Clothes

LuthienTinuviel · 03-05-2002, 05:54 PM

is there an official costume thread already?
sorry if there is, but i just wanted to know what people thought about the costumes in the movie?
what would you have changed? what did you love? eh? eh?

i would have done galadriel's dresses a bit different, they looked a bit stereotypical of the "good side"
i know she was suposed to be in all white, but it just looked so.. plain. white lace? ya it was pretty, but.. something was missing that i can't put my finger on.

and arwens dresses too. they were cool, but still all of the elven stuff (except for legolas' traveling clothes) there was something missing..

i liked all the rest.
oh, one more point.
i wish they had put in the saruman of many colours.
ok, im done, have fun.

TinuvielChild · 03-05-2002, 06:07 PM

i think (correct me if i'm wrong) that he was still Saruman the White at that point (?) and later he became Saruman of Many Colors

LuthienTinuviel · 03-05-2002, 06:17 PM

gandalf tells about his meeting with saruman at the council of elrond, in the movie they showed a bit of real time seqencing, like showing events in order, instead of having the characters tell one another in the books, the camera can just go to the scene between them etc.
they should have put it in.
it would have been a hard costume to make without looking cheesy though.

Starr Polish · 03-05-2002, 09:00 PM

If you really liked the dresses there is a website that makes reproductions of Galadriel's dress and Arwen's lilac one...there are a lot of movie repros on it.

I actually thought the costuming was great. That's one of my favorite things to look at, is the costuming in movies. That'd be a fun thing to do for a living (never mind that I can't sew). I would like Galadriel's dress for a wedding dress.

Ërendil · 03-06-2002, 09:14 AM

i LIKME ALL THE ELVISH STUFF. i KNOW THAT gALADRIEL WAS A LITTLE STERIOTYPED BUT SHE STILL LOOKED VERY "PURE" AND SORT OF FITTED THE PART. Oops i just realised that i felt the caps locks on and i can't be bothered to type it all out again.

barrelrider110 · 03-06-2002, 10:01 AM

The elvish costumes were OK.
The hobbits were perfect.
I didn't like Gandalf's hat.
Ditto LuthienTinuviel and Starr Polish on Saruman of many colors. I thought that would have been interesting, and it showed that Saruman had changed, given into temptation (there's another Biblical theme)
I thought Boromir's costume was super. Very Roman-esque, (not Viking) because Gondor was allegorical to Rome *JRRT rolls over in grave at yet again another reference to allegory*
My favorite:
The Ringwraiths were totally awesome. Not just hooded figures. They actually looked like phantoms with all that tattered dark fabric, and those menacing gloves. They are the stuff nightmares are made of.

Elf Girl · 03-06-2002, 10:11 AM

Starr Polish, would you post a link to the site you mentioned? (the on that makes costumes)

I liked the elven-stuff (except Galadriel).
I agree about Saruman of many colors.
Hobbits: Great
Gimli: Great
Gloin: Ugh
Aragorn: could've been better
Borimir: good

eowyn144 · 03-06-2002, 11:00 AM

i absolutely LOVED the hobbit' costumes!they were perfect!
i also especially loved legolas' outfit in lothlorien. that was just stylish!
p.s. galadriels dress is mine!!!its exactly how i would imagine my wedding dress to be!

rainbow · 03-06-2002, 12:48 PM

i agree Galadriels dress was perfect but i'm not so sure about Gimli his was a bit wrong, to much

Laurelyn · 03-06-2002, 12:59 PM

The costumes were great, IMHHO. I really liked the jewelry mainly, but the costumes were good too.

TinuvielChild · 03-06-2002, 05:39 PM

hobbits = awesome
elves = awesome
gandalf's hat = too big
dwarves = pretty good
nazgul = superb!!!
saruman = radiating evil
aragorn = good
boromir = good

did i miss anything?

aldesign · 03-06-2002, 07:02 PM

the Elven cloaks were good, especially the LEAF brouch that does them up.

andy

samwise of the shire · 03-06-2002, 07:22 PM

The Hobbits costumes were really countrified. Comfortable looking and homemade like. Very well done and convincing.
I thought Arwen lavender dress was pretty...with the covering over it. A nice summer evening dress. I didn't like her riding dress though.
Gimlis helmet get's on my nerves the way it seems to dig into his head and it looks so CLUNKY. Yech. But I liked him all in all.
Boromirs costume was good. I liked the way they had the princly elegance(like the bracelets and the crimson sleaves with the gold trim)and the traveler look mixed together.
Legolas's "council of elrond costume" was COOL with that grey shiny stuff. But I liked his travelling cotume too. Those boots were too cool.
I liked Gandalfs costuem all the way. His staff is TOO neat.
Saruman. One word for him. EVIL ALL the way.
But I liked the hobbits party stuff and normal costumes. Merry had this ADORABLE plaid on at the party that he spoiled the dunce.
Sam

LuthienTinuviel · 03-06-2002, 07:35 PM

i dunno, i was thinking about this today, and maybe saruman's robes bug me so much because of the color similarity between gladreils and his robes.
both white
bothe resemble purity and the sort.
galadreil i would believe to be in white, in fact the book, says she is, but the design could have been better i think.
they should have put saruman of many colours in because now i feel like he is pure too, which in turn makes me confused about "is he really bad"

if you can understand that, yer a true genius.
sorry it's so mottled, but i had to get it out, it was driving me nuts.

Laurelyn · 03-06-2002, 08:12 PM

Also, at the point where Frodo is getting all ready to leave after Gandalf tells him that the Ring cannot stay in the Shire, I love his costume and props when he's all ready to leave . . . it makes him look really cute and hobbit-ish.

Feraway Hawkbriar · 03-06-2002, 08:40 PM

Loved pretty much all the costumes, but I especially liked the hobbit costumes, very neat-O.

Starr Polish · 03-07-2002, 12:03 AM

www.nehelenia.de

It has Galadriel's dress and Arwen's lilac dress, but she isn't currently taking orders, and the price for Galadriel's dress is very high (Arwen's isn't up for order yet). All of the stuff she makes herself, I think, and I hear is really great quality.

I am obsessed with medievel/renassaince costuming, so of course I love these sites. I am even planning on getting a historically accurate medieval dress for one of my proms.

TinuvielChild · 03-07-2002, 04:11 PM

very awesome! yeah, the price for galadriel's is rather steep...

but i like arwen's! that was a cool outfit. i wish they had some others besides just galadriel's and arwen's, but even those are hard to come by! thank you so much for that website!!!!!!! *bows low and kisses feet of starr polish*

Elf Girl · 03-07-2002, 05:54 PM

Was that particular dress of Arwen's in the movie? I don't recognize it.

LuthienTinuviel · 03-07-2002, 05:57 PM

i never saw a movie shot of her in that dress either. i have pictures from the movie guide and the visual companion, i don't remember that dress from the movie

03-05-2002, 05:54 PM	#1
LuthienTinuviel protector of orphaned rabbits Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kalamazoo... yes, its a real place! Posts: 1,236	costumes. is there an official costume thread already? sorry if there is, but i just wanted to know what people thought about the costumes in the movie? what would you have changed? what did you love? eh? eh? i would have done galadriel's dresses a bit different, they looked a bit stereotypical of the "good side" i know she was suposed to be in all white, but it just looked so.. plain. white lace? ya it was pretty, but.. something was missing that i can't put my finger on. and arwens dresses too. they were cool, but still all of the elven stuff (except for legolas' traveling clothes) there was something missing.. i liked all the rest. oh, one more point. i wish they had put in the saruman of many colours. ok, im done, have fun. __________________ Last edited by LuthienTinuviel : 07-08-2002 at 05:52 PM.

03-05-2002, 06:07 PM	#2
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	i think (correct me if i'm wrong) that he was still Saruman the White at that point (?) and later he became Saruman of Many Colors __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

03-05-2002, 06:17 PM	#3
LuthienTinuviel protector of orphaned rabbits Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kalamazoo... yes, its a real place! Posts: 1,236	gandalf tells about his meeting with saruman at the council of elrond, in the movie they showed a bit of real time seqencing, like showing events in order, instead of having the characters tell one another in the books, the camera can just go to the scene between them etc. they should have put it in. it would have been a hard costume to make without looking cheesy though. __________________

03-05-2002, 09:00 PM	#4
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	If you really liked the dresses there is a website that makes reproductions of Galadriel's dress and Arwen's lilac one...there are a lot of movie repros on it. I actually thought the costuming was great. That's one of my favorite things to look at, is the costuming in movies. That'd be a fun thing to do for a living (never mind that I can't sew). I would like Galadriel's dress for a wedding dress. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

03-06-2002, 09:14 AM	#5
Ërendil Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 389	i LIKME ALL THE ELVISH STUFF. i KNOW THAT gALADRIEL WAS A LITTLE STERIOTYPED BUT SHE STILL LOOKED VERY "PURE" AND SORT OF FITTED THE PART. Oops i just realised that i felt the caps locks on and i can't be bothered to type it all out again. __________________ "You're one of the Abaharaki, oh I had forgotten. Look at me, I am completly drenched! I do hate the rain, it makes me so depressed..." "Hehehehe, moeru moeru!" "That's it, set it all on fire; we're gonna smoke out Escaflowne!" "Oh, I hit the wrong target... never mind that creature was useless to us anyway. Our orders were to get the girl? So he isn't our concern, we don't need him!" ^_^ Isn't Dilandau just fantastic? You just have to love the insane, murderous pyro :-D

03-06-2002, 10:01 AM	#6
barrelrider110 Peer of the realm of Sanguine Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Hill, Marlton, NJ Posts: 798	The elvish costumes were OK. The hobbits were perfect. I didn't like Gandalf's hat. Ditto LuthienTinuviel and Starr Polish on Saruman of many colors. I thought that would have been interesting, and it showed that Saruman had changed, given into temptation (there's another Biblical theme) I thought Boromir's costume was super. Very Roman-esque, (not Viking) because Gondor was allegorical to Rome JRRT rolls over in grave at yet again another reference to allegory My favorite: The Ringwraiths were totally awesome. Not just hooded figures. They actually looked like phantoms with all that tattered dark fabric, and those menacing gloves. They are the stuff nightmares are made of. __________________ “"I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider," Fear Complacency! ___________________ Something under the bed is drooling

03-06-2002, 10:11 AM	#7
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	Starr Polish, would you post a link to the site you mentioned? (the on that makes costumes) I liked the elven-stuff (except Galadriel). I agree about Saruman of many colors. Hobbits: Great Gimli: Great Gloin: Ugh Aragorn: could've been better Borimir: good __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

03-06-2002, 11:00 AM	#8
eowyn144 Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 435	i absolutely LOVED the hobbit' costumes!they were perfect! i also especially loved legolas' outfit in lothlorien. that was just stylish! p.s. galadriels dress is mine!!!its exactly how i would imagine my wedding dress to be! __________________ If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe

03-06-2002, 12:48 PM	#9
rainbow Enting Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: in my head Posts: 61	i agree Galadriels dress was perfect but i'm not so sure about Gimli his was a bit wrong, to much __________________ smile & be happy (frodo lives) BANANERISM RULES!!!!! the spotty dog chases its tail till all its spots fall off!

03-06-2002, 12:59 PM	#10
Laurelyn Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Valinor, right next to Telperion . . . what did you expect, Michigan? Posts: 1,315	The costumes were great, IMHHO. I really liked the jewelry mainly, but the costumes were good too. __________________ The Third Age of Entmoot has begun. Angel of music, guide and guardian! Grant to me your glory! The country I eat and spend the day in is by no means the country I sleep and dream in. Define patriotism. Hold the boat, you spastic monkey! ~ Elenka

03-06-2002, 05:39 PM	#11
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	hobbits = awesome elves = awesome gandalf's hat = too big dwarves = pretty good nazgul = superb!!! saruman = radiating evil aragorn = good boromir = good did i miss anything? __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

03-06-2002, 07:02 PM	#12
aldesign Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Uk Posts: 447	the Elven cloaks were good, especially the LEAF brouch that does them up. andy __________________ The funniest story on the net, made by entmoot fanatics, visit it @ FOTMB.com FRODO LIVES!! GET FREE AVATARS HERE!

03-06-2002, 07:22 PM	#13
samwise of the shire Radically Tolkienited Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: If home is where the heart is, and my heart is in heaven...that should answer your question. <+>< Posts: 967	The Hobbits costumes were really countrified. Comfortable looking and homemade like. Very well done and convincing. I thought Arwen lavender dress was pretty...with the covering over it. A nice summer evening dress. I didn't like her riding dress though. Gimlis helmet get's on my nerves the way it seems to dig into his head and it looks so CLUNKY. Yech. But I liked him all in all. Boromirs costume was good. I liked the way they had the princly elegance(like the bracelets and the crimson sleaves with the gold trim)and the traveler look mixed together. Legolas's "council of elrond costume" was COOL with that grey shiny stuff. But I liked his travelling cotume too. Those boots were too cool. I liked Gandalfs costuem all the way. His staff is TOO neat. Saruman. One word for him. EVIL ALL the way. But I liked the hobbits party stuff and normal costumes. Merry had this ADORABLE plaid on at the party that he spoiled the dunce. Sam __________________ Jesus is my all in all <><+<><+<><+<><+<><+<><+ People who are so concerned with escapism do have a name...we call them jailers. ~J.R.R Tolkien Radically Saved, Totally Tolkienited GOD... BLESS... AMERICA...

03-06-2002, 07:35 PM	#14
LuthienTinuviel protector of orphaned rabbits Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kalamazoo... yes, its a real place! Posts: 1,236	i dunno, i was thinking about this today, and maybe saruman's robes bug me so much because of the color similarity between gladreils and his robes. both white bothe resemble purity and the sort. galadreil i would believe to be in white, in fact the book, says she is, but the design could have been better i think. they should have put saruman of many colours in because now i feel like he is pure too, which in turn makes me confused about "is he really bad" if you can understand that, yer a true genius. sorry it's so mottled, but i had to get it out, it was driving me nuts. __________________

03-06-2002, 08:12 PM	#15
Laurelyn Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Valinor, right next to Telperion . . . what did you expect, Michigan? Posts: 1,315	Also, at the point where Frodo is getting all ready to leave after Gandalf tells him that the Ring cannot stay in the Shire, I love his costume and props when he's all ready to leave . . . it makes him look really cute and hobbit-ish. __________________ The Third Age of Entmoot has begun. Angel of music, guide and guardian! Grant to me your glory! The country I eat and spend the day in is by no means the country I sleep and dream in. Define patriotism. Hold the boat, you spastic monkey! ~ Elenka

03-06-2002, 08:40 PM	#16
Feraway Hawkbriar Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California Posts: 348	Loved pretty much all the costumes, but I especially liked the hobbit costumes, very neat-O. __________________ "The barks goes ever on and on out from the dog where they began. He's out there crapping on my lawn. Till I hit him with my van."

03-07-2002, 12:03 AM	#17
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	www.nehelenia.de It has Galadriel's dress and Arwen's lilac dress, but she isn't currently taking orders, and the price for Galadriel's dress is very high (Arwen's isn't up for order yet). All of the stuff she makes herself, I think, and I hear is really great quality. I am obsessed with medievel/renassaince costuming, so of course I love these sites. I am even planning on getting a historically accurate medieval dress for one of my proms. __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

03-07-2002, 04:11 PM	#18
TinuvielChild Padawan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Barony of Carolingia Posts: 2,176	very awesome! yeah, the price for galadriel's is rather steep... but i like arwen's! that was a cool outfit. i wish they had some others besides just galadriel's and arwen's, but even those are hard to come by! thank you so much for that website!!!!!!! bows low and kisses feet of starr polish __________________ There are only four questions of value in life: What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for? What is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: ONLY LOVE. Dance as though nobody's watching. Sing as though nobody's listening. Dream as though you'll live forever. Live as though you'll die tomorrow. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO and proud! FRODO LIVES!!!!!

03-07-2002, 05:54 PM	#19
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	Was that particular dress of Arwen's in the movie? I don't recognize it. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

03-07-2002, 05:57 PM	#20
LuthienTinuviel protector of orphaned rabbits Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kalamazoo... yes, its a real place! Posts: 1,236	i never saw a movie shot of her in that dress either. i have pictures from the movie guide and the visual companion, i don't remember that dress from the movie __________________

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