cellophane

The British Library

‪#‎CuratorPick‬: This dazzling headdress was worn by Vivien Leigh as Titania in a 1937 production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Loaned from Victoria and Albert Museum, this is ‪#‎Shakespeare‬ in Ten Acts curator Greg Buzwell's favourite item in the exhibition.

The costume for Leigh, designed by Oliver Messel, sought to epitomise the romantic ideal of a fairy queen seen through Victorian eyes, emphasising not only Titania’s otherworldliness but also her imperious, steely determination. He used commonplace materials such as cellophane and metallic paper for the headdress to create the illusion of opulence from a distance. http://bit.ly/2aE4RFs

Image © Victoria & Albert Museum

cellophane 

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛləfeɪn/ 

NOUN 1912

[MASS NOUN] trademark

A thin transparent wrapping material made from viscose:[AS MODIFIER]: a cellophane bag

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Origin

Early 20th century:

 1912

 from cellulose + -phane, from diaphane, a kind of semi-transparent woven silk (from medieval Latin diaphanus 'diaphanous').