"Yanxi Raiders" has experienced more than two months of screen brushing, "Yu Ma" threatened - this time the costumes, I guarantee that it is the most complete qing dynasty drama in recent years.
As for whether "Yanxi Raiders" was made into a Qing Dynasty costume book, it is recommended to read the reference materials while watching the play, but 20 years ago, trisha Biggar, the designer who worked on the star wars prequel series of costumes, brought the work, to award the title of the most beautiful costume of the planet series, maybe you are willing to see it.
On September 15th, the British V&A Dundee will open the Star Wars clothing exhibition, and before that, let's jump into the world of Trisha Biggar and explore the Star Wars costume house.
She put on the title of Star Wars costume designer,
But he never won the favor of the little golden man by virtue of this
Trisha Biggar | ©️Michael McGurk
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Trisha Biggar grew up immersed in the world of Scottish stripes. He entered the world of fashion design, starting from university after studying fashion design at the world-renowned Wimbledon College of Art.
Trisha Biggar, who entered social work, worked as a costume director at a local theatre in London. In 1994, he officially joined Lucasfilm (Lucas Business: Star Wars Series Copyright Company).
Screenshot of Moll Flanders
In 1996, the Star Wars prequel series was in full swing, and Trisha, who was nominated for the British Academy Film Award for Costume of the Year for his costume for the court drama Moll Flanders, successfully attracted the attention of the production team and was invited to work with artist Ian McCaig to create costumes for Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace.
Star Wars prequel trilogy poster
Trisha, who created the costume of Padmé Amidala, the core character of the Star Wars series, received unanimous praise from the audience after the release of "Star Wars Prequel 1: The Phantom Menace", and also won the master control of the costume design of the Saturn Award for The Year costume and the next Star Wars prequel series trilogy.
At the same time, with the Star Wars prequel series, Trisha won the Saturn Award for Costume of the Year twice, but accompanied three Oscars for Best Costume Design, until today, the work not only contains the Star Wars prequel series, she has been nominated for the Best Costume Design of the Oscar eight times, but has never been favored, but when it comes to the clothing of the Star Wars series, Trisha will always be the C hero.
Trisha, who is in charge of three Star Wars prequels, interestingly, you can also summarize the relationship between the two into three things.
Claiming that all clothing is "hybrid" finished products
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Illustrated
When it comes to the most well-known costume styling in the Star Wars prequel series, the styling of the heroine Padmé Amidala, played by Natalie Portman, is the answer.
Regarding the inspiration for Padmé Amidala's clothing design, Trisha pointed out that the inspiration is mostly from the royal costumes of the past generations in different cultures.
Movie screenshots & makeup shots
Baltie & set makeup photos
For example, the dress for the Galactic Senate scene in Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace was inspired by the costume of Queen Balti of Genghis Khan during the Mongol Empire, and in the makeup section, it was directly borrowed from Japanese geisha.
Xenia Alexandra & set makeup photos
Detail diagram
In the "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones" travel section, the most photographic dress is based on the traditional 17th-century Russian costume worn by Russia's Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandra.
As well, a series of collisions "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", "Chatting with Zai Zhiyi" "Grandma" the same model, Cleopatra modeling. (Serious face)
Maybe it's the clothing elements, there are too many different styles of culture, in an interview, the Scottish designer from the strength of the corrupt country of self-deprecation, bluntly said: "This is an era where aliens are messing around, isn't it normal for me to make a costume hybrid this time?" ”
For one character alone, Trisha made three million+ costumes
To make everyone in the first edition of the Star Wars trilogy and the Star Wars prequel trilogy of costumes pick a better, I believe that the prequel series of Trisha main knife is better, after all, this is a prosperous republic era, and then to a character need to use three million costumes, the answer is more clear.
Behind the scenes of Trisha's team fitting on with Natalie Portman
The irreplaceable Star Wars series princess Carrie Fisher once said in an interview that harrison Ford, the male protagonist who played with her, had only one set of costumes in the rectification series, so she complained that the production team required her to have six costumes, but when she heard that the "mother" in the film, Natalie Portman, needed to change three million costumes in the trilogy, she instantly felt that these six sets were just a piece of cake.
Trisha & Lucas
Interestingly, Trisha, who had just taken over the costume design of the Star Wars prequel series, only designed three costumes for the heroine, but then was controlled by the main control of all evil - a sentence from director Lucas, "Queen Yay, all in this position, three costumes are too shabby, we need to let her switch in every scene, even a shot switch, she needs to change a costume, which is a natural thing." ”
Probably, really convinced, Trisha just put on the whole design team, with the trilogy, according to the change of the heroine's situation, the queen identity of the first part, the costume is magnificent and dignified, the second part of the encounter love, the girl romantic induction came into being, the third part of the mother to be raised, the costume is loose and elegant.
It took 5 years to make three million extra garments in the studio with the design team.
Really romantic? The most beautiful wedding dress in film history is a sheet
Screenshot of the wedding scene in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
"It is not difficult for costumes to be beautiful, but the beauty in film and television dramas should also be naturally beautiful with the plot."
In Star Wars Episode 2: Attack on the Clones, Natalie Portman ended her term as Queen and traveled to Cowuskan Star as a parliamentarian, returning home in love with Skywalker played by Hayden Christensen, which is more romantic than the story of the first part and the second part.
To match the plot, Trisha created one set after another of casual clothes or dresses for Natalie (although the characters were almost god-level).
In order to be able to be romantic, but also not to affect the preciousness of the queen's identity, director Lucas in the costume, asked Trisha to "more naturally reflect the beauty of the human body" when matching the costume, the queen is in her youth, using tight clothing, is the best choice to highlight the sexiness.
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones is part of the costume set
The secret wedding ceremony of the male and female protagonists of the second part of the Star Wars series, Natalie Portman wearing a wedding dress, which is similar to the first costume borrowed from the dress of the Russian queen, was rated as one of the top ten wedding dresses in the history of 20th century cinema.
But interestingly, the wedding dress is said to have been transformed by Trisha with a lace bedspread from an antique shop.
Coming to "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith", the queen is pregnant, Trisha in order to match the plot, the heroine's clothing material throughout the film chose a softer fiber fabric.
The closing scene of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
With the difficult birth and the pressure on her shoulders, the queen died, lying in a coffin, Trisha ended the curtain perfectly with a gorgeous sequin dress.
A Star Wars costume book
It was a triumph of Trisha's career in fashion design and a gift from global fashion magazines. Trisha, which successfully attracted the attention of people around the world with clothing, how can there be no fashion people to make trouble this time.
Cover of the February 199 issue of Vanity Fair
Inside page of the February 199 issue of Vanity Fair
"High Fashion", Japan June 1999
Cover of the June 2002 issue of Vanity Fair
With the release of the trilogy, Cass wearing Star Wars costumes in a number of films appeared on the cover of fashion magazines such as Vogue, High Fashion, vanity Fair, etc., and there were a large number of related clothing introductions on the inner page.
This fat water can not leave more outsiders in the field. So, in 2005, Trisha United Press launched this "Star Wars Prequel Costume Illustrated Book" - Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars.
《Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars》封面
With the queen costume of the first part as the cover, the entire book contains all the costume sketches, model drawings, and Trisha design ideas made for the Star Wars prequel series at that time.
《Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars》内页
At the same time, costumes that have never appeared in the film due to editing also appear in the book.
Multi-color "peacock dress" & "green velvet robe"
For example, these two of Trisha's favorite costumes are the multi-colored "peacock dress" and the "green velvet robe". The two were originally set in the queen's 2000 delegation meeting, the former inspired by Chinese Dai costumes, and the latter based on Russian royal costumes.
In the book, Trisha even reveals that the multi-colored "peacock dress" that has never appeared in the film is her time-consuming and cost-consuming work.
A never-ending fashion exhibition and its tour
In 2005, the day after new york fashion week closed, there was another fashion event that made New York fashion people continue to party.
Main stage exhibits
To document Trisha Biggar's contributions to the costume design of the Star Wars prequel collection, Lucas Pictures opened a resident exhibition called "DRESSING A GALXAY: THE COSTUMES OF STAR WARS" at The FIDM Museum & Galleries, a prestigious fashion museum in New York.
For its debut, the entire exhibition showcases the Star Wars trilogy and prequel trilogy, all six film costumes and props, and the never-ending Star Wars fashion show, after 13 years, is still The FIDM Museum & Galleries' unfading fashion house.
And these costumes, accompanied by invitations from museums around the world, FIDM also provides matching costumes to drift around the world according to the theme of the current adaptation.
Diverse, weird, elegant, sexy....
No matter how many words are used to summarize the Star Wars fashion empire built by Trisha Biggar, it is estimated that it will be difficult to include three million + costumes, and it is better to find the answer in her books. Enough wallet, you may as well put it, come to the scene, feast your eyes.
It's about to be 30 years, whenever you mention Star Wars, even if you are not a Star Wars fan, you still can't help but say - "May the force be with you", then let this Force accompany you to continue to walk.