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LOTR Inspired Clothing PortfolioThis is just a small sampling of costumes that we have custom made in the past for enthusiastic fans.For custom made clothing similar to that shown here or in a different style please see our custom orders page then contact us for a price estimate. |
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Like
the ensemble below, this was a custom ordered gown inspired by Arwen's
Blood Red Dress in RotK. It this dress was created as an
all-in-one dress rather than
two separate layers and made from the same fabrics. The upper
sleeves and collar are rich red brocade with antiqued gold flower and
plantlike designs woven throughout with lace and trim overlays at
collar and elbow. The half circle lower sleeves are a more functional length and are made from fully lined silk-like scarlet 100% rayon velvet. The "overgown" is blue-black 100% rayon velvet - so dark the blue just shimmers in the highlights. |
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This
was a custom ordered gown ensemble inspired by Arwen's Blood Red Dress
in RotK. The under layer is a rich brocade with antiqued gold
flower and plantlike designs woven throughout with lace and trim
overlays at collar and elbow. Undergown sleeves are 45" long
half circles of fully lined silk-like scarlet 100% rayon
velvet. The overgown is blue-black 100% rayon velvet so dark
the blue seems to shimmer in the highlights. The neckline of
the overgown is edged with the undergown brocade fabric. |
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![]() Based on Arwen's
Farewell Gown, this dress set was made from periwinkle ming brocade
with silver embroidery on the front yoke (alas, the lighting in this
picture does not allow it to be seen) and back of neck. Silver knot
buttons and loops close the front bodice and the overgown gracefully
drapes open at the curved hem. The lavender undergown is 100%
silk satin, and the 100% silk dupioni obi was shot black and fuschia,
giving a shimmering plum appearance. The design on the
dupioni sash was embroidered in silver thread.
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![]() Based on Arwen's Arch
Dress, this gown with short train was made from periwinkle 100% silk
organza and fully lined in pale pink 100% silk satin. The
interplay of the two colored layers shimmers between blue and
purple. This romantic gown is embroidered with gold flowers
and leaves at the neckline and sleeve join. Gold ribbon at
waist not included - it was for photo purposes only.
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Shown here with a
silvery gray silk velvet requiem cloak, this Arwen inspired Cranberry
Gown was created from silk velvet and fully lined with matching 100%
silk satin. There is silvery gray trim gracing the neckline
and sleeve join, and pearl and beaded trim at the sleeve join.
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![]() Inspired by Elrond's
various outfits, this burnished bronze silk dupioni robe is embroidered
in pale gold threads at the sleeve ends, yoke, shoulders and petal
shaped hem. Russet colored sash belt laces with gold cord
through matching grommets at the back, front of belt drape is
embroidered in a pale gold art nouveau motif. A matching
russet panel is worn underneath the robe.
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![]() Inspired
by elven outfits worn by Elrond, this ensemble is created
in autumnal hues. The under-robe is sunset 100%
silk dupioni with shot threads of red and gold, and is embroidered in
dark
gold threads at the sleeve ends, yoke, shoulders and petal shaped
hem. The red 100% silk dupioni sash belt laces with gold cord
through matching grommets at the back, while the front of belt drape is
embroidered in a dark gold motif. A matching red silk dupioni
panel is worn underneath the robe. The over-robe has wrapped
petal shaped sleeves and is made from bright red silk velvet.
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| Celeborn inspired ensemble: under robe is made from silver silk dupioni, the over-robe is hand dyed blue silk velvet with hints of purple and flashes of silver highlights. The plum fern and leaf brocade sash belt laces at the back through silver grommets with silver cord and more silver cording runs through a leaf clasp at the center front. The over robe and under robe have wrapped petal/leaf shaped sleeves. | Inspired
by the elven outfit worn by Celeborn, this ensemble is created
in a striking combination of red and black. The under-robe
is
burgundy 100%
silk dupioni with shot threads of red and black. The black
100% silk
dupioni sash belt laces with black cord
through matching grommets at the back, and the front of belt drape is
embellished with a silver tone clasp and cording. The robe
was
created from black silk velvet, with petal shaped wrap-around sleeves. |
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![]() Above: A
custom ordered Legolas style ensemble made from silver 100%
silk dupioni for the undertunic (backless like the original for better
range of motion) with lace up sleeves and decorative S shaped closures,
and a two-tone embroidered jerkin made from 100% cotton to be worn in a
hot summer climate.
Shown below: Legolas inspired embroidered silver 100% silk dupioni "Hero" shirt. Belt is braided from the same silk dupioni and decorated with a silver leaf at the center front ![]() Hero shirt shoulder embroidery detail. |
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| Inspired by the elven cloaks worn while travelling to the Western Sea, this unlined silk velvet version of the Requiem Cloak can be custom made in your choice of colors (see our Custom Orders page for currently available silk velvets, or inquire about the availability of other colors). This silk velvet cloak is approximately a half circle in volume with 184" at the hem, and curved shoulders which allows the cloak to drape closed in the center front. The uniquely designed "M" shaped hood drapes in rich folds around the face and has points that tuck in at the nape of the neck on each side. | ||||
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![]() This was a custom
order for cloak-tunic and silk tunic sets inspired by the
Elves. It is created from cotton velvet, with the cloak
lining in silver silk, and is worn over a silver silk long tunic with
embroidered standing collar. The multicolored woodland
embroidery is created on multiple layers of silk, some of which is hand
dyed for a fade effect.
Thank you Christiane for modelling! |
![]() This cloak tunic set
is composed of an Aztec gold silk undertunic with navy piping and star
collar embroidery under a sapphire blue cotton velvet cloak tunic lined
in the same Aztec gold silk. The embroidery was implemented
on medium blue silk in gold and silver.
Thank you Christiane for modelling! |
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Halflings (and Fellowship Style Cloak) |
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![]() Elven style
Stansborough Gotland wool cloak. This was made as an
individual custom order from the intricately designed handwoven fabric!
You can find out more about this beautiful fabric at the Stansborough Gotland website - they now offer these cloaks made from the fabric used in the film as licensed replicas. |
![]() Samwise style
ensemble in wool and cotton. Ensemble includes breeches,
homespun cotton shirt, vest and 1/2 circle cloak. May also be
ordered by the piece.
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| Ensemble
inspired by Frodo in Lord of the Rings includes: halfling style
semifelted wool herringbone woven hunter green cloak with leather
buttons and self lined hood,
hand dyed chocolate and russet herringbone woven wool frock coat lined
with cotton twill and with a chocolate brown cotton velvet collar and
facing, chocolate cotton velvet buttoned fall trousers with pockets at
the side seams, handmade and weathered suspenders, rust cotton velvet
waistcoat with ring pocket and two lower on-seam pockets and linen
shirt with vintage German linen and thread ring formed buttons and
machine stitched pinstriping detail on the sleeves and cuffs. |
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Olive green wool
frock coat inspired by the one worn by Merry. This fully
lined coat features two working pockets at the waist seam with flaps
(perfect for holding your extra vegetables), and hand stitched
detailing along the collar, front opening and cuffs. This
double breasted frock coat has six large buttons at the front and
elastic threaded through casings at the cuffs and held in place by
buttons.
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![]() Hunter green wool
sack coat inspired by the one worn by Pippin. This fully
lined coat features two roomy patch pockets, full sleeves gathered into
extra large cuffs and at the shoulder, and a 'belt' at the back waist
for shaping. This sack coat has four buttons at the front and
one button each cuff.
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Inspired
by Pippin's Guard of the Citadel surcoat, this black 100% cotton velvet
surcoat features an embroidered metallic silver tree and stars and is
edged with silver and black knotwork trim. SLEEVES are not included - they are on a garment worn under the surcoat as shown directly below. This item is currently available on our Coats and Robes for Sale page. |
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This
undertunic is modelled after Boromir's undertunic as seen in the
Weapons and Warfare book (it's excellent - if you don't own it already,
this is a MUST HAVE reference book). Michael at Grove Maille
created lightweight aluminum chain maille lower sleeves for us that
will not tarnish. The quilted gambeson undersleeves are embroidered with silver stars. The maille and gambeson sleeves are hand stitched to the black leather upper sleeve. The main body of the tunic is a soft felted black wool and matte black grommets provide a secure center front closure. We currently can not recreate this item as a custom order. |
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Detail view of quilted gambeson undersleeve, chain maille lower sleeve and black leather upper sleeve. | |||
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| Boromir
inspired 100% silk satin tunic with gold metal wirework embroidery
embellishment and rectangular button closures. The standing
collar
is black silk velvet trimmed with more wirework embroidery.
The above fabric was hand-made in India for this customer,
and is
not available for custom orders. We would be happy to use
other
fabrics and embellishment methods for your custom order. Contact us
for details. Shown below is a full length shot of the silk tunic and our version of the burnout silk velvet cloak trimmed with fur based on the cloak shown in Fellowship. The fabric that we used for this cloak is no longer commercially available. Leather surcoat and bracers supplied by the model. We do not create leather garments as custom orders. |
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![]() Thank you for modeling Kevin! |
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![]() Inspired by Faramir's
Coronation outfit,
the parts we made included the undertunic described to the right, a
navy blue silk velvet surcoat with golden beaded trim, and a navy blue
silk velvet cloak lined with silk satin and hand and machine
embroidered on the front opening with silver thread. The
cloak
was further embellished with silver wirework embroidery within the
flower centers.
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![]() The Coronation
undertunic was made from a silk/linen blend with sleeves, collar, and
facings of dark blue shot silk dupioni that was twin stitched in gold
thread in a grid. At the intersections of the grid were one
gold cup sequin and one ruby colored glass bead.
There were over 300 beads and 300 sequins and each sleeve took 3.5 hours for the hand beading alone. The gold cording at the sleeve hem and collar was couched on after that part of the garment was completed. |
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| Based on
Faramir's Houses of Healing outfit, this ensemble featured an
undertunic made from a silk/linen blend with sleeves, collar, and
facings of dark blue shot silk dupioni that was twin stitched in gold
thread in a grid. This version was not embellished with
sequins and
beads. The surcoat was made from dark blue cotton velvet. |
Ranger
style cloak made from green cotton, distressed and aged with "dirt" and "mud". |
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![]() Custom ordered Ranger inspired ensemble, including shirt with quilted sleeves, faux-suede pants, undertunic and cloak. Customer supplied all leather items, bow, quiver and sword. Thank you Jason for the great photos! |
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Strider inspired hand dyed and weathered burgundy 100% linen shirt with hand stitched ribbon detailing around the neck and front opening. |
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| Strider
inspired
weathered black 100% linen shirt with hand embroidered black X embellishments
along the front yoke and "smocked" insets on the upper sleeves. The decorative
stitching on the pleated sleeve inserts is done by machine. This version costs $125 + shipping. All other accessories provided by the model. We do not create leather garments as custom orders. Shown below is a hand smocked version of the same shirt, created from black linen that was then color stripped once the smocking details (consisting of more than 10,000 hand done stitches), were completed. |
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![]() Thank you for the picture Christiane! |
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| Custom
ordered Aragorn inspired
ensemble. The cranberry silk tunic has gold piping and
rectangular gold buttons whose inscribed design echoes the embroidered
collar detailing. This cloak tunic features the white tree as
well as a gold and silver winged crown embroidered on a hand dyed
cobalt cotton velvet ground edged in gold. The attached half
circle cloak is black cotton velvet lined with cranberry silk. |
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![]() Theoden inspired
brown cotton velvet jerkin with pre-made gold knotwork and leaf and
vine trimmings.
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![]() Theoden inspired
ensemble: gold embroidered brown cotton velvet jerkin; burgundy and
black tunic with embroidery on yoke, collar, and attached "gauntlet"
cuffs; and half circle hunter wool cloak lined in burgundy satin and
trimmed in gold braid and embroidery.
There are over half a million *embroidered* stitches in this ensemble! |
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![]() Theoden inspired
tunic in black and burgundy with embroidered yoke, collar and attached
"gauntlet" cuffs (detail photo above).
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![]() What do noble Ladies
of Rohan wear? Well, perhaps something such as this - a
custom ordered indigo linen viking style gown partly lined and faced at
the neck and wrist with burgundy cotton. Gold embroidery
patterned after scrollwork from Italy, England and France in the fourth
and third centuries BC adorns the wrist and neck facings, and tiny gold
beads were hand stitched into place in the neck facing design to
provide 3D interest.
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![]() As with the gown to
the left, this was created in response to "What would Finduilas have
worn?" Sheer silvery sleeves coordinate with the silver shot
underskirt and balanced by midnight blue rayon velvet. Trim
shaped like waves accents the skirt opening and sleeve join, and a tiny
helical braid decorates the neckline.
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Eowyn inspired wool and fake fur coat fully lined with cotton twill. It closes at the front with 11 vintage brass buttons and an antique silver brooch. A similar coat fully lined with vintage style buttons (no brooch) would cost around $385. |
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| Based on the Green Gown Eowyn wears in the extended version of TTT, the gown to the left was created from olive green cotton and olive and gold brocade with an intricate woven leaf and vine design. The contrasting collar facing and oval detail are made from an ivory and old gold brocade in the same woven leaf and vine pattern as the olive brocade and has gold embroidered accents. | Inspired
by Eowyn's Funeral Gown from TTT, this gown was created from hand dyed
deep sapphire blue silk velvet with sapphire and gold shot brocade at
the neckline, lining the sleeves, and as the false "underskirt" visible
through the split at the left front. It is accented by a
metal belt and brooch with blue stone. |
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| Shieldmaiden
with a twist! This custom created gown was inspired by Eowyn's shieldmaiden outfit, with the substitution of rose colored cotton for the movie's cream silk undergown and a coordinating trim rather than gold embroidery on the dark brown cotton velvet bodice and waist cincher. Waist cincher has been quilted in a grid pattern, and the undergown has five rows of gold embroidery and a row of scrolling vine design around the neckline and front opening. |
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| Shieldmaiden
version 2! This custom created gown was inspired by Eowyn's
shieldmaiden outfit, with the undergown made from hanky weight linen, a
white satin overskirt, and a midnight blue cotton velvet vest and waist
cincher. There is silver embroidery on the neckline of the
undergown, the neckline and sleeve caps of the vest and the waist
cincher has embroidery and quilting in a grid pattern. The
ties and cording are all in silver. See below! |
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![]() Here is Kristin
modelling her Shieldmaiden version 2 gown and satin cloak made by us.
Thank you so much for sending the picture! |
![]() Inspired by the
Houses of Healing in ROTK, but based on the canon description of
Finduilas' starry mantle that Faramir gave to Eowyn, this midnight blue
100% wool flannel mantle is embroidered with over a thousand silver
stars around the front opening and neckline. It has no
closure, but the curved shoulder seams help it remain on the
shoulders.
This starry mantle is fully lined in coordinating silver satin, and is available as a custom order. |
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Inspired by Eowyn's Dream Coat from the extended version of ROTK, this outer robe was created from pale blue coat weight cashmere wool fully lined in champagne 100% silk satin and trimmed with a faux fur collar. Underneath is a blue matelasse gown with roses and leaves 'embossed' in the fabric and vintage mother of pearl buttons at the front of the bodice. | |||