‘STAR WARS AND THE POWER OF COSTUME’

Via Starwars.com:

GO INSIDE THE SAGA-SPANNING EXHIBIT, ARRIVING NOVEMBER 13 AT THE DENVER ART MUSEUM.

Standing before a row of Queen Amidala’s gowns is like peeking behind the curtain before a couture runway show. Hand-smocked velvet gives way to gossamer silk chiffon; substantial grosgrains mingle with fine filigrees and a playful feathered cape. Some look a tad bit uncomfortable — one gown actually calls for the wearer to straddle a car battery to illuminate a series of globes at its rigid base — while others are just plain covetable, but each has the unmistakable air of royalty.

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