Description: In stylish 1920s London, two beautiful sisters struggle to the top of the fashion world
From the creators of Upstairs, Downstairs (Jean Marsh, Eileen Atkins) comes an addictive drama series set in the era of flappers and suffragettes. Louise Lombard (Hidalgo, CSI) and Stella Gonet (Nicholas Nickleby) star as Evangeline and Beatrice Eliott, sisters born into wealth and privilege who must support themselves after their profligate father dies and leaves them penniless. They have no education or training, just a passion for fashion design. As suitors try to woo them and scoundrels try to trip them up, they make independent, exciting lives for themselves and the women they employ in their house of haute couture.
Seen on A&E, PBS, and BBC America. Winner of top awards for costume design, including an Emmy® and a BAFTA.
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE an exclusive interview with Louise Lombard, production notes, 1920s fashion background, photo gallery, and cast filmographies.
A fashion lovers delight The entire series of The House of Elliott is a sheer delight, especially to any lovers of fashion and the art deco era. Two sisters who had been raised as members of a priveleged class, find themselves penniless after the death of their profligate father who has denied them an education which would enable them to make their own way in the world. Both are talented dressmakers and designers, used to making their own clothes and both have an inborn flair for style and cut. They establish one of the first English Haute Couture fashion houses at a time when it was thought that only the French were able to create fashion, and gradually set their own style which converts a large number of society women to becoming regular clients. The dressing in the show is superb, going from the immediate post WW1 days through to the middle thirties, and the details of furnishings, cars and houses are perfect. It's a wonderful set of DVD's which I'm sure everyone will love.
House of Eliott- Complete Collection The DVD's came in a VERY ATTRACTIVE and FUNCTIONAL CASE and ALL DVD'S played without a GLITCH, A card INSERT listing an INDEX DESCRIPTION of each DVD would have been helpful.
What happens next??? I absolutely loved this series, but I'm so disappointed that everything is still up in the air at the end of Series 3? Is that all there is?? I can't find a Series 4 anywhere, and I can't believe it just ends like this.
The House of Elliot "The House of Elliot" is one of the best series I have. The story is in the 20's-30's with all the problems of women getting started in business, with women not being trained for jobs. I loved the acting, the story lines, the settings and the connection of family. I have purchased 3 of these "complete collections" for family and friends. I would purchase this collection again in a second. I will watch it over several times I am sure. vjDurkee
contents perfect; packaging needs improvement! As other people have commented, it is a superb series. My one complaint is the packaging. The case is made of brittle plastic, and by the time I received the package the case was cracked and chipped off in more than one places. I need to watch all the DVDs to find out if any of them are damaged as a result. Each plastic board holds two disks back-to-back, and those center buttons that you must push to let the disk come off the board don't work very well. Every time I take a disk off the holding board, I am really afraid that I may crack the disk!
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