Outlander Wardrobe and language

[Terry1948]

We want to make things as authentic as possible. But we are making a dramatic television show with a creative vision to aspire on one side, and real limitations on the other. There is no way we are going to make everyone happy. Some people are upset that Claire has too many changes (we have been too good at making three outfits look like six), some people are unhappy that there is no evidence that they would have had knitting needles big enough to knit Claire's pieces. But if we made it intensely accurate, there would be another set of people who would say that it was too dry and academic.
We want everyone to like all of our choices, but it is not realistic to expect to meet 3 million expectations. We just do the best we can to make good, respectable television that we can be proud of and hope most people enjoy.
I am sorry that you are missing the colors you feel should be there, I really am!

You know, the reality is that unless there is an unlimited budget, which from my experience does not exist in any enterprise, one decides which are the important "battles" and which are the ones where compromise is needed. I imagine you have a notebook somewhere which lists all the "if I only had time and money" modifications you would make -- sort of a wish list.

I think you and Ron, and the rest of your talented team, have done a wonderful job. The very fact that there are a myriad of people who want this change and that change, and why could this not be done this way, etc., points to the fact that your work has been noticed and is important enough to be commented on.

Keep up the good work.