I really loves all the styles and things the people wore in Middle-earth, as conceived by Richard Taylor and Ngila Dickson. Good costumes that look authentic and not manufactured always make a fantasy film better.
Has anyone heard whether Ngila will be back?
Although I read this from her about LOTR, and It seems to indicate that they won't get started on MAKING costumes for a long while. But maybe they learned something, and they'll start early.
"I didn't actually end up having a crew until three months before we started. It was a bit nervewracking! And even then, I only had my core team of eight people. It was only about six weeks later that I got a full crew. So we were absolutely backs-to-the-wall from the word go. Also, Wellington doesn't have a resource in terms of costuming, whereas Auckland does. It's where the big textile houses are and you have a good people resource there. All of a sudden, those things were a plane flight away. At that stage, my blood pressure was pretty much up around my ears."
