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33 F Lad essica ebecca erguson is such a comle character. W hen Lad essica lands on Arrakis, she has to be magni cent, but still look like some kind of modieval courtesan in a latticed, almost snoodlike headiece. I decided it should be over her face to give her mster. e made it in gold chain. It draes over ebecca ergusons face all the a don her chest. Bob hired this lovel British oman, Bron Trrell, to do some secialt costumes for us. She orked on that the hole movie and it shot late in the schedule. Bob called it the most eensive costume ever made. M essica is not a ueen, but shes one of the most oerful eole in the stor. ebecca is so elegant. hen e looked at her, e sa this ver oerful, adatable oman. e let her transition hen she arrives on Arrakis in that sice colored dress ith the veil and the chains on her face. She as emboding the most beautiful art of that orld ith that veil. Everbods dressed in sand colored gauze and ras, ver muted color. Suddenl ou have this famil coming out and theres the Dukes lad. That image ith a veil bloing in the ind and sarkling on the chains. The intent as that she arted the atersor arted the sand, I guess, in this case. F hat about the other characters Some e get ust for a scene or to, but there all so distinct. hat as the insiration for the Mother Gaius elen Mohiam Charlotte amling W I as an art historian and I relied a lot on the ast to create this future. or the Bene Gesserit, I ent to tarot cards. Ive alas loved tarot and have man sets. or Mother Mohiam seci call, I used the ueen of the ands, ueen of cus, the high riestess along ith medieval chess ieces of the ueen. Its a orld starting over back to the ast. I call it modieval. Caladin is a green lanet. Its the reason its so sad for them to lose it because of the dictates of the Imerium. I ent to aintings of the omanovs for that costume, and it as kind of the omanovs meets ahrenheit 51. F Theres a real shift hen e get to Arrakis, here its a struggle to survive. o did that in uence our de signs M or Arrakis, ou think of the desert and the Tuareg eole of Morocco. At least, I did hen I read the book. The Bedouin omen ith the ras. It is ver beautiful. et there survivors, so thats re ected in their clothes. Those head ras are tools. There not ust decoration. That color, the eight, the length. It uninds as 25 ards of fabric. Its a roe, its a hammock, its a tent, its a screen. Its hatever ou need it to be to rotect against the sun and the sand. That as based in art and in the real orld. 33 eecca eruson as a essica treies Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures