After Boromir dies in ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ Aragorn takes his bracers and wears them in his memory.
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In ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ the text on Chris Pratt’s shirt reads “Gear Shift”, which is a brand in the Marvel universe written in the fictional Klyn language.
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When we first meet Rey in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens,’ she is fully covered for her job as a desert scavenger in goggles which were repurposed from a stormtrooper helmet.
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In ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ there are no buttons or zippers on the handmaids’ clothing because their society considers that too sexual.
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In ‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ Bane’s costume is made from scavenged military items. His padded vest is made of surplus tent canvas, military meshes, and plates from a jeep’s door, and his mask is from a helicopter’s injection system.
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In ‘Shazam!,’ the buttons that fasten Shazam’s cape feature a tiger head, a subtle nod to the comic books character, Mr. Tawny, a talking and ally of the superhero.
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In ‘Get Out,’ Walter wears an actual pair of running shoes from 1936 – the year that Rose’s grandfather never got over losing to Jesse Owens in that year’s Olympics.
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The Hawaiin shirt that Deadpool wears during the “tiny legs” scene is a nod to Chunk’s shirt in ‘The Goonies.’
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In line with his dumpster diving character, Charlie from ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philidelphia’ wore the same pair of shoes for all 13 seasons.
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Superman’s shield in ‘Batman v Superman’ features a Joseph Campbell quote in Kryptonian – “Where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world.”
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In Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula,’ the coffin gown was inspired by Gustav Klimt’s painting ‘The Kiss.’ Costume designer Eiko Ishoioka used this painting because she felt the Asian influences underscored the “East meets West” aspect of Dracula’s story.
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In-universe, Cersei designs Jamie’s hand, so the prop was crafted so it could caress her as well as hold a sword.
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In ‘Les Miserables,’ red is the color that all prisoners wear. When Valjeen meets Fantine, she is also dressed in red to show that she’s as imprisoned as he was in the beginning.
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Harry Potter wears the number seven shirt in Quidditch because David Beckham wore number seven for Manchester United.
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It was Russell Crowe’s idea in ‘Gladiator’ to have each decoration on Maximus’ breastplate to represent one of his victories in battle.
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Director Quentin Tarantino was so adamant that Django’s costume look like that of ‘Little Joe’ in the TV show ‘Bonanza’ that he would call costume designer Sharen Davis every week to make sure this was the look he was getting.