Almost a week has passed since the holy month of Ramadan, which means at least 7 episodes of each series shown during this season, the most important in the Arab TV drama, and soon the works worth watching, and others that the audience criticized sarcastically or seriously, appeared on social networking sites.
And one of the most important factors that have recently become influential in evaluating TV business is fashion or clothing, especially after the spread of many series that belong to historical dramas
But did the Ramadan 2021 series come out with their clothes without errors?
Historical drama and costumes
Historical drama is a type of cinematic and television work that mainly depends on presenting its events in an earlier time, whether their stories are based on historical facts or entirely from fiction;
But time is an important factor here, whether in the drama itself and the plot, or in the image.
Without much description and theoretical explanation, historical drama is a type of cinematic and television work that depends mainly on presenting its events in an earlier time, whether its stories are based on historical facts or entirely from fiction;
But time is an important factor here, whether in the drama itself and the plot, or in the image.
One of the most important factors that distinguish historical drama is fashion, which shows the time in which events unfold in a way that complements the methods of narration in the work, and the rest of the image complements.
And historical drama does not have to be for old works. For example, the television works that take place in ancient Egypt are historical dramas, which take place in the eighties and nineties as well, are historical dramas.
Ramadan 2021 series clothing mistakes
Since the series "Grand Hotel" was shown in 2016, the makers of TV series have discovered a golden mine in historical drama. Work captured the attention of the masses, and it was the golden horse in that season, and the stars of its heroes, Amina Khalil, Amr Youssef, Dina El-Sherbiny and Mohamed Mamdouh were launched. The old time period in which the events took place, where the old hotel decorations and the characters' clothes became very attractive to the public, and caused widespread attention on social networking sites.
In the following years, other series began to follow the same path to obtain the same success, for example "Layali Eugenie", "The Champs Elysees Tales" and "Layalina 80", and here we are watching this year, "Qasr El Nil". "The King", whose events take place in ancient Egypt.
Although fashion is considered an attraction in these series;
However, in most cases it was not a factor that deserved much consideration for its industry;
Rather, attention was focused on being attractive and looking "old" even if it was not appropriate for the time period in which the events unfold.
And what happened with the King Ahmose series was a result of this long series of complacency in dealing with the importance of costumes in the historical drama, so the clothes in the promo of the series appeared inappropriate with the time period in which the events revolved, along with other details such as hair and accessories, all related to each other. The result this time - because the series touches an important historical period and because many people are familiar with it - postponing the show of the series and returning it to the review committee;
But how is the situation with the rest of the Ramadan season series that have already been shown?
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The Qasr al-Nil series clearly belongs to the historical drama, which takes place in the sixties of the twentieth century, and through "flashback" we go back to the forties, and the childhood of the heroine Camellia, and one of the most important factors of attraction of the series was its visual character of costumes, make-up and accessories, and it started since the advertisements Own it before Ramadan.
But despite the interest in promoting these factors;
Except that he did not pay attention to it at all, so we find that his clothes do not look similar to reality in the sixties at all, which is strange in light of the fact that this period of time is not far away, as well as there are many means that help to know the fashion in this era, such as Cinematographic films and photographs.
For example, the clothes of the heroines do not belong to the shape and style of women's clothing in the sixties in Egypt, which was inclined to simplicity
In fact, we find it closer to the fashion common in American cinema during this era, in addition to the wigs spread in the series, especially the artist Reham Abdel Ghafour and Maryam Al-Khasht, who are unlike any of the hair styles of the heroines of the films of this era.
Like Shadia and Faten Hamama, or wearing heavy hats that clearly seem foreign to Egyptian culture.
As for the clothes of the actor "Nabil Issa" and "Sabri Fawaz," so is their completely logical aspect. Returning to the cinema of the sixties, we find that men of the upper classes wore regular suits, not those inlaid with ties and handkerchiefs of shiny satin.
It is easy to discover the mistakes of the Qasr al-Nil series in fashion by comparing it to another series that belongs to the historical drama type, "Zhat", which was shown during Ramadan 2013, and its events began in the 1950s, so we find that the clothes tend to be simple and closer to what was already usual in the time periods, which Pass it over, and most importantly, the costumes were not just a charm or an attraction to the spectators;
Rather, it was used brilliantly to show the transformations that occurred to the Egyptian people during the period in which events unfold.