And this is why I hate Showtime's The Tudors

When I heard that this show was coming out in Spring 2007 via a Yahoo tudor costuming site, I was very excited about it. Then, I saw the costumes. If you are looking for some TV/movies that show tudor era clothing, don't go to this show. This show comes no where close to what men, women, common and royal wore during the early to mid 1500's in England. The story I have to say, I have liked for the first 2 seasons that I have watch after release on to DVD, despite me cussing at the TV every time I saw something completely modern on one of ladies heads ("WTF is on her head!?!?!?"). I am not sure how off they are on the story, but for the most part of what I know, and I am still learning, they are pretty close and well enough.

Then, today, my husband asked if maybe The Tudors had the show on Hulu or such site. No, they didn't. But they did have was a link to season 3, episode 7 with a snapshot being of Anne of Cleves. O...M...G!!!! WTH is Anne wearing?!?!?!? Is THAT suppose to be 1530-40s German dress? That looks more Russian than German. Knowing I would feel sick to watch it, I did anyways wondering if I would get a better look. I wanted to puke! I may not have any interest in making some German garb (my persona is English, not German and there wasn't a lot of interaction with the two), but that doesn't mean I haven't looked at it to see what it looked like and if nothing else, have seen the portrait of this fine lady.

Then, in the clip, Henry introduces his 2 daughters. The Princess Mary, and The Princess Elizabeth? No. When Henry declared that his marriages to Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn were null and void, he also took that title away from the girls, saying that that they should only be Lady Mary and Lady Elizabeth. Now I may be wrong on this last point, but I am very sure on it.

Now, will I never watch the show again? No, but will not stop yelling at the TV when I see this crap that is suppose to be Tudor dress. And that is why I hate the show. Not because they tell history wrong, but because people who are wanting to make good tudor garb are going to look at this show and think this stuff is ok, and that is just WRONG!!!