maggie wears the shortest skirts

[michael c]

i noticed that on the show the character of maggie evans was the very first to wear the miniskirts that became the rage in the late 1960's.she was wearing them as early as 1966...a time when most of the other characters on the show adopted a more modest length of skirt.not including the older characters,carolyn's skirts rarely raised above mid-thigh,and vicki's hemlines generally hovered just above the knee.

so i was wondering if it was simply a costuming choice or was there a visual metaphor happening?did costuming decide that this said something about the character maggie.not that maggie was by any means "loose" but she was a working girl from "the wrong side of the tracks"(she was even rather brassy at first).did it set her apart from high-born-carolyn and virginal-vicki?
or did they decide that since maggie was a secondary charcter(before alexandra leaves)that they could be somewhat more experimental with her than the "heroines".after all she was the one barnabas kidnaps(they certainly didn't choose vicki for a reason).

while later on everyone including julia and elizabeth(unfortunately)sport the mini-lengths maggie was our pioneer!
any thoughts?

[stefan]

I have to wonder what kind of input KLS had on her DS wardrobe. I believe I read somewhere she might have designed some of her own clothes and that clothing was important to her. Some of KLS's wardrobe on DS was a bit odd. Example, the sleeveless low-cut blue and beige number Josette wore after Barnabas's death when she visited Vickie in jail seemed inappropriate for the character and situation. Black mourning would have made more sense. I'm surprised wardrobe went with it as usually they were on target with their 1795 outfits. Also, some of the jewelry Josette wore was very 60ish - like the flower ring and the leopard spotted muff. These seemed more KLS as opposed to Josette.

Maybe KLS liked mini skirts AND she had some of the best legs on the show.

[TERRY308]

In "The Dark Shadows Companion" KLS says that alot of clothes that she wore, were made by her.

I remember my mother justed to have a pair of "lounging pajama" .  This was in the late 60's.
And I'll be darned if KLS isn't wearing the same thing in one of her taped episodes.  The only difference is my mothers was blue...."Maggies" was yellow

[Nelson Collins]

So, I guess the outfit she wore a couple of times at home during the early Dream Curse episodes, the one with the floor length quilted skirt (or just very long Kulat-style pants) was one of her creations too?

[TERRY308]

That would be my guess.

[michael c]

the quilted,floral print maxi-skirt was my favorite of all maggies outfits.sometimes she looked like she was wearing a dress designed for an eight year old.

i'm not surprised to hear that kls made some of her own cloths.they have that "butterick pattern #17" feel.
it's nice to think of the young kls on her days off from d.s. sitting at the sewing machine in her cute little studio apartment making her own cloths.trying on the finished garment and smiling to herself in the mirror at a job well done.