10 Best Coats Worn by Women in Modern Movies

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Alicia Silverstone as Cher Horowitz, "Clueless" (1995, )Best and Iconic Coats, Sleeved Outerwear, Costume Pieces from Modern Set Movies Worn by Woman Characters
Alicia Silverstone wears this black and red plaid coat in “Clueless” (1995), one of the ten most iconic coats in modern movies.


Wools, Cashmeres, & Plaids

Everyone knows that costumes are great for expressing characters. They showcase a character’s personality, social status, moods, alignment, and other facets. Coats, unlike a shirt or a dress, can conceal or reveal much about the inner workings of a character. Like, actually using it to hide or protecting them from some kind of external threat.

This page ranks the ten best coats worn by women in modern movies. A coat for this list has sleeves and is worn for some layer of protection from the elements. These coats are ranked on aesthetics, memorability and how they reflect the character. Movie Coats worn by women from Period Dramas and from Fantasy/Sci-fi movies have their own ranked lists

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10 Best Black Costumes from Modern Movies

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Best Black Costume, Gowns, & Dresses from Modern Set Movies
It’s hard to get more iconic than Audrey Hepburn in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (1961). She wears a simple sheath dress with a lovely back detail and rounded collar, accentuated with a pearl necklace and mini-tiara.


Glamorous, Sensual & Dynamic

Black is a sophisticated and elegant color. It signifies formality like a “black tie” affair. It can also mean death and mourning, sadness, maturity, mystery and power. Black is typically flattering on most people but it can be hard to showcase it on film however when it does it makes a very bold statement.

This page ranks black costumes from modern movies. They are ranked on beauty, memorability and how they reflect the character. Black costumes from period and fantasy movies have their own lists.

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

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10 Best Orange Costumes in Modern Movies

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Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953) Best Orange Costume, Gowns, & Dresses from Modern Set Movies
Marilyn Monroe looks like a goddess in her sleeveless orange gown and beaded stole in 1953’s “Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes”


Creativity and Ambition

Orange is a power color that has the energy of red with the happiness of yellow. It’s always a warm color that is optimistic and promotes creativity and ambition. It draws attention to the wearer and fascinates without being overpowering.

Orange can range from super bright to dark rust to even pinkish peach tones and it invokes fun and freedom. It’s a color few people can pull off, so when it is seen in a movie it makes a bold youthful statement.

This page ranks the best orange costumes from modern movies or movies that are set when they are made depicting the current period of fashion. Orange costumes from Fantasy/Sci-Fi and Period movies have their own rankings.

Undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear, swimwear etc are not included matching suits are. The costumesare ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how well it suits the character/film.

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10 Best Violet Costumes & Dresses in Modern Movies

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Best Violet Purple Costume, Gowns, & Dresses from Modern Set Movies
Marilyn Monroe wearing a high-necked purple outfit and tiara in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (1953), the best purple or violet costume in modern movies.


Power and Prestige

Purple has long been associated with royalty. This is because the dye used to achieve the color was super expensive and thus only those in positions of power and prestige could afford such a decadence.

In addition to feelings of luxury it also evokes feelings of creativity, wisdom, power, ambition and magic. The mix of red and blue also makes it both simulating and soothing. As Purple and be more blue or red it can either cool or warm.

This page ranks shades of purple costume from modern movies that are cooler, shades like Violet, Periwinkle, Indigo and so on. Cooler purple I.E Violet costumes from Fantasy and Period films have separate ranks as well as warmer redder purples costumes. Articles of clothing, like undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear etc. are not included.

The costumes are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how it suits the character/film. Subjective opinions do influence the order but there was an attempt at objective but subjectivity does keep it interesting.

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10 Best Purple Costumes in Modern Movies

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Amy Adams as Giselle in "Enchanted" (2007) Best Purple Costume, Gowns, & Dresses from Modern Set Movies
Amy Adams as Giselle in “Enchanted” (2007) wears a simple, strapless gown to the ball to show her growth as a
character.


Luxury, Power, and Ambition

Purple has many meanings and associations, including royalty and luxury. In fact, purple used to be a color for the ruling class because it was an expensive color dye. Purple is also associated with creativity, wisdom, power, ambition, and magic.

As a combination of both red and blue, purple can be warmer or cooler depending on the mix of red to blue. This list is for the warmer shades of purple, like magenta, fuchsia, eggplant, some lilac, some lavenders, jam, boysenberry and so on. It’s not totally precise, color values and hex codes were checked, but mostly it’s just based on how the costume looks as a whole and what tone stands out.

Purple movie costumes that have more blue tones or shades or that appear cooler like violets, periwinkles and other shades of the blue/red combo have their own lists. This list ranks warm purple costumes from Modern movies. Period and fantasy/sci-fi costumes have separate rankings.

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10 Best Teal Costumes and Dresses from Modern Movies

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Michelle Pfeiffer as Elvira, "Scarface" (1983) Best Blue-Green (Teal, Turquoise, Aqua, Cyan) Costume, Gowns, & Dresses from Modern Set Movies
In 1983’s “Scarface,” Michelle Pfeiffer wears a slinky teal gown with a low neckline and super high slit up the side. Beautiful,
glamorous and cold.


Blue-Green Tones – Turquoise, Teal, Cyan & Aqua

Color can be complex. For instance is Teal blue or green? Does the mix of blue to green change the color? The answer is yes. Blue-green colors fall into the cyan family which includes turquoise, teal, aqua, cyan and more.

These blue-green colors have attributes of both green and blue as in renewal and open-mindedness, the sky and truth, good luck.It can also mean happiness, calmness, and energy with the hints of yellow.

This page ranks the ten best blue-green colored costumes from modern films worn by female characters. Fantasy/sci-fi/comic book movies and period pieces have their own unique rankings.

Articles of clothing, like undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear, swimwear, etc. are not included. The costumes are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how they suit the character/film.

Also Blue and Green Costumes have their own lists

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10 Best Green Costumes from Modern Movies

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Emma Stone as Mia, La La Land (2016) Best Green Costume, Gowns, & Dresses from Modern Set Movies
Emma Stone wore several iconic dresses in “La La Land” (2016), but the green dress in her “Dancing in the Stars” scene with Ryan Gosling is equal parts dreamy, romantic, understated


Youth, Renewal, and Success

Green as a color has many meanings: youth, vibrancy, greed, jealousy, renewal, growth, nature, abundance, success, peace, as well as calming energies. Green is the only color that can be warm or cool as it is a neutral color. All this combined with the added bonus that many women look beautiful in green and it is no wonder that it is used for many timeless movie costumes.

This page ranks the ten best green costumes from modern movies— “modern” meaning the movie reflects the fashion of when the movie was released. (Period movies and fantasy/sci-fi movies have their own rankings.)

Costumes are ranked by aesthetics, memorability, and how they suit the character and film. Subjective opinions do influence the rankings, but I do try to be objective. Articles of clothing like undergarments, cover-ups, bathing suits, sleepwear, outerwear etc. are not included.

Also costumes that I deem more blue-green (Teal, Turquoise, and the like) have their own ranked lists.

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10 Best Burgundy Costumes from Modern Movies

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Marilyn Monroe as Pola from How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) in her glamorous gown, Best Burgundy & Dark Red Costumes, Gowns, & Dresses from Modern Set Movies
Marilyn Monroe as Pola from How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) in her Glamorous Burgundy gown she wears in order to ensnare a man with money


10 Best Burgundy Costumes in Modern Movies

Dark Red Tones – Burgundy, Wins, Red-Browns & Purpley-Reds

Much like brighter shades of Red, Burgundy and darker shades of red enjoy the same passionate energy but because there is a mix of other colors, like blues or blacks, the darker red colors have a timeless sophistication. Burgundy also has connotations of wealth and power.

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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 which have a separate ranked list. 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.

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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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