My theme is Memorable Characters featuring characters from books, movies, and TV.
From: the Star Wars series (prequels)
Known For: grace, representin' Naboo
It's another Star Wars leading lady! I always loved the costuming for the queen, which help to define her character. I decided to look into it, and discovered the dress to the left was inspired by Mongolian royalty. Her heavily made up face and ornate hair helps to distinguish her as a royal since the queen was only a young teen when she took the throne. I like how Padme is shown both in and out of the makeup and heavy clothes, so her early friendship with Anakin feels more genuine--they're both kids, only a handful of years apart. There's even a book written by the award-winning costume designer Trish Biggar called Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars.
Speaking of costumes, Star Wars characters make very popular Halloween costumes. Have you or someone you've known ever dressed as a character from Star Wars?
(*raises hand* I've been Princess Leia--still have the wig!)
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The fact that George Lucas was inspired by Japanese Samurai and Eastern philosophy for aspects of the Star Wars saga was already fairly obvious. That costume and make-up really does underscore the Oriental influence on the stories, however. And no, I've never dressed up as a Star Wars character--not that I recall, anyway. I've pretended to be Luke Skywalker when playing with my school friends... but that didn't involve dress up. :)
ReplyDeleteWe've had so many Jedis for Halloween! When my kids were smaller, I always wanted them all to dress up as jawas, but I could never get them to go for it.
ReplyDeleteEveryone always wanted to dress as a Jedi. The late shoppers always had to be ewoks.
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