Star Wars: Fit for a Queen



The Phantom Menace: After her discouraging meeting with the Senate, Queen Amidala wears a dark gown symbolizing not only the gravity of her current situation on Coruscant, but also her seperation from Naboo and the perils facing her planet. The gown is made of Cyrene silk, and the beaded motifs are antiques, taken from the an earlier queen's gown from 240 years prior. For grandeur, the gown sweeps past Amidala's feet and has large oversleeves in the Naboo fashion. Her hairstyle is less formal than that of other gowns, however, consisting of merely a foreknot and two suspensas draping her face. Amidala also wears this dress a second time, when meeting the new Supreme Chancellor.

Design: Originally in TPM, the Queen was only supposed to have three dresses, until George Lucas increased the number so that Amidala would be seen in a new gown in nearly every scene. For some of the shorter scenes, however, one of her previous dresses was utilized again. This costume is one of them. Made of black fringed silk and cut chenille with panne velvet rouleau and lined in gray shot-silk taffeta, this gown was seen in both the Post-Senate scene and Palpatine's arrival on Naboo. And as in the Star Wars universe, the beadwork on this gown is antique, dating back to the 1910s. However, Trisha Biggar was unsure exactly what the beadwork was from, whether is be a dress or something else. "We think it was a dress, but it was in so many pieces we weren't sure what it was." Regardless of where they got the beads from, Biggar's team was able to transform them into beautiful embrodiered designs.


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