Costume designer Marion Boyce talks about one of the central themes of The Dressmaker (Jocelyn Moorhouse, Australia, 2015) being the use of fashion as a weapon for Tilly's revenge.
After the long voyage from Scotland, Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter) and daughter Flora (Anna Paquin) are camped on a New Zealand beach, in a tent made from Ada’s skirt hoops.
On the videotape, Alexandra (Helen Buday) displays the vibrator Steve (Gary Sweet) gave her on her birthday and accuses him of buying it for his pleasure only.
Flora (Anna Paquin) and the Maori children play a sexually suggestive game amongst the trees, watched by the Maori women. Mr Stewart (Sam Neill) stops Flora, telling her never to behave that way.