Costume designers Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan walk us through the sci-fi film’s best looks.
From planet to planet
Form follows function inDune.
Every character’s clothing is directly tied into their environment.
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That ostentatious armor doesn’t look super breathable.
“It makes for that diametric dichotomy between these two worlds when they arrive.
“It’s very Maid Marian.
Gurney Halleck (Josh Brolin), Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac), and Thufir Hawat (Stephen McKinley Henderson) await the Emperor’s herald in ‘Dune’.Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures
As she moves to Arrakis, they become more spice-inspired with harsher tones.”
“I was lucky enough to go to her house in Paris for the fitting.
I was using my friend’s apartment right up the street from her so I could walk there.
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She put it on and came down her spiral staircase and I just gasped.
It just felt like fulfillment.”
West knew exactly where to go for reference.
Rebecca Ferguson in ‘Dune’.Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures
It does have that medieval honor to it.”
Evil insects
The Atreides' rivals in House Harkonnen hail from a dark, polluted world.
“I always think the dark side is the most interesting.
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Early on, I decided they should be insect-based,” West says.
“My concept artist was amazing.
Denis really responded to his take on things.”
Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto Atreides and Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho in ‘Dune’.Chia Bella James/Warner Bros.
“The range was amazing.
Each one had to be custom made.”
Save every drop
Stillsuits are about survival.
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“There’s a reference in the book to the pumping action of the boot as they walk.”
Identify yourself
Stillsuits are an integral part of Fremen culture.
“Each stillsuit has little things tied into them,” Morgan says.
Timothee Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson in ‘Dune’.Chiabella James/Warner Bros.
“It’s another way to make each character unique, because they all did their head wrap differently.
Each one had a unique look.”
Pictured: Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Liet Kynes)
Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Javier Bardem, and Timothée Chalamet in ‘Dune’.Chia Bella James/Warner Bros.
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