Star Trek Costumes: Five Decades Of Fashion From The Final Frontier

Star Trek Costumes
I’m really looking forward to Star Trek: Costumes, which is due out in October. It is an in-depth and beautifully illustrated guide to five decades of costume design from the series.

You can expect it to be packed full of new and archival imagery, along with stories and insights from Star Trek costume designers through the years. Check out some of the sample pages below.

From the classic Starfleet uniforms and daringly provocative outfits of The Original Series to flowing Vulcan robes, flamboyant Ferengi fashions, and formidable Klingon wedding attire, Star Trek: Costumes explores how these designs have played a key role in transporting fans to distant worlds and alien cultures over the last five decades.

Star Trek Costumes

Star Trek Costumes

Star Trek Costumes

Star Trek Costumes

Star Trek Costumes

Star Wars R2-D2 Skater Dress

r2d2 star wars dress
Geek girls will need a restraining bolt to keep them from this Star Wars R2-D2 skater dress. This jersey knit frock is designed to look just like your favorite Astromech Droid. The detailing is perfect. People will look at your dress and say, “You R2 cute!”

I’ve seen many R2 shirts and dresses, but this one seems absolutely perfect. I’ll have to get one for my wife. Too bad it won’t play a holographic message.

r2d2 star wars dress

r2d2 star wars dress

Star Wars R2-D2 Sweater

Star Wars R2-D2 Sweater
Sometimes things get chilly. That’s when you need a sweater, but you don’t want some boring sweater that looks like it belongs to your grandmother. You need a cool geek sweater like this R2-D2 Sweater.

Once again, a droid comes to the rescue, this time, helping you stay warm and toasty. And making you look like R2 himself. Beep bloop beep boop! Perfect for casual cosplay or just hanging around the house watching Star Wars.

Star Wars R2-D2 Sweater

Star Wars Infographic Shows Costume Progression For The Rebels

star wars costumes info graphic

This infographic from Halloweencostumes.com should give you something to think about while we wait for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It gives us a look at the costumes of the famous Rebel Alliance trio from the original Star Wars trilogy: Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Han Solo.

The infographic includes some details that shed some light on the background of the costumes from the original trilogy.

star wars costumes info graphic

star wars costumes info graphic

star wars costumes info graphic

star wars costumes info graphic

Batman Villain Makeup Photoshoot

Batman Villain Makeup Photoshoot

Lilly Mähdrescher could teach the Joker a thing or two about makeup. This is Lily’s creative Batman inspired fashion makeup photo shoot. Lily did the modelling, makeup and styling. I think she totally captured the spirit of Gotham’s bad girls if they did a runway show in Arkham Asylum.

Even male characters like Mr. Freeze and The Penguin are portrayed here as female fashionistas. These looks will be all the rage among Gotham’s crazies this fall.

Batman Villain Makeup Photoshoot

Batman Villain Makeup Photoshoot

Batman Villain Makeup Photoshoot

Batman Villain Makeup Photoshoot

Batman Villain Makeup Photoshoot

Batman Villain Makeup Photoshoot

Batman Villain Makeup Photoshoot

Batman Villain Makeup Photoshoot

Batman Villain Makeup Photoshoot

Batman Villain Makeup Photoshoot

Batman Villain Makeup Photoshoot

Batman Villain Makeup Photoshoot

Batman Villain Makeup Photoshoot

Batman Villain Makeup Photoshoot

Batman Villain Makeup Photoshoot

Avengers Makeup Tribute

These fine examples of Avengers makeup for your eyelids make an amazing makeup statement. I’m not sure who the makeup artist is, but she did a fantastic job. All of the Avengers are represented here and they all look pretty sexy.

Avengers Makeup

X-Men: Days Of Fashion Past

One of the things I don’t like about the recent X-Men movies are the costumes. I want more colorful costumes like the ones drawn on our favorite mutants in the comic books. Well, if you are also tired of seeing your favorite mutants dressed only in black jumpsuits, illustrator Kevin Wada, has upped their fashion. Drastically.

These images are from a series called X-Fashion, and they do look like they belong in a high fashion magazine. The heroes and the villains all get a fashion makeover. The designs even align with each character’s mutant powers. I guess the danger room is a lot more colorful now.

x men high fashion

x men high fashion

x men high fashion

x men high fashion

x men high fashion

x men high fashion

x men high fashion

x men high fashion

x men high fashion

x men high fashion

via Movie Pilot