clothesonfilm.com: With our first proper glimpse of the ‘life suit’ worn by Jaden and Will Smith in the latest trailer for After Earth released last week, we have put together a brief round up of sci-fi related suit posts at Clothes on Film. For specificity, we are saving the sharp lounge suits of Inception and the like for another time; these are space suits or similar – the kind of costume actors have to be zipped into.
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Film costumes through the decades are always fascinating for me, because even when the movies are set in the past or future, they reflect the time period in which they are made. In the article, the costumes for 2001: A Space Odyssey are so cool because they have this influence of 1960s fashion in the rounded- mod shapes, but they are "futuristic" in that they are nothing that anyone today (or in the 1960s) would have worn. Though, at the time period people didn't think anything of it. But, a few years on, it's easy to tell what time period it was set in, or what year it was made. It's the same with other movies, even things from the early 2000s, you know that a movie was made then because the medieval people have crimped hair or something of the sort. I suppose it's because of beauty standards at the time a movie is made. Yes, things could be completely accurate, but if someone is supposed to think a character is beautiful or handsome, they need to be fashionable to the time period in which people are watching it so that they can at least understand why this character is attractive.
I think like Kelly said film costumes are much more complex than one would think. They have to appear seamless and often times are made with materials that are very hard to work with. I don't know how one goes about making a skin tight suit but I would imagine it is incredibly complex. I saw Prometheus and I was amazed at how easily people were able to move in their costumes, I don't know how much those costumes weighed but they had an appearance of functionality yet seemed uncomfortable it's hard to explain.
I think it is definatly interesting to look at where we think modern clothing will be going. A lot the different looks that appear in future settings seem to leave all organic material behind an switch to a smooth synthetic material. In addition to that the costumes/clothing seem to be extremely fitted to each person as if every person only needs one outfit or has infinite amounts of one outfit. Another type of theme that is seen through out also seems to be the integration of technology into clothing. As cell phone were getting smaller and smaller the clothing of the future seem to incorporate them into the clothing and even now when we see these devices getting larger and larger clothing still seems to have them built in. Other innovations seemed to be technology advancements to survive and thrive in environmental. Clothing of the future seem to have a great ability to regulate heat keeping people at the perfect body temperature, allowing better sight, allowing people in oxygen less environments, protections in case of fights and injury, and all this in one little suit. We do have some expectations for future wardrobes.
It's interesting how most of the costumes look similar to each other. After Earth, Prometheus, and Tron all have that slick design that resembles the lines on cars. They all look aerodynamic, as if they can move through space. I guess that is what everyone thinks is a futuristic look. Slick, moves well through space, clean. However, this stereotype is kind of boring now. I was impressed with Space Odyssey's costume, because it looked different from the others. The alien costumes were still kind of dated, but they were different from the stereotype, and that is something different. The future is full of the unknown, so it would be the perfect time to experiment with new shapes, materials, patterns, etc. It seems as if movies are just staying in the conventional slick, space uniform.
looking at these costumes reminds me of when suttirat anne larlarb came to visit and she was walking us through her costumes for Sunshine. There is something so intriguing about space suits and the future thought they all seem to follow one of two looks. There is the form fitting futuristic spandex sort of suit and there is the bulky, cumbersome, reminiscent of modern space suit type. I wonder if someone will ever design similar to regular clothing (like those of the new star treck movie). But whether that happens or not, the costumes designed to the new jaden smith movie looks insanely cool.
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