Since I have this idea in my head of making and selling Jedi costumes, I wanted a copy of Dressing a Galaxy, a terrific book chock full of detailed photographs of tons of costumes from Episodes 1-3. There are some photos from Episodes 4-6 as well, but the focus of the book is on the work designed by Trisha Biggar.
We found a copy on amazon for only $30, which I thought was great, because when I had seen it in a bookstore it was $50, which seemed excessive to me. So, we placed an order for it. Weeks turned to months and still no sign of Dressing a Galaxy in the mail. I went ahead and started my Jedi costume without it and had almost forgotten all about it. Turns out, meanwhile amazon had contacted Matt, my husband, and said they couldn’t find the $30 copy we had ordered, but they did have in stock a copy of the Limited Deluxe Edition, of which only 2500 were made. When it was released the suggested retail was $295, but they were selling it for $217, which worked out to about $275 after shipping costs. Had Matt consulted me I would have said I don’t need the book that much; but he didn’t so now I have it. And I do have to say I love it!
You can't really see how incredible the book is without spending time pouring through it's hundreds of pages. But here are some photos of what the Deluxe Edition came with including the case with it's silk sash shown in the first photo. I don't know why the next photo is sideways, couldn't seem to figure out how to fix it... anyway on the top (left) is a replica of a Wookie decoration from the films, a DVD with a behind the scenes look at the costume shop, a sample of Vader cape material, and the obligatory certificate of authenticity one always gets for spending too much money on a product. The third picture shows part of the neat booklet that has even more pictures of various costumes, including fabric swatches, which will be terrific if I'm going to make the best Jedi costumes ever, also that smaller book with Grievous on the cover is all about digital costumes in the films. The final picture is a close up of the aforementioned fabric swatch booklet.
I guess I'm spoiled, but I think I can live with that.
4 comments:
Cool book!
Your husband must be the greatest guy of all time. By "greatest" I mean "god-like" and by "all time" I mean "Thursday".
Actually he usually is god-like on Thursdays; I think he may be moonlighting for Thor. He's fairly divine on the weekends as well.
Newlyweds...*sigh*
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