It’s simple, it’s classy, it looks comfy AND elegant. I love the beadwork on the headpiece and how it’s Bene Gesserit-adjacent but you can still completely see her face and hair. The light colors look good on her and that collar made me question it for just long enough to make it better.
Next up is Jessica’s early sayyadina look, and I loooooove this robe. The earth colors are nice, I like how it kinda blends in with the sietch while emphasizing her eyes, and the fabric is very rough and functional looking while still being beautiful. Mostly I’m psyched about the patterns in the weaving (I think it’s woven) and the way that creates continuity with her tattoos.
I had trouble finding good pictures for this, but
Everything about this scene was GORGEOUS. I swear I didn’t breathe for the first ten minutes of the movie, and these Harkonnen uniforms were part of it. The colors here are amazing and make the black look so harsh and unnatural compared to the sand and rocks and the Fremen clothing. Their shiny helmets are terrifying and sterile and buglike and I am living for it. (Little me would have gotten nightmares)
Obviously we’ve all acknowledged Lady Margot’s amazing dress, but it’s just That Good. The structure! The open shoulders and low neck + hood! The color! Sinister and sexy. And despite the fact that I loved the color, I might love this even more in the black and white scenes because it shows off the construction so well and the opera glasses honestly tie it all together.
Ok bringing back Jessica because she Doesn’t Miss:
I loooove this. The gold printing (?) around the hood might be my favorite part, and the beads under the collar are awesome without weighing down her whole face like the outfit she wears for most of the film with all the metal on the forehead. I also like how the structure and design of it is extra similar to Reverend Mother Mohiam, with the giant rectangular hood, but the color and the face beading are actually more reminiscent of the gown she wears when the Atreides arrive on Arrakis in part one.
A shoutout for Feyd-Rautha’s armor in the duel:
Idk I just really like how shiny it is. All the Harkonnen stuff reminds me of bugs (those evil looking shiny black beetles) I like how this is actually very much like a stillsuit and really similar to what Paul’s wearing, but more evil and shiny.
Last but CERTAINLY not least is just Chani’s blue scarf. BOY does this pull its visual weight. Like symbolism and meaning aside, it’s such a necessary piece of color in the all the desert scenes, and adds visual interest to what is a largely beige movie. In tons of the scenes most of the color is bright bright blue in the characters’ eyes and this scarf. And I think it adds a lot of joy and lightness to Chani’s appearance, which obviously symbolically changes as she does.
I just love costumes! This was a visually stunning film! I’m feeling very happy!
"BUT THE REAL DIVERSION IS PUGH'S PRINCESS IRULAN..."
PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on film stills of English film actress Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan of the Bene Gesserit in the American epic science fiction film "Dune Part 2" (2024). Costume Design by Jacqueline West. 📸: Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. Pictures.
OVERVIEW: "But the real diversion is Pugh’s Princess Irulan, whom [Jacqueline] West describes as the film’s voice of reason. To that end, she wanted to eschew the grand headpieces in favor of a more subtle nod to her Bene Gesserit roots. Irulan is often seen in smaller, metallic headpieces, which West likens to armor. “She’s the moral compass in "Dune Two."
[The Bene Gesserit have] been assigned to control the future and make it go on a certain path. She sees through that and she’s playing the long game,” she says. “She’s seen beyond the manipulations of Bene Gesserit, so I kept her out of that a bit.” Still, she managed to incorporate the nun look into Pugh’s costume.
"I remember when I was a little girl, how the nuns’ habits framed their face. I tried to do that with her, to keep a certain aspect of the Bene Gesserits without giving her the shape, the Virgin Mary-esque mantle," she says. "I thought I could do that best with headdresses.""
-- VOGUE, "Tarot Cards, BDSM, and Nuns’ Habits: How the "Dune: Part Two" Costumes Came to Life," by Hannah Jackson, published February 26, 2024
circe, john william waterhouse
l’afflizione, natale shiavoni
head of the virgin, elisabetta sirani
isabelle antoinette barones sloet van toutenburg, nicause de keyser
saint veronica with the veil, mattia preti
Barbie (Warner Bros.) - Jacqueline Durran
This is Durran's ninth Oscar nomination.
Previous Nominations:
2006 - Pride & Prejudice
2008 - Atonement
2015 - Mr. Turner
2018 - Darkest Hour and Beauty and the Beast
2022 - Cyrano
Previous Wins:
2013 - Anna Karenina
2020 - Little Women
Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple) - Jacqueline West
This is West's fifth nomination.
Previous Nominations:
2001 - Quills
2009 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2016 - The Revenant
2022 - Dune
Napoleon (Apple) - Janty Yates and Dave Crossman
This is Yates' second nomination and Crossman's first.
Previous Win for Yates:
2001 - Gladiator
Oppenheimer (Universal) - Ellen Mirojnick
First nomination.
Poor Things (Searchlight) - Holly Waddington
First nomination.
"PROPHETS GET STRONGER WHEN THEY DIE. LET THE CONFLICT TURN TO WAR. YOU THEN BRING PEACE."
PIC(S) INFO: Resolution at 2666x3999 -- Spotlight on British actress Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan Corrino of House Corrino, from the American epic sci-fi film "Dune: Part 2," co-written & directed by Denis Villeneuve. Warner Bros. Pictures.