10 Best Bright Red Costumes in Fantasy and Sci-Fi Movies

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Winona Ryder as Mina "Bram Stoker’s Dracula" (1992) Best Red Costumes, Gowns, & Dresses from Fantasy & Sci-fi Movies
Winona Ryder as Mina Harker (née Murray) wearing the red, V-neck bustle gown designed for her by Dracula in wears green throughout “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” (1992)


Red – Passion, Danger and Energy

Red is a primary color that comes from multiple shades and tones. It’s a color of passion, danger and energy, a bold color that stands out and can make the heart beat faster.

Because of that, I’m focusing on costumes that feature bright, vivid reds. Think cherries and tomatoes, not wine. Cherry is primary red, whereas burgundies, crimsons, and scarlets are darker shades of the color.

This ranking is only for fantasy and science fiction movies. Costumes from period and modern movies have their own rankings. Also, undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear, swimwear etc are not included.

The costumes are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how well it suits the character/film. This list aims for objectivity but no list truly is.

List is subject to change.

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10 Best Bright Red Costumes from Period Movies

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Satine, Moulin Rouge (2001) Best Red Costumes, Gowns, & Dresses from Period Piece Dramas Movies
Satine in her iconic Red Gown from Moulin Rouge (2001)

Red – Joy, Passion, Danger, & Energy

Red is a primary color that comes from a variety of popular shades and tones. It’s a color of joy, passion, danger and energy. It’s a bold color that stands out and can make the heart beat faster.

It is also an auspicious color and is used as a bridal color in many cultures.

This ranking is all about costumes that are bright and vivid reds. Think Cherries and Victory Red lipstick and not wine.

So that primary red shades and not burgundies or scarlets or darker shades of reds, those shades have separate rankings.

This ranking only considers costumes that are from Period Movies. Modern and Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Superhero/etc costumes have their own separate ranked lists.

Undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear, swimwear etc are not included.

The costumes are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how well it suits the character/film. This list aims for objectivity but no list truly is.

The List is subject to change

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10 Best Bright Red Costumes from Modern Movies

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Julia Roberts' red dress in "Pretty Woman" (1990) remains one of the most iconic bright red costumes in modern movies. Best Red Costumes, Gowns, & Dresses from Modern Set Movies
Julia Roberts’ red dress in “Pretty Woman” (1990) remains one of the most iconic bright red costumes in modern movies.


Joy, Passion, Danger and Energy

Red is a primary color that comes from a number of shades and tones. It’s a color of joy, passion, danger and energy. It’s a bold color that stands out and can make the heart beat faster, thus increasing blood flow and stimulating appetite. It is also an auspicious color and is used as a bridal color in many cultures.

This ranking only considers costumes from modern movies—in this case, movies more or less set in the modern world, even if not the 2020s precisely. Period costumes and fantasy/sci-fi costumes have their own rankings. Undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear, and swimwear are not included.

This ranking is all about bright or vivid red costumes. Think cherries and tomatoes, not wine. Or primary red, not burgundies, scarlets or crimsons. The costumes are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how well they suit the character/film. This list aims for objectivity but no list truly is.

List subject to change.

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The 20 Best Wedding Gowns from Fantasy/Sci-Fi Movies

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Natalie Portman's wedding gown in 2002's "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones" is stunningly beautiful without being too grand. Best Wedding Gowns Costumes, & Dresses from Fantasy/Sci-Fi Movies
Natalie Portman’s wedding gown in 2002’s “Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones” is stunningly beautiful without being too grand


Imaginative, Daring & Whimsical

A Wedding Scene! They can be a very big deal in a movie as they can change the scope of the story, add drama or bring closure. And what aspect is the most important part of any wedding large or small? The Wedding Gown!

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The 20 Best Wedding Gowns from Period Movies

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Emily Blunt wears an 1840s-style gown with a soft round neckline and voluminous sleeves in 2009's "The Young Victoria" Best Wedding Gowns from Period Piece Dramas Movies, Dresses, Outfits, Costumes
Emily Blunt wears an 1840s-style gown with a soft round neckline and voluminous sleeves in 2009’s “The Young Victoria”


Orange Blossoms, Silks, and White Lace

A Wedding Scene are momentous in a narrative as they can changed the scope of the story, add drama or bring closure. And it’s the Bride’s wedding gown that is the most discussed part of any wedding affair.

This list ranks 20 of the best wedding gowns from Period movies. As period movie tend to depict a period or related aesthetic these gowns capture more elegance, refinement and displays of wealth than wedding gowns from modern movies that depict current fashions or fantasy/sci-fi movies.

The gowns were ranked by beauty which is subjective, how they reflect the character/movie and how memorable they are in the cultural landscape.

This list tends to favor more western conventions of bridal attire but the colors were not limited to white especially since the tradition of the white wedding gowns only really began in the mid-19th century. They just have to be a wedding gown for a wedding within the movie even if no wedding took place while wearing the gown.

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The 20 Best Wedding Gowns from Modern Movies

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Sonoya Mizuno as Araminta in her her extravagant yet whimsical Wedding Gown from 2018's "Crazy Rich Asians" Best Wedding Gowns from Modern Set Movies, Dresses, Outfits, Costumes
Sonoya Mizuno as Araminta in her her extravagant yet whimsical Wedding Gown from 2018’s “Crazy Rich Asians”

Sparkles, Florals & Tulle

A Wedding Scene! Or a Wedding Movie. Wedding Gowns from modern movies are very plentiful as many, many rom-com center around a wedding since they perfect for depicting relationships with humor and tension.

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The 10 Best Floral Costumes in Fantasy/Sci-Fi Movies

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Natalie Portman as Padme Amidala from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) Best Floral Costumes, Gowns, & Dresses from Fantasy/Sci-Fi Movies
Natalie Portman as Padme Amidala from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Floral Costumes are Fantastical, Nobel and True

Flowers are synonymous with beauty and femininity, so it makes perfect sense that movie costumes that use floral are super lovely.

This is a ranked list of floral costumes from Fantasy and Sci-fi movies, which are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how well they suit the character/film. Undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear, swimwear etc are not included, but in some instances, especially on this list, a matching outerwear was added.

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The 10 Best Floral Costumes in Period Movies

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Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara from "Gone with the Wind," (1939) Best Floral Costumes, Gowns, & Dresses from Period Piece Drama Movies
Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara from “Gone with the Wind,” (1939)

Roses are Red, Peonies are Blush, Period Floral Movie Gowns are Opulent and Lush

Flowers are synonymous with beauty and femininity, so it makes perfect sense that movie costumes that use floral aresuper lovely.

This is a ranked list of floral costumes from period movies, which are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how well they suit the character/film. Undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear, swimwear etc are not included, but in some instances, especially on this list, a matching outerwear was added.

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The 10 Best Floral Costumes in Modern Movies

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Anne Hathaway as Mia from "The Princess Diaries," (2001) Best Floral Costumes, Gowns, & Dresses from Modern Set Movies
Anne Hathaway as Mia from “The Princess Diaries,” (2001)

Flowers are synonymous with beauty and femininity, so it makes perfect sense that movie costumes that use floral are super lovely.

This is a ranked list of floral costumes from modern set movies, which are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how well they suit the character/film. Undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear, swimwear etc are not included, but in some instances, especially on this list, a matching outerwear was added.

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Rating the Jewelry of Star Wars –  There  is Way More Than I Thought

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Rating the Jewelry of Star Wars Movies
Princess Lea’s Silver Necklace, The Japor Snippet, and Qi’ra’s Gold Necklace

I consider myself a casual Star Wars Fan at best. I’ve seen the movies and I watched like two of the shows. Andor was great, it’s the only one I finished watching. However while there was a period in my life when I really loved the franchise. Nowadays I’m more of back seat fan who will watch the new stuff if word of mouth is positive, which is why I watched Andor. 

But since it’s May The Fourth I got it into my head to do a Star Wars Post so here we are. And since I’m me and I love jewelry and studied jewelry fabrication for a time,  I thought let’s rate the jewelry from the Star Wars  movies – even though Andor has lovely costumes. 

There were more than I initially thought. Like Way More. 

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