Dasha Grady Fan casting for Esmeralda
Dasha Grady

If you are like me, you’re probably on the fan-casting side the internet, like such sites as mycast. Anyway if your are on The Hunchback of Notre Dame side of that site, which is more niche too be sure, you would see that one of the most frequent suggestions for Esmeralda is actress/singer Dasha Grady. Typically this is more for the “mythical” Disney live action remake but that’s only because it’s more popular for speculations.  

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Carrie Coon as Bertha Russell, "The Gilded Age" Season 1 Ranking costumes, gowns, dresses and outfits
Carrie Coon portrays Bertha Russell in “The Gilded Age,” Julian Fellowes’ prequel to “Downton Abbey” set in 1880s New York City. Russell’s costumes reflect her alienation from the city’s elite (aka “The 400.”)

Introducing The Gilded Age

Costume Designer: Kasia Walicka-Maimone

If you were a fan of Downton Abbey while it was still airing than you might have caught wind of Julien Fellow’s project, The Gilded Age, originally pitched as a prequel to Downton Abbey. The project soon became its own independent story, finally the first season premiered on HBO, January 24, 2022.

Like Downton Abbey, it sports an ensemble cast made up of renowned Broadway actors. Set in early 1880s New York City, The Gilded Age primarily revolves around an elite in-crowd—”The 400”—made up of old money and upstarts with new money trying to crash the inner circle.

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Natalie Portman as Padme Amidala from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) Best Floral Costumes, Gowns, & Dresses from Fantasy/Sci-Fi Movies
Natalie Portman as Padme Amidala from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Floral Costumes are Fantastical, Nobel and True

Flowers are synonymous with beauty and femininity, so it makes perfect sense that movie costumes that use floral are super lovely.

This is a ranked list of floral costumes from Fantasy and Sci-fi movies, which are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how well they suit the character/film. Undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear, swimwear etc are not included, but in some instances, especially on this list, a matching outerwear was added.

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Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara from "Gone with the Wind," (1939) Best Floral Costumes, Gowns, & Dresses from Period Piece Drama Movies
Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara from “Gone with the Wind,” (1939)

Roses are Red, Peonies are Blush, Period Floral Movie Gowns are Opulent and Lush

Flowers are synonymous with beauty and femininity, so it makes perfect sense that movie costumes that use floral aresuper lovely.

This is a ranked list of floral costumes from period movies, which are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how well they suit the character/film. Undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear, swimwear etc are not included, but in some instances, especially on this list, a matching outerwear was added.

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Anne Hathaway as Mia from "The Princess Diaries," (2001) Best Floral Costumes, Gowns, & Dresses from Modern Set Movies
Anne Hathaway as Mia from “The Princess Diaries,” (2001)

Flowers are synonymous with beauty and femininity, so it makes perfect sense that movie costumes that use floral are super lovely.

This is a ranked list of floral costumes from modern set movies, which are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how well they suit the character/film. Undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear, swimwear etc are not included, but in some instances, especially on this list, a matching outerwear was added.

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Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower Season 2 of HBO's "House of the Dragon" Ranking Alicent Costumes, Dresses, & Outfits
Olivia Cooke as Alicent Hightower Season 2 of HBO’s “House of the Dragon”

Alicent Hightower: A Member of The Greens

Based on “Fire & Blood” by George R. R. Martin, the second season of HBO’s House of the Dragon premiered on June 16th, 2024 with a total of eight episodes. Following immediately after the events of season one, the second season sets up more mounting tensions between the warring factions as while as the early conflicts of “The Dance.”

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Emma D'Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen in Season 2 of HBO's “House of the Dragon” Ranking Rhaenyra Costumes, Dresses, & Outfits
Emma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen in Season 2 of HBO’s “House of the Dragon”

The Queen on Dragonstone

Based on parts of George R. R. Martin’s prequel that follows the Targaryen family “Fire & Blood,” the second season of HBO’s “House of the Dragon” follows right after the first left off in the mist of the early days of cilil war conflict called“The Dance.”

The second season premiered on June 16th 2024 with eight episodes in total.

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Emily Carey as Younger Queen Alicent in “House of the Dragon” Season 1 of "House of the Dragon" Ranking Alicent Costumes, Dresses, & Outfits
Emily Carey as Younger Queen Alicent in “House of the Dragon” Season 1


House of the Dragon: A Prequel Show

Game of Thrones concluded its run on May 19, 2019. As the show ended it seemed that every show wanted to be the next big Game of Thrones juggernaut that enjoyed the same prestige, popularity and critical acclaim that Game of Thrones once enjoyed.

HBO knew what it had with the original show and while the first attempt at a prequel didn’t pan out, a Targaryen centered show did. The first episode of House of the Dragon premiered on August 21st 2022. It is set nearly 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, and was based on parts of Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin.

The first season is about the lead up to a Targaryen civil war, “The Dance of the Dragon.” The reason for the war was over the issue of succession. The first ten episodes also span nearly twenty years and have many time skips.

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Milly Alcock as young Rhaenyra Targaryen in Season 1 of "House of the Dragon" Ranking Rhaenyra Costumes, Dresses, & Outfits
Milly Alcock as young Rhaenyra Targaryen in Season 1 of “House of the Dragon”


House of the Dragon

After Game of Thrones ended in May 2019 there was this push for the next big show. Every network and studio wanted something on the same level as a cultural juggernaut. And as it turns the next big show was actually a Game of Thrones Prequel series.

House of the Dragon is based on parts of Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin, a Targaryen history. House of the Dragon is set 170 years prior to the events of Game of Thrones and depicts a Targaryen civil war called “The Dance of the Dragons.

” The first season premiered on HBO on August 21, 2022.

The first season spans twenty years leading up to the conflict.

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Rating the Jewelry of Star Wars Movies
Princess Lea’s Silver Necklace, The Japor Snippet, and Qi’ra’s Gold Necklace

I consider myself a casual Star Wars Fan at best. I seen the movies and I watched like two of the shows. Andor was great, it’s the only one I finished watching. However while there was a period in my life when I really loved the franchise nowadays I’m more of back seat fan who will watch the new stuff if word of mouth is positive, which is why I watched Andor. 

But since it’s May The Fourth I got it in my head to do a Star Wars Post so here we are. And since I’m me and I love jewelry and studied jewelry fabrication for a time,  I thought let’s rate the jewelry from the Star Wars  movies – even Andor has lovely costumes. 

There were more than I initially thought. Like Way More. 

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