27 Times Hollywood Bungled Costumes On Set

Well, nothing on the surface, but what a lot of people don't know is that kilts weren't worn in Scotland until the 16th century…  William Wallace lived in the 1300's.

Sometimes it's the little things that get missed, like the 2010 Rolex that was worn in the movie American Hustle, set decades prior to that date in the 1970's.

For a movie set in World War II they sure have some sweet tech, like the headset worn by Jim Morita that wasn't produced until 2000.

Which is absolutely a cool piece of attire, unfortunately, sunglasses weren't widely available until 1929, and even then were only worn as medical devices.  Django was a time-traveler maybe?

Unfortunately, they didn't corner the market until the 1980's, and the movie is set in the 1960's.  Stylish, but not for that era.

Of course, the movie was set in the 1980's, making Drew Barrymore's hairstyle about a decade out of place.

The Mood Ring wasn't invented until 1975, making the appearance of that mood ring about three years too early for its 1972 setting.

In this case, it's another hairstyle blunder, Peggy Carter's hairstyle was far too long for the WWII regulation for female haircuts.

All of the golf shoes worn in this film were Nike's, which would be fine if Nike had golf shoes in the early 1990's.  They weren't produced until 1996.

Val Kilmer sports Ray-Bans that first came on the scene in the 1980's.  Jim Morrison, the musician he portrayed, died in 1971, and the film was set in the 1960's.  You can see the problem, even through shades.

You see, Russell Crowe was wearing Lycra shorts in this film under his armor, which were plainly visible.  Do we really need to point out there was no Lycra in ancient Rome?

For instance, the movie was set in 1938, and World War II had yet to begin, let alone the Nazi party.

But apparently the Royal Navy is better pirates than Jack Sparrow, stealing their uniforms from 1747, impressive for a movie set sometime between 1714 and 1727, as is evident by the King of England being George I.

The guy who decided that Judge Murray should wear a modern judge's robe in a time period when they should have been made from wool or canvas.

That blunder being that while all the Army boots in the movie are black, the movie was set before they were issued in 1950.  Oops!

But that ignores the fact that Azeem is obviously the better thief, having stolen the telescope from a time nearly 400 years later.  The movie is set in 1194, long before the telescope was invented in the early 17th century.

It wasn't introduced until 5th century BCE, 800 years later than the time the movie is set.  Those Greeks were really innovative, weren't they?

Specifically, the ones that all the women in the concentration camps had shaved legs and armpits… A little odd considering this wasn't the fashion in 1940's Europe, and where'd they get the razors?

You see, in Raider's of the Lost Ark, there's a scene where you can see a background character clothes decidedly wrong for a movie set in the 1930's.

In one shot we can see one of the film crews members among the pirate crew, he obviously doesn't belong there in his modern cowboy hat and glasses.

In 2005 there was a striking rendition of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, a book set in 1790.  The book was published in 1815. This may sound minor, but the Wellington boots shown in the movie weren't made popular until the Duke of Wellington wore them in the later date.

There’s a cast member wearing a Black Sabbath shirt from 1997… The film was set in the ‘70’s.

Specifically, that Brad Pitt was wearing a hair and hairstyle that was clearly 1990’s… In a film set in the 1910’s.

That issue being that the movie was produced in the 1950’s, but the time period it’s set in is the 1920’s.  Which makes us wonder how Cathy got her hands on that tulle skirt from the 1950’s?

That once again all the hairstyles the girls are wearing are seriously anachronistic, being a fashion from the 1970’s.  Long hair parted in the middle was very much of the 70’s, but in 1900 their hair would’ve been worn up.

Specifically that almost all the soldiers were clean shaven, which wasn’t something common for soldiers until much later than the film’s 1879 setting.  Mustache's were all the rage.

For a movie set during the prohibition, the lapels on their suits were incredibly narrow.  In the 1930’s suit lapels were much broader, a style which held on until much later, almost the 90’s.