Dress Historian 🎓 explains why "historically accurate" costumes are a myth! 😱

Why do we search for historical accuracy in period dramas, in historical costume, and at reenactment? Images: 1) Photograph of the Palace of Versaille, taken in 2013. 2) Empress Xiaoduanxian, Ming dynasty China. 3) William Hogarth, The Fellow 'Prentices at their Looms, Industry and Idleness, 1747. Other footage is of various costumes made by me, including a half-sized gown made at a ‪@BurnleyandTrowbridge‬ workshop. Dr Serena Dyer: www.serenadyer.co.uk Instagram: @dressing.history Twitter: @Serena_Dyer Music: S.A Karl, Aldebaran, epidemic sound.