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13 Minor Movie Costume Details That Hide Big Clues

By:: Andrea Meno

January 31, 2022

13 Minor Movie Costume Details That Hide Big Clues

Turns out, filmmakers hide all kinds of clever symbols and allusions in characters' costumes. For example:

13 Breaking Bad

Walter White's wardrobe in Breaking Bad S5 reflects Gus' influence. According to the costume designer, it's almost like he takes on Gus's sartorial fussiness ... he puts a little bit more thought into his clothes. I think he picks that up from Gus; it's almost like Gus is channeling through Walter White a little bit.URACKED.COM — Source

12 Shazam

Shazam's costume in, uh, Shazam was bright and comic-book-y on purpose. RICKUP SPECIAL Pop MICKEN Sourto I DOOR 139 If RAH uming az He's a little boy who transforms into a superhero. We wanted to keep his feel real to the comic, says costume designer Leah Butler. CRACKED COM — Source

11 Captain America: The Winter Soldier

In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Natasha wears a little arrow necklace. Which is there as a symbol of her attachment to Hawkeye. CRACKED COM — Source

10 Tenet

The characters' wardrobes in Tenet are supposed to say a lot about them. For example, Robert Pattinson's character wears loosely fitted clothes, and John David Washington's character's clothes are tailored for him, so they look very different standing next to each other-that was on purpose. CRACKED.COM — Source

9 Friends

In Friends, Rachel's wardrobe basically reflects her character's arc. et SPOUR ETRENNES In the costume designer's words, as Rachel evolves and she gets jobs and starts to work at Ralph Lauren, then the level of sophistication kind of starts to change. CRACKED COM — Source

8 Dune

House Atreides coming to Dune wearing armor was done for several reasons. Costume designer Bob Morgan says that once they take on the stillsuits and costumes necessary for survival in this place, that marks this transition of them adapting to this world that now is their home. CRACKED COM — Source

7 Euphoria

In Euphoria's Halloween episode, each character had their own color story. In the costume designer's words, Kat's primary color is red, Maddy is purple and jewels and Hunter from the beginning was very pink and candy colors and that sort of moved into more orange and acid green. CRACKED COM — Source

6 Loki

Loki's pants in, well, Loki are very magical and cleverly symbolic. The costume designer says that what's really magical about Tom's pants is that sharkskin reflects two tones, and one is green and the other's brown on his pants, and green being very Loki. The brown kind of symbolizes the TVA seeming like a dull, ordinary, benign organization. CRACKED.COM — Source

5 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

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4 Escape From New York

Snake's wardrobe in Escape From New York was pretty carefully planned. According to Kurt Russell, he wears a slightly different version of black and white fatigues to reflect the fact that the character had been in Siberia. CRACKED COM — Source

3 Succession

Adrien Brody's character in Succession wears a beanie, and that's kinda symbolic. Brody explains, He's happy to wear a beanie, but it's not just a fashion statement. He's prepared for inclement weather in a way that they're not ... He's in his element, and I wanted that to be immediately tangible. CRACKED COM — Source

2 Don't Look Up

Jonah Hill's character's handbag in Don't Look Up isn't a throwaway detail. Since I was a son and I worshiped my mother, the first thing I said to Susan Matheson, the costume designer, was 'I want to have a Birkin bag. Because he worships the feminine, right? His idol is the feminine, he explained. CRACKED.COM — Source

1 Aladdin

Princess Jasmine's bodice in the scene with suitors is Aladdin says a lot. According to the costume designer, We wanted to show the formality and the structure of this whole set-up in the dress itself, so it's quite a restrictive bodice but it's highly decorative. CRACKED COM — Source

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