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13 of the greatest period costumes in film and television

<p>Film and TV costumes can transform us into different periods of time in history and make us believe in the authenticity of the characters.</p> <p>Shows and movies that are set between the 1800s-1920s would not be the same if the costume department didn’t creatively display the decadence, lifestyle and struggles of the era they are set in.</p> <p>Here are 13 titles that creatively revealed another time in history through the costumes.</p> <p>What is your favourite costume from these titles? Let us know in the comments below.</p> <p>1. <em>Victoria</em>, 2016</p> <p>2. <em>Pride and Prejudice</em>, 2005</p> <p>3<em>. Marie Antoinette</em>, 2006</p> <p>4. <em>Elizabeth: The Golden Age</em>, 2007</p> <p>5. <em>Downton Abbey</em>, 2010</p> <p>6. <em>The Young Victoria</em>, 2009</p> <p>7. <em>A Little Chaos</em>, 2014</p> <p><em>8. Anna Karenina, 2012</em></p> <p>9. <em>Belle</em>, 2013</p> <p>10. <em>Jackie</em>, 2016</p> <p>11. <em>Jane Eyre</em>, 2011</p> <p>12.<em> Les Misérables</em>, 2012</p> <p>13. <em>Wuthering Heights</em>, 2011</p> <p><strong>Related Links:</strong></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/lifestyle/beauty-style/2017/02/elizabeth-taylor-best-movie-outfits/">13 of Elizabeth Taylor’s most memorable movie looks</a></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/entertainment/movies/2017/02/co-stars-whose-romance-continued-off-screen/">Co-stars whose movie romance continued off-screen</a></span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/entertainment/movies/2017/02/resurfaced-portraits-of-celebrities-from-70s-and-80s/">Stunning resurfaced black and white portraits of actors from the 70s and 80s</a></span></strong></p>

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This couple live like they’re in the Victorian era

<p>Meet the Washington couple who live like it’s the 1890s. Sarah Chrisman, 36, and husband Gabriel, 38, have a strict “only if they did it in the 1800s” policy, which sees them live in an 1880s home, keep their food cold with an icebox, cook with a wood-burning stove, read by oil lamp and ride bicycles everywhere. Sarah has even worn a corset day and night for the past seven years!</p> <p>The couple’s Victorian-era lifestyle all started in early 2009, when Gabriel gifted Sarah, who collects vintage clothing, a corset for her birthday.</p> <p>"We've always been fascinated with this period," says Sarah. "We believe that the best way to understand a different culture is to interact with its daily life."</p> <p>So that’s exactly what the Chrismans did. Every day, after Gabriel heads off to his job at a bike shop, Sarah dresses in her corset, pantalets, petticoats and a long dress, before she tackles the domestic chores. She’ll clean out the ashes in the stove and lays a new fire. She’ll then move onto emptying the drip tray from the icebox, before baking a loaf of bread, filling the lamps and the heater with oil and washing the laundry by hand.</p> <p>The couple say their eccentric lifestyle has brought them closer together.</p> <p>“Living like this brings us together,” says Gabriel. “Because we have all these wonderful challenges that we're both sharing and trying to understand and workout. It helps us connect.”</p> <p>He adds, “It's not about replicating the past – we're trying to bring these principles into the modern world.”</p> <p>Scroll through the gallery above to see how the Chrismans live. Could you live like it’s the Victorian era? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.</p> <p><strong>Related links: </strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/relationships/2016/06/the-best-way-to-apologise-according-to-science/"><em>The best way to apologise, according to science</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/relationships/2016/05/why-always-being-right-is-ruining-your-relationship/"><em>Always being right is ruining your relationship</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/lifestyle/relationships/2016/05/marriage-secrets-from-relationship-experts/"><em>6 marriage secrets relationship experts want you to know</em></a></strong></span></p>

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