The Tudors Costumes: Henry VIII - Season 4
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| For Season 4, Joan Bergin, the costume designer was asked :What did you especially enjoy about designing the costumes for Henry VIII? "Well his was an extraordinary journey – I would say unrivalled in film or TV - in costume terms because it begins with a concept of him as a kind of rock star of his time. You know, this young man, everybody was affected by him and that it was the dawn of a new Camelot. And we took him right through to the state he is at the end of season 4 which is a sour, decaying, disillusioned and disappointed king. And the actor (Jonathon Rhys Meyers) is unusual in that you have someone who both looks so good in these costumes, but also has such an understanding of clothes and that helps enormously. This year has probably been the most interesting in costume terms because we had to find some way of showing that Henry was older although the actor is still 32 years of age and slim. So we built up this system of padding from 1 to 5 and then we added a lot of furs and lots of gold so that the opulence masked the disillusionment. We grew him into a look that demonstrated that he really wanted to show the power of his kingdom until he became seriously ill which is historically true. The set designers have reduced his world to a wonderful gothic black and gold and purple which is opulent, but you have to strain to see him in it and I went with that very much for the costuming. So it was like somebody who put on fine clothes but was no longer interested in them. But the greatest thrill for me was making the costume for the famous Holbein portrait that everyone knows of Henry VIII. I think everyone thought that we would deliver a version of it, but what we delivered was every exact detail, so that when he walked onto the set the gasp was very wonderful! We even made the jewellery to match the portrait. It was just wonderful. How did you dress the final scenes that end the season and the show? The final great moment is the reappearance of Henry’s wives so I went for the whole gothic look, black and big veils. They appear in costumes that we haven’t seen before; I thought it was important to have a particular look to have them as almost a separate poster for the last 2 episodes to show him as old. He got the most wonderful makeup from an LA makeup artist to show him old. " |
   | Another well put together wedding outfit for Henry. I do believe they are padding the doublets and using line in the costumes to make JRM look bigger this season. Though he is still trim compared to the real Henry, why would catherine cheat, I wouldn't. butterflyfunkychic you were brought up bright she wasn't the jewels are a nice fit and I like design on the back wresltgal |
 | Nice leather riding jerkin your majesty! butterflyfunkychic This outfit makes him look younger wresltgal |
 | They greay make JRM hair look more grey, though I think that was intentioned. butterflyfunkychic |
    | This is nice but gives me a pirate feel with the black and gold for some reason butterflyfunkychic Gold and black work every time no matter what wresltgal |
   | I believe the puffed sleeves need to be sitting higher on the shoulders on this outfit. Though if the desired effect is to make him look like he has gained weight, this is working. butterflyfunkychic |
   | The burnt out velvet overcoat is a nice notion but not period in any sense of costuming. butterflyfunkychic I'm not to thrilled with the back of the overcoat wresltgal |
 | Eh its ok, nothing too dressy must be a more casual outfit. butterflyfunkychic kinda boring wresltgal |
 | Check out the brocade pattern on the shoulder, paisley is Persian not Tudor. butterflyfunkychic |
 | I wanna pet the sleeves! butterflyfunkychic |
 | Not really uge on the hat, this flat cap should sit lower on the head, though the rest looks good. butterflyfunkychic The hat is too much he would look better if he didn't have it on and just went barehead wresltgal |
   | ooh RED, it looks perfect with the coat and chain, very pleasing line for this outfit, cheers! butterflyfunkychic Red is his signature color wresltgal |
    | I like the sleeves but wish they used a linear patterned brocade on the chest, the striping would look more pleasing to the eye. butterflyfunkychic Once again lose the hat wresltgal |
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 | i like the chain of office on this outfit it all matches. butterflyfunkychic |
  | all around nice outfit. butterflyfunkychic |
  | I think he looks so good in red, this say royal all over it. Butterflyfunkychic |
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  | The designers did such a perfect rendition of Holbein's portraiture. it made the hair stand up on the back of my neck, bravo! butterflyfunkychic Such a great job on this. When I first saw it I was shocked with how close they got to the actual portrait. Very well done! Im impressed! AB_Fan07 |