gown to the Met Ball.

Just out of curiosity, why do some people wear gloves when handling old costumes and some people don't? I happened to notice no one's wearing gloves while handling this. I'm just curious as to why.

I'm just trying to wax proof a barbour coat I bought 25 years ago so I'm there. I'm hip.

The gown is lovely, but I believe I like the one Audrey wore best.

I saw this movies each one of them like dream outstanding dress

You don’t see that kind of beauty anymore. Even on the ones who can afford it. Especially on the ones who can afford it. Some of the Halloween costumes worn by Hollywood (and I don’t mean in the movies) are atrocious and I have a feeling Cecil Beaton rolls in his grave every time one of the stars shows up in some of the nightmarish getups they step out in public in. Very few know how to dress with a measure of class and style. The rest are latecomers to the party!!

I lived in England for a year when I was twenty and then I didn't find English people to be a refined people.....But now ,after living in USA for almost twenty years. I find them sooooo refined and lovely and elegant 😍🌹🌹🌹I miss you English people 🙏💕

Julie should have been able to keep the role for the film. But if she had I guess we would not have Mary Poppins.

Since this is my first video on this channel, I'm confused why some restoration is done and not others. I assume long-time viewers have no problem with this. I also assume that more was done beyond a few lengths of thread with the beading. At the very least a total number of hours would help newer viewers to appreciate how much work was finally done even if it is not specific. Thank you.

@Stopthisrightnow560

Жыл бұрын

It's kinda like you have to give and take. The more you restore, the less of the original garment remains. If you restore everything, eventually it's not going to be the same dress.

@Stopthisrightnow560

Жыл бұрын

And also it depends entirely on the conservator or whoever owns the piece of work. Some want it fully restored, others like to keep the "story" told in the wear and tear.

@carriefernandez8705

Жыл бұрын

There's different approaches to restoration, from doing just enough to stabilize it for display to fully restoring every bit of damage the piece has ever undergone. Also, sometimes a previous fix doesn't look great but fully removing it would damage the piece further.

@vamuseum

Жыл бұрын

The conservation was completed over about 8 weeks, and took around 80 hours (plus another 25 to get the mannequin shape correct). This included examination, reattaching beads, securing opening seams, dyeing fabric and protecting abraded areas 🧵

Who designed the costumes for Audrey Hepburn's performance

@MicaFarrierRheayan

7 ай бұрын

Same designer. Sir Cecil Beaton reprises his role as costume and set designer

Please keep this away from Kim Kardashian.

It’s based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion

How does Dr doolittle relate to Eliza doolittle?

Ohhh...for a moment I thought you meant 1964 film Audrey Hepburn who played Eliza Doolittle then. Took me awhile to realise you meant the Broadway musical Julie Andrews's Eliza role she was known for.

Don’t tell Kim k

Thank you for not showing the bottom and hemline

I wanna see the dress Audrey Hepburn wore as Natasha Rostova in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace

"Telling the tale of Professor Henry Higgins..." Someone missed the entire point of the story, didn't they? 🤣

@quietquitter6103

Жыл бұрын

Missing context much? There was a rest of the sentence, fool.

@LilyGrace95

Жыл бұрын

@@quietquitter6103 Oh thank you for clarifying. I went suddenly deaf after the first part and missed the rest 🙄 But it's still wrong. It's not a story about Henry Higgins transforming Eliza Doolittle. It's a story about a flower girl becoming a lady. It's *her* story, not his.

@quietquitter6103

Жыл бұрын

@@LilyGrace95 Ah but who transforms her?

@LilyGrace95

Жыл бұрын

@@quietquitter6103 Higgins, Pickering, Freddy, and Pickering's mother. Each in their own respective ways. It's Eliza's story. Not theirs.

@quietquitter6103

Жыл бұрын

@@LilyGrace95 Its all their story. Claiming it's one character's story is absurd.

Wow, Julie Andrews is tiny!!

@vamuseum

Жыл бұрын

You should take a look at Elaine Page's Cats shoes in the Re:Imagining Musicals display. Now they're tiny! www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/reimagining-musicals

@kallen868

Жыл бұрын

I met her at a book signing once. She is indeed!

Marilin, looking down from heaven: Are You Effing kidding Me??!?!!

This shouldn't be the first time you have had an item on display in 40 years!

Curious…I noticed that the dress was touched with bare hands. Why do you not use gloves?

Please don't let Kim K near this.

I always wear impeccably clean white cotton gloves whenever handling anything archival. Seeing them touch the garment glove-free set off alarms in me not gonna lie. Especially as this is such a delicate fabric and of such a light color. They are clearly professionals so are there times when one can handle these garments without gloves?

@LittleThings98

Жыл бұрын

They’re professionals. I think they know better than you do. Here it’s about materials and fabrics, they need to feel and touch it. Also, they actually responded to a comment like this, so just look at the answer from the channel in the comments below.

@quietquitter6103

Жыл бұрын

Objects must be touched. I'm appalled that you have a soul and believe otherwise.

When you said “My Fair Lady” costume, I thought, hold up, there are a lot of Eliza’s. We talking Julie Andrews, Audrey Hepburn, 2018 Broadway, 2022 West End? There are many versions. Lol