#john mollo

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Costume designed by John Mollo for Andie MacDowell in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

From Kerry Taylor Auctions

[thejewellerybox]

Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in 'Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope' (1977), wearing jewellery by Finnish designer Björn Weckström for Lapponia.

The 'Planetoid Valleys' necklace and 'Darina´s Bracelet' were originally parts of Lapponia's 1969 'Space Silver' collection.

George Lucas had seen Weckström's striking silver pieces and wanted to feature them in 'Star Wars'. Costume designer John Mollo bought the necklace and bracelet from Lapponia's London store in 1976, just before filming started.

The 'Space Silver' collection is still in production, and can be ordered from Kalevala, the company which took over the Lapponia brand.

Necklace, €2,965 | Bracelet, €825

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Tribute to 102 of my favorite and some of the most iconic Movie Costumes (part 9/17)

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1977 (Luke Skywalker, Mark Hamill), Costume Design by John Mollo; What a Way to Go! 1964 (Louisa May Foster, Shirley MacLaine), Costume Design by Edith Head; Elvis 2022 (Elvis, Austin Butler), Costume Design by Catherine Martin; Sleepy Hollow 1999 (Katrina Van Tassel, Christina Ricci), Costume Design by Colleen Atwood; Once Upon a Time in Mexico 2003 (El Mariachi, Antonio Banderas), Costume Design by Graciela Mazón; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005 (Hermione Granger, Emma Watson), Costume Design by Jany Temime.

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Jane Porter (Andie MacDowell) Red gown w/ rhinestone star. Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan (1984). Costume by John Mollo.

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A collection of costume designs by John Mollo for the film "Chaplin".

British costume designer John Mollo worked on many films winning Academy Awards for "Star Wars" and "Gandhi" and a BAFTA nomination for "Chaplin".

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Concept art by John Mollo from 1975 for Princess Leia's wardrobe in Star Wars.

Images 1-3 show Leia's white gown, here conceived as a multi-layer garment, with an opaque outer robe and a much sheerer underlayer. Perhaps the outer robe was meant to disappear during her captivity?

Image 4 shows a listing by Mollo of Leia's outfits, including several looks that were cut from the film.

The list includes a "prison smock" - perhaps something like what Natalie Portman wears in V for Vendetta.

At any rate, it was skimpy enough that Leia would wear "Han's clothes" on the journey to Yavin, before changing into a "pistol leotard outfit"!

Image 5 is another (slightly earlier) list by Mollo of costumes needed for Leia, along with a sketch of Leia in smuggler-style garb, perhaps meant to be what she wears at Yavin.

Here's another design for Leia's Yavin "pistol leotard outfit" by Ralph McQuarrie, which Carrie Fisher described witheringly as a "Peter Pan leotard":

Image 6 is a sketch by Mollo of Leia's ceremonial outfit. Notice the sheer midriff!

Additionally, talking with author Brandon Alinger for the book Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy, Mollo also described how he and George Lucas considered possible approaches to Leia's wardrobe as being either "mock-medieval" or "Tarzan-type".

The latter image suggests something much more scanty than we got in the film - perhaps akin to the silent-movie Tarzans who tended to appear with one nipple exposed.

This idea would certainly fit with the description in Lucas' 1975 third-draft script of Leia being bloody and beaten (and unconscious at first) when the other heroes rescue her from her prison cell.

And in fact, it lines up pretty well with this Ralph McQuarrie sketch of Leia being menaced by an Imperial torture droid, where her rough handling in captivity has caused one of her nipples to pop out...

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Ioan Gruffudd as the titular character in “Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ship” (TV Movie, 1998).

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