LOTR Special Occasion Bodices

Summary: Dresses are basically more vibrant and intricate. Bodices generally have contrasting panels with stripes and plaid/checked patterns. Blouses are typically patterned either in weave or with embroidery. A lot more variety in colours.

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Front view of bodice. Neckline has straight bottom edge, rounded corners and then angles in slightly up to neck. Center front panel almost comes to point. Main bodice colour is a burnt orange, center front panel is lighter and more yellow with mid purple-blue trim edging it and forming criss-cross pattern over it. Natural or pale cream coloured blouse with puff sleeves coming halfway down upper arm and largish frill. Clear rear view is provided in "Cameras in middle Earth" section of dvd appendicies, showing the neck at the rear comes midway down the shoulder blades.

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Front view of bodice. Square neckline sits about midchest. Side panels are darkish green with a pale green center front panel. Center front panel does not appear to taper towards the bottom.

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Front view of bodice. Square neckline sits low on the chest. Side panels are a darkish lime-khaki green fabric with leaf pattern in a lighter colour. Center front panel is the same fabric with 9 or 10 rows of decorative trim. From a distance sections of this trim blend with the background fabric to give the appearance of dashes across the panel, which seem to reflect the light at certain angles. Neck and center front panel are trimmed with same dark green on khaki, arms trimmed with plain khaki. Center front panel tapers to about 4" wide at bottom. Rear view in appendicies shows neckline comes to mid shoulder blade with about 6 pairs of grommets to lace up.

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Main image used with permission from
Ian Smith.

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Front view of bodice. Bodice has low square neckline. Side and back panels are navy blue, center panel is deep red with navy trim forming criss-cross. Yellow trim edges the front panel, neck and arms. Center panel tapers little. Rear view while Gandalf is dancing shows bodice comes down to mid shoulderblade with yellow trim going straight across. 9 pairs of grommets laced in chevron pattern.

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Front view of bodice. Bodice has midchest square neckline. No contrast in material but side panels appear to be cut on slightly different angle. Check/Plaid material with light tan main colour and redish brown stripes. White blouse with sleeves to elbow and long frill. Darkish green shawl. Rear view while dancing shows back panels are also cut on a slightly different angle.

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Front view of bodice. Bodice has low rounded neckline. Side panels are in navy blue, front panel has key hole and is a dark red. Navy trim.

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Front view of bodice. Mid chest square neckline. Bodice is yellowy-tan with dark brown trim edging the center panel, and narrow center front panel has brown trim forming criss-cross, lacing through loops at each side. Side panel appears to be cut on bias. Decorative stitching or trim in yellow-tan colour around neckline and arms. Blouse is brown and white check. Rear view visible when dancing, neckline at back is square with rounded corners, lower than mid shoulder blade. 9 or 10 pairs of grommets.

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Rear view of bodice. Back of bodice is very low, probably level with armpits. Main colour is a soft peach, maybe textured. Top of bodice is decorated with brown stripe, wide cream stripe, then another brown stripe running around top. Bodice is laced very loosely with placket visible underneath. Front view visible on far left when Bilbo says he's going. Low square neckline, brown and cream stripes continue around front. Brown trim on princess seams. Side panels appear to be the same colour as back, center front panel appears darker.

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Rear view of bodice. Large plaid pattern matterial cut on bias, neck of bodice is no lower that mid shoulder blade. Bottom of bodice appears to be lower at side and higher in middle. Bodice is not tightly laced and blouse can be seen under lacing. Front view shows rounded square neckline sits low on the chest. Center front panel tapers only slightly, pale yellow with green trim in criss-cross pattern. Wide green trim on princess seams. Bottom hem seems to curve down at the front center.

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Front of bodice. Neckline is mid chest and square. Side panels have diagonal stripes with main colour cream. Center front panel has hozontal stripes in brown and yellow (the yellow appears to be added on), and a false keyhole (circle is there but there is fabric behind it) with an 'x' of same fabric as hole backing. Brown trim.

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Rosie Cotton.

Front view of bodice. Low cut square neckline, keyhole with trim ties. Side panels light blue, center front panel pale blue, both appear to have patterned fabric, center front may also be embroidered over the top of pattern. Princess seams trimmed with dark blue, extra line of trim paralell and inside princess seams. Pale blue blouse. Rear view shows low square neckline and about seven pairs of grommets loosely laced, placket visible underneath. Blue upper skirt appears to have woven texture.

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Front view of bodice. Square neckline sits lower than mid chest. Bodice and skirt light tan, with orange-brown trim on neckline, arms and bottom hem of bodice. Center front panel is patterned, fabric also seems to be slightly gathered. Has strip of material across top of center front panel attached at each side with buttons. Rear view shows square neckline comes down lower than mid shoulder blade with dark brown lacing.

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talking to Bilbo, front left.

Side/front view of bodice. Bodice is made from coarse woven fabric, like plaid. Neckline is either square or genlte angles down to point. Neck is trimmed with red fabric of similar weight. Shoulder straps have seam attaching them to back of bodice. White blouse is embroidered.

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Front view of bodice. Low curved neckline with small cream frill. Front side panels have dashed diagonal stripes in light green, cream/yellow and mid green, center front panel appeared orange-red with red trim criss crossing. Bodice appeared in NZ premier parade (thus without colour grading). White spots clearly visible on center front panel, criss cross appears to be deep burgundy ribbon, which is also down the princess seams. Arms, neck and bottom of bodice edged with bias binding of center front panel fabric.

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Main image used with permission from
Ian Smith.

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Rear view of bodice. Navy bodice, neckline is mid shoulder blade. Top lacing forms 'x', rest is usual chevron. Peach blouse. Front view shows center front panel a mid blue with a lighter blue panel with slight gathering going along top. It appears that a different actress wears this same dress in the scenes after the dancing.

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Mrs Bracegirdle.

Front view of bodice. Side panels are tan, pale trimming around arm. Shoulder straps are orange-brown. Center front panel is leaf patterned, with trim 1cm (1/2") from edge. Three loops on right side of center front go around three buttons. No clear backview is provived to see whether these are functioning or bodice has back lacing. Mid upper-arm length cuffed sleeve. Low back on bodice.

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Front view of bodice. Curved neckline sits midchest. Side panels cut on bias, green with small squares with fine darker green outline and yellow or white stripe on the diagonal. Wide center front panel is green with darker green outline/border and cream spots on the corners, also cut on bias. Trim around center front panel and along bottom hem is black with pink round flowers and two sets of green leaves. Top of bodice body edged with piping made from side panel fabric.

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Main image used with permission from
Ian Smith.

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Lobelia Sackville-Baggins.

Front view of bodice. Bodice is chocolate brown ribbed material with very low square neckline. There appears to be a band of material perhaps 5 inches wide that is folded over the top of the bodice that goes all the way around the top except for a gap over grommets. No contrasting panels, but center front has two wide strips of material forming an 'x'. Back is loosely laced with placket visible and only going half-way across.

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Front view of bodice. Khaki side panels cut on bias with slight woven pattern showing, center front panel has check pattern on diagonal, browns and maybe a light khaki. Neckline has attachement of piece of brown fabric about 4cm wide with a button on each end. Two rows of yellow stitching (or something else very flat) along inside of shoulder straps and down princess seams.

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1st shot after aerial of dragon rising, mid-screen center, partially obscured.

Front view of bodice. Square neckline sits mid-chest. Side panels are brown, center front panel is blue. Mustard coloured trim around center front panel, blue trim (same colour as center front) around neckline, arms and bottom hem. Blouse appears to have no gathering at neck, cuffed sleeves end at elbow. Blouse is cream coloured and patterned with thin dark stripes and thicker dashes. In shot of crowd clapping after dragon has gone over lake, buttons to right of center are visible on the front panel.

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Front view of bodice. Bodice has very low cut square neckline with keyhole. Side panels are diagonally striped, cream being base colour, stripes are red and grey. Center front panel is red. Cream trim around neckline, armholes, and center front panel.

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Front view of bodice. Bodice appears to have low cut square neckline, but with added panel across chest giving it a high neckline. Chest panel is brown (matching main bodice colour) with lighter yellow brown stripes appears slightly gathered. Dark brown trim along false neckline and armholes.


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Front view of bodice. Bodice is dark brown with square neckline sitting mid chest. Burgundy trim around neck, "A" indicates orangey-gold trim. Appears to have added section like figure Z but without buttons. Center front panel has vertical black and teal stripes with dull yellow trim on princess seams. Pale blue blouse.

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Front view of bodice. Low cut square neckline, with panel about 3" wide going across inside of bodice, panel has gathering. Colours look dark green and light khaki panel - bodice looks a lot like figure A. Scarf/shawl has woven pattern.

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Front view of bodice. Rounded neckline sits mid chest. Side panels are red-brown , center front panel is peach-brown, decorated with dark brown patterned ribbon (approx 2cm wide) to form criss-cross. Ribbon also edges center front panel and neckline. Top corners pf center front angle out and are rounded like figure BB. Rear view visable in ROTK at the Green Dragon. Straps attach at the back, with the back of the bodice coming up only a little from armscythe. 8 or 9 pairs of grommets visable.

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Front view of bodice. Square neckline sits a bit lower than mid-chest. Bodice is dark brown with lighter brown trim around neckline and arms. Center front panel appears to have dark greenish-blue background fabric with the lighter brown in strips to form criss cross. Dark brown and white check blouse.

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Front view of bodice. Square neckline sits high on the chest. Bodice is lemon with mid blue trim on neckline, arms and front seams. Center front panel has blue vertical and horizontal stripes, quite possibly made by the trim. Pale pink blouse appears to have dolman sleeves.

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Front view of bodice. Bodice is not princess seamed and has five buttons down the center. Back is covered by shawl so cannot tell if buttons are functioning. Bodice is pale sage green with thin, dark diagonal stripes forming criss-cross. Edges are trimmed with white and black (black outermost). Darker sage green shawl has woven criss-cross pattern.

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Fiddler in band.

Front view of bodice. Square neckline sits mid chest. Side panels are red, center front panel is patterned. Bottom half of center front has vertical stripes, top half has horizontal stripes indicating patterned fabric has been cut with and against the grain. Brownish trim around neckline and center front panel.

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Rosie's Green Dragon dress.

Front view shows square neckline with inside of shoulder straps angled in to go around neck. Center front panel is cream with gold pattern or embroidery (pattern seems to be square diamonds with a dot in middle). Three buttons on right of center front, don't appear to be functioning. Red trim around neckline, armholes and center front panel. There is also a slightly gathered cream panel along the neckline. White blouse with large woven check pattern. Apron appears to tie up near the armscythe and scoop down from one side and up again to the other. Rear view shows high neckline, side panels are dark blue, center panels are cream with gold embroidery, trim is red. Apron scoops down from armscythe to about center of back, apron tie can be seen wrapping around waist.

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Front view of bodice shows low, square neckline with keyhole that has ties. Bodice fabric is a two-tone brown stripe, with contrast created by front side panels cut on bias. Bodice is edged in a dark brown bias. Back view shows neckline is a little higher than front, with 9 or 10 pairs of grommets.

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Rosie's Wedding Dress

As I am planning on making this costume I have created a page just for the really useful shots we have of this dress. I also have a bit of a run down of what I see in each shot. Clicking on the thumbnail on the right will take you to that page.

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Front view of bodice shows low, square neckline with keyhole that has ties. Side panels appear to be a light tan colour, centre front panel is a lighter/creamy colour with dark brown horizontal bars (I think I can see some orangey vertical parts, making this an open weave pattern, but I'n not certain). Dark brown piping along princess seam, mid-brown bias for the edges of the bodice.

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Front view of bodice. Square neckline sits about mid chest. Side panels appear to be a mid brown. Centre front panel has alternating rows of green and yellow bars. Greenish piping along princess seam, bias of same material around edges of bodice. This may be the same bodice as described under 'NN'.

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