I had quite an amazing stroke of luck in finding a traineeship at a movie's costuming department. For the last close to three months, I've been sewing 17th century garments for the Girl King, a movie directed by Mika Kaurismäki and filmed right here in Turku. It's an international production between Finland, Sweden, Canada and Germany. I'm under a non-disclosure agreement so I'm afraid I can't share too many details and especially no photos, but
here's a segment that was aired in yesterday's news. Our part starts around 18:30 but I'm afraid there aren't English subtitles. To be honest, I don't even know if the video can be watched outside Finland.
Christina, the name sake of the movie was a Swedish queen who was raised as a boy and grew up to be quite an interesting person. It's been an amazing ride getting to know the 17th century and I've learned more than I ever could've imagined in such a short time. It's slowly drawing to a close, though, as after next week it's time to return to normality and turn my brain forward by about 250 years: I'll be starting my final project at the school, an 1880's bustle gown.
