This is also the episode where Rufus and Wyatt employ my favorite pop culture covers of the series so far with Rufus choosing Kanye and Wyatt becoming Agent Mulder.Įverything ‘60s has been dominating period TV set in the twentieth century mostly thanks to Mad Men with a dash of Masters of Sex, Good Girls Revolt and 11.22.63 (another time travel show). The leap between fashion of the ‘60s and Watergate, which took place in 1972 shows just how much bold things became and this is when the suits on the guys take a turn for the interesting. More recent decades are the easier ones to draw from such as the canary yellow dress Lucy wears to Vegas in 1962 or her black and white polka dot ensemble at NASA in 1969. Sergei Bachlakov/NBCīecause each week is a journey into a different period this means there is plenty of opportunity for style inspiration. Malcolm Barrett as Rufus Carlin, Abigail Spencer as Lucy Preston and Matt Lanter as Wyatt Logan. This look is all about the layering and between this and Dolores’ change of clothes on Westworld I have a hankering for suede and all things cowgirl. Hooped skirts and corsets are rather restrictive and cumbersome so in last week’s Jesse James-catching affair it made sense to have her switch to a more menswear approach. While suits have definitely evolved over the years and items like breeches and stockings are not familiar territory for men like Rufus and Wyatt, Lucy’s clothing changes tend to be more dramatic. Sometimes this involves numerous military uniforms from wars long ago to dressing a bar full of people from the early ‘80s. This also feels like a nod to the hard work of the creative talent behind the camera and costume designer Mari-An Ceo has an incredibly difficult task each week having to create costumes from wildly different periods for both the principal cast and the many background actors they often have. It makes sense that early on there wouldn’t be a great deal of prep, but as the missions stack up they can no longer rely on using whatever they have lying around and this should reduce the anachronistic errors that could cost them their lives. Between this and that Friends episode where they get locked out of Phoebe’s cab in the cold it seems like a bra with underwire is a very useful thing to have to get you out of locked door jam.Īfter these incidents, the amount of wardrobe available to them grows and in the fourth episode the costume department within the costume department is unveiled racks and racks of clothes all labeled up with what decade and region they are from. On this occasion, it was a bit of “Chekov’s Underwire” as the modern bra gives them the perfect tool to escape from jail. In the pilot episode, it is established that some of the clothes aren’t exactly period specific as they are doing this on the fly with Lucy pointing out that the kind of blouse and bra she has been given would not be available in 1937. Annie Young as Peggy and Damian O’Hare as George Washington. This is what happens when they get their clothes from a Civil War re-enactors club. As a black man, Rufus is often the waiter/janitor/driver because of rampant racism and prejudice they don’t want to draw too much attention or put themselves in danger and even when he does wear a uniform in the Lincoln assassination episode there are issues because the unit badge he is wearing is one that doesn’t exist. There are certain limitations predicated by race and gender, which means that while they can challenge conventions there are certain rules they must abide by to protect who they are and where they are from. On Timeless they have been to four different centuries (including the present day) and what they wear is an important part of establishing their cover story. Costume is a big part of selling the lie that this person is meant to be here and is a quick visual cue in making someone either feel suspicious or at ease. Conflict tends to come from mistakes made by the time traveler and having all the knowledge of what the future holds can be as much of a help as it is a hindrance. The rules, methods of travel and locations vary, but generally the idea is to blend in as best as possible. For others, it is about stopping someone from altering what has already taken place. Sometimes the mission is to change one event in one specific time and then get home, hopefully to a place that is now better off thanks to this meddling. Time travel on TV comes in many different forms with different rules and objectives. This week: NBC’s Timeless teaches us what to wear when traveling through time. Welcome to our TV Fashion column, where TV Ate My Wardrobe‘s Emma Fraser discusses the trends in television apparel. Malcolm Barrett as Rufus Carlin, Abigail Spencer as Lucy Preston and Brandon Barash as Hemingway.
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