May 20, 2012
Charlize Theron's outfits by Colleen Atwood set the tone for the film as Queen Ravenna goes about gaining power and seeking to remain the fairest of them all.
Moviegoers may be impressed by "Snow White and
the Huntsman's" computer-generated trolls, flying fairies and mythical
beasts. But it could be Colleen Atwood's complicated, handmade costumes
that really steal the show.
The film's Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron) may be losing her grip on the title of fairest of them all, but she nevertheless tops the cast's best-dressed list. In some cases, some of Ravenna's 20 outfits (counting several multiple versions of the same gowns) took weeks to construct, though they might appear on screen for only a few seconds. One cloak constructed from feathers cost more than $30,000 to make, while four designers spent three weeks making one wedding dress. The array of exotic materials employed in Ravenna's other ensembles included Thai beetle wings, Chinese sequins and Indian chain mail.
While Atwood and her team made more than 2,000 medieval-era costumes for the production — in one scene, more than 400 extras had to be outfitted — it is Ravenna's wardrobe that directly echoes the themes director Rupert Sanders was trying to establish in his villain. "He wanted an element of skeletons and death surrounding the Queen, without it literally being bones," Atwood said.
The film's Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron) may be losing her grip on the title of fairest of them all, but she nevertheless tops the cast's best-dressed list. In some cases, some of Ravenna's 20 outfits (counting several multiple versions of the same gowns) took weeks to construct, though they might appear on screen for only a few seconds. One cloak constructed from feathers cost more than $30,000 to make, while four designers spent three weeks making one wedding dress. The array of exotic materials employed in Ravenna's other ensembles included Thai beetle wings, Chinese sequins and Indian chain mail.
While Atwood and her team made more than 2,000 medieval-era costumes for the production — in one scene, more than 400 extras had to be outfitted — it is Ravenna's wardrobe that directly echoes the themes director Rupert Sanders was trying to establish in his villain. "He wanted an element of skeletons and death surrounding the Queen, without it literally being bones," Atwood said.
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