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Arwen's daughter
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Jul 2 2008, 6:31pm
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Did You Ever Notice... Elrond's Council Robes?
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Elrond's costumes are a bit mix-and-match. He will wear the same under robe with different drapes and belts. Here we start with a pair of cranberry silk wrap pants. There must be a matching top because we see a bit of sleeve poking out, but there is no image of it. Over it we have a salmon silk dupioni robe which buttons down the front and has embroidery on the yoke and at the edges of the sleeves. He wears a belt with a tail similar to Arwen's Farewell Dress.
 
Over that is a rust silk velvet robe. The robe has very wide bell sleeves that are lined with a silk brocade and turned back a few inches so that it shows in a wide cuff. A design has been etched into the shoulder and on the back of it.
 
 
This is the best shot I could find to show the shape of the sleeves. It's from the Editing section of the EE specials. You can also see here a shiny spot where he sits. This kind of velvet is very unforgiving and will crush with only a little pressure. If you sit for two long or lean against a railing your garment develops a shiny spot. (I learned this one from personal experience  )
As always, there are more pictures and details to be found over at AlleyCatScratch's LOTR page.
Any thoughts on this costume?
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Lady_Eowyn
Bree
Jul 2 2008, 6:41pm
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they are so magnificent and elven like. Could not get any better he he
Eowyn: But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Eowyn I am, Eomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.
Lord Of The Rings Book 5 Chapter 6 The Battle of the Pelennor Fields
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Alcarcalime
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Jul 2 2008, 6:43pm
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I love this costume of Elrond's.
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It is elegant and still seems masculine. I really wish I was more interested in sewing. I would love to make this rust robe for my husband. I keep telling him he is lucky his hair is too curly to wear long -- I also love Elrond's hair!!
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Peredhil lover
Valinor
Jul 2 2008, 6:50pm
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to have this one, myself. Though maybe rather in blue - brown isn't my colour 
Another wonderful costume, perfect for Elrond. The embroidery on the sleeves is so very elvish!
Thanks for these great pictures, Arwen's daughter!
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weaver
Half-elven
Jul 3 2008, 2:25am
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I never noticed the embroidery before...
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That's a beautiful robe, and very fit for an Elven King to wear...
The pants are my favorite though -- I could see Elrond wearing those to work on "casual Fridays"...
I like the belt better with the robe -- they balance each other out -- than I did seeing it alone on Arwen's farewell dress.
And is it just me, or do Elrond's clothes look very Asian -- like something a Samauri would wear? I may be basing this on stereotypes, though, as I'm not the most astute observer of clothing styles.
Very nice set of photos, thanks. Hugo Weaving does "the cool stare" very well, too!
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Nimloth
Lorien
Jul 3 2008, 5:05am
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I love the Elves clothes and I hadn't noticed the detail on Elrond's robe. I'm looking forward to seeing how the Mirkwood elves will be dressed - like Legolas or different again?
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Kelvarhin
Half-elven
Jul 3 2008, 5:12am
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Once again I'm just amazed at the amount of detail they put into these costumes. They're so beautiful.
Valinor, O Valinor
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Tumna yá nyèna minya fëa
An Valinor, lissë Eldamar
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Starling
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Jul 3 2008, 7:48am
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It was great to have a closer look at the robe and the shirt. Once again, I enjoy these costume posts - thank you.
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Jul 3 2008, 7:54am
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Subject Line of the Day award goes to you. Good thing I wasn't drinking anything at the time....
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"Of all faces those of our familiares are the ones both most difficult to play fantastic tricks with, and most difficult really to see with fresh attention. They have become like the things which once attracted us by their glitter, or their colour, or their shape, and we laid hands on them, and then locked them in our hoard, acquired them, and acquiring ceased to look at them.
Creative fantasy, because it is mainly trying to do something else [make something new], may open your hoard and let all the locked things fly away like cage-birds. The gems all turn into flowers or flames, and you will be warned that all you had (or knew) was dangerous and potent, not really effectively chained, free and wild; no more yours than they were you." -On Fairy Stories
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hobbitlove
Gondor
Jul 3 2008, 8:51am
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Ah, ha! You changed your Lij pic. ; )
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hobbitlove
Gondor
Jul 3 2008, 8:59am
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Actually, I've been waiting for this post.
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Ever since Hugo mentioned how gorgeous his costume was, I've been eager to see it up close and in detail.
This is another brilliant, beautiful post, and we are so very fortunate that you do them.
Gad, I can't believe how much fun it is to look at these costumes. They are utterly fascinating and so much more - unique, stunning, full of character, and character enhancing. I can't say enough.
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Patty
Immortal
Jul 3 2008, 1:35pm
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I had noticed the embroidery on other parts of the robe...
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but never down the long sleeve. Magnificent. Is there any place in the actual movie where you can see this, or is the pic only taken from a behind- the- scenes look?
Hanging out with the Lonely Isle elves.
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grammaboodawg
Immortal
Jul 3 2008, 5:03pm
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I'd always thought his robes were stately, but they're so elegant too! Can you imagine being one of these players that wear some of these stunning costumes and feel yourself transform into the character!?
I love how his sash resembles the one Arwen is wearing at the Rivendell farewell. The embroidery looks a lot the same, too.
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Elberbeth
Tol Eressea
Jul 3 2008, 5:56pm
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"There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark."
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weaver
Half-elven
Jul 3 2008, 6:05pm
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Though I love that there's never anything I can point to and name the garment they're copying. There's a sense that the costume is tied to our own world but it still feels otherworldly. It's a very delicate balance that Ngila gets perfectly right (IMHO of course).I like what you said here! The costumes do feel like the rest of Middle Earth -- "like and unalike" our world...
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Peredhil lover
Valinor
Jul 3 2008, 6:10pm
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and yet we never see Elrond tripping over his sleeves
*lol*
Love that! As much as I like these costumes, I had wondered myself if it is possible to do something useful while wearing these sleeves save sitting in council and looking important and beautiful
I do not suffer from LotR obsession - I enjoy every minute of it.
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Arwen's daughter
Half-elven
Jul 3 2008, 6:34pm
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With practice anything is possible ;-)
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I wore an Arwen dress like the one in my avatar to the theater for ROTK. The first bathroom trip was... interesting. And not because of the layers of thermal underwear under the dress (it was December, after all)  Let's just say, I learned how to get those sleeves out of the way pretty quickly, especially when there's pizza around. With a little practice I could move around fairly easily in the dress.
The best piece of advice I've ever heard for costume recreationists is to vacuum in your costume. If you can manage that you'll be fine. 
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Valinor
Jul 3 2008, 7:06pm
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Now I wonder - the actors had to practice riding, sword fighting, paddling and all that. Did these lessons include moving in their costumes as well?
Well, if you managed, then the elves should be fine, too. They had millennia to perfect the skill of wearing their clothes, after all
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Kelvarhin
Half-elven
Jul 4 2008, 1:53am
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*coughing* was...drinking...coffee...*cough*
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Oh that's better, did sort of wonder where she was gonna go with an opening line like that LOL.
Cheers Starling
*walks off to find cloth to wipe down computer screen*
Valinor, O Valinor
Andavë yányë hyarya
Tumna yá nyèna minya fëa
An Valinor, lissë Eldamar
Kelvarhin's Universe
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