Costumes...

[Indril Anarion]

In honor of the final installment of LOTR, I will go to the tehatre in costume...I have decided to go as an elf, complete with elf ears and all.

Is anybody else going to dress up in Middle-Earthian garb? And if so, what will you be going as?

[Arien the Maia]

I've almost convinced my fiance to dress up as Feanor and me as Arien of course! no one would know who we were except true Tolkien fans!!!....I'm seriously considering it!

[Valaróma]

Not really.

But I'm going to wear my beloved ring and its silver chain around my neck on show:D

[Dreran the Green]

I am definately going in a complete costume:D I'm not going as anyone in particular, just an elf. I already have the perfect Lorien cloak and one of the 3 rings (Narya). I'm going to make a dress as well and buy pointy ears if I can find good ones!:D I have a staff as well that looks exactly like Gandalf the Grey's, but I don't know if they'll let me bring it in the theater??? (I can see it now: You wouldn't part a poor young girl from her walking stick?;) )

[Leah]

I might...... I don't think I'd go in full costume, but I've got a pair of elf ears, so I might wear those, and then just normale clothes..... but if I manage to make a cloak that is somewhat authentic (if it actually looks like one of the cloaks of Lorien) then maybe I will wear that too.

[cee2lee2]

Not in costume but I will wear my elven brooch.

[Salquënòrëwen]

I think I am. I'm making an Eowyn costume (the white dress), and I'll probably wear that, and my ring. :)

[Elf Girl]

I would like to suggest that those going as Elves do not wear pointy ears.

If I go at all, I will wear a cloak with a low hood that covers my eyes, to spare me the torment! *shivers*

[Varda Oiolosseo]

I REALLY WANT TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The whole thing for me was to dress up the first day it's out but i'm going straight from school and i have to wear school uniform so it's gonna be really difficult coz we have loads of books and that to carry.
I will try though because i hav made a really nice elven dress and it's gorgeous but i need to find some ears :D and i'm making a cloak.

I'm getting all excited.

[Dreran the Green]

You can just get some ears when Halloween rolls around:) Or you can buy some online for like, five bucks.

[Elf Girl]

Nooooo! Do not wear pointy ears! Elves do not have pointy ears!

If you are going as a hobbit, you could wear slightly pointed ears, but not ridiculous things like in the movie.

[Dreran the Green]

But I like pointy ears:o All of my relatives on my dad's side have naturally pointy ears and I missed the gene for it, so I should at least get them for one night!:p

[Tessar]

Originally posted by Dreran the Green
(I can see it now: You wouldn't part a poor young girl from her walking stick?;) )

:eek: take me with you!

[Lalaith]

I could never go into public again ... not in this small town. But I'd love to dress if I had the chance to watch the movie in a bigger city.

I have wanted the white Èowyn dress for so long.

[Varda Oiolosseo]

I have wanted the white Èowyn dress for so long.

I have always wanted that dress! I made 2 dresses! 1 very similar to that and another more elven dress which i am planning to wear! I live in a big city so hopefully i can just hide in with the rest of the people dressed up. :D

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Varda Oiolosseo
I have always wanted that dress! I made 2 dresses! 1 very similar to that and another more elven dress which i am planning to wear! I live in a big city so hopefully i can just hide in with the rest of the people dressed up. :D
I isn't just the dressing. It's the flair. In the bigger cities you have the chance to celebrate it ... but here there is one freak (that would be me) and the rest of the cinema is full of usual, not-so-impressed people. Frustrating.

You made it yourself? I could ask my Godmother to make me the Èowyn dress. She would have made it for my Prom, but now I want her to make another one.

[Varda Oiolosseo]

I isn't just the dressing. It's the flair. In the bigger cities you have the chance to celebrate it ... but here there is one freak (that would be me) and the rest of the cinema is full of usual, not-so-impressed people. Frustrating.

I'd try and mingle in a bit i wouldn't be as mad as my 2 friends i'm the shy one out of us all.
when we went to see TTT for the first time, when Haldir died we gasped in shock and horror and they told us to shut up and all we did was "huh!" and it was like on our breath so i was shocked they even heard us.
These 2 kids came dressed as Hobbits and a lot of people looked less than impressed and some people were quite mean about it.

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Varda Oiolosseo
I'd try and mingle in a bit i wouldn't be as mad as my 2 friends i'm the shy one out of us all.
when we went to see TTT for the first time, when Haldir died we gasped in shock and horror and they told us to shut up and all we did was "huh!" and it was like on our breath so i was shocked they even heard us.
These 2 kids came dressed as Hobbits and a lot of people looked less than impressed and some people were quite mean about it.
As Hobbits? How cute.
I hate these mean people who always judge and give bad comments. The should rather shut up.
But we, the true fans, will always be considered to be crazy.

When I saw TTT for the second time (this time in a bigger theatre) I was always laughing at the good scenes. But I was the only one laughing. That was so embarrassing.

[Varda Oiolosseo]

lol!
When i went to see TTT for like the 100th time i was laughing and was the only one and my gran kept getting confused and she was like "whos' that?"
so i'd say "That's Faramir, Boromir , you know Sean Bean, well it's his brother"
and then i'd hear someone at the back saying "that girl at the front said it's Boromir's brother " and then "oh"

lol it was so funny! It was all the way through no matter how quite i was.

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Varda Oiolosseo
lol!
When i went to see TTT for like the 100th time i was laughing and was the only one and my gran kept getting confused and she was like "whos' that?"
so i'd say "That's Faramir, Boromir , you know Sean Bean, well it's his brother"
and then i'd hear someone at the back saying "that girl at the front said it's Boromir's brother " and then "oh"

lol it was so funny! It was all the way through no matter how quite i was.
lol
I was watching it with my cousin. Always telling him everyting. And always "Now, look ... isn't that great" then I got really excited when we saw Èowyns dress.

When I saw FotR for the second time I was always jumping up or giggling when I saw Orlando. But I felt stupid because nobody else was so excited and had so much fun watching it. I was the only real fan.

[Varda Oiolosseo]

lol!
I told my friend there was a gorgeous elf!
She thought i meant Elrond! lol!
She came to school and was like you like that guy from the matrix! I was like noooooooooo and had to take her to see it again to point him out!
lol :D

[Lalaith]

Originally posted by Varda Oiolosseo
lol!
I told my friend there was a gorgeous elf!
She thought i meant Elrond! lol!
She came to school and was like you like that guy from the matrix! I was like noooooooooo and had to take her to see it again to point him out!
lol :D
Oh yeah, you and Agent Elrond. How cute.

I told my classmates: Did you see Agent Elrond?
Agent who? Elrond? Sounds like a sausage.

(we are a little bit off-topic :D )

[Varda Oiolosseo]

Agent who? Elrond? Sounds like a sausage.

lol

Yeah i think we are a little off topic.

I think I will deffinately dress up, my mate wants to dress up as a Wizard, I'll be an Elf and my other friend wants to be a Hobbit. :D

Oh yeah, you and Agent Elrond. How cute.

Yeah great! :rolleyes: :o :( :eek: :p lol

[Elf Girl]

Originally posted by Dreran the Green
But I like pointy ears:o All of my relatives on my dad's side have naturally pointy ears and I missed the gene for it, so I should at least get them for one night!:p
O, go ahead and wear them. You just will look less like a canonical Elf for it.

[Dreran the Green]

O, go ahead and wear them. You just will look less like a canonical Elf for it.

But I'll look more like my favorite relatives...:p



:eek: take me with you!


:D Live anywhere near suburban Chicago and you might see me at a theater. I'll be the one laughing manically in line to get in ;)

[Sheeana]

Originally posted by Elf Girl
O, go ahead and wear them. You just will look less like a canonical Elf for it.

That's actually unresolved, Elf Girl. You should know better! Canon doesn't exactly specify against pointy ears either. (For those interested, I'm referring to the HoME 5 etymologies which specify under 'lasse' - that the quendi have leaf shaped ears.)

[Elf Girl]

Hmph. Some leaves are round. Some leaves are shaped like human ears.

And Tolkien said they were biologically the same species as Men. And at the time he wrote the definition for 'lasse' I think he was still using 'Elfish' and 'Elfin'. Much has changed.

[Sheeana]

The definition specifies that the ears were more pointed and leaf shaped than human ears. And this was well past his elfin/elfish phase. But this belongs to another thread altogether, so I will drop it. If you care to argue the point, I will join you on the appropriate thread.


http://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=219594#post219594

[IthilienPrincess]

omg, me and my bff have a whole big group goin in costume, its gonna be so incredible, i'm gonna be galadriel, and we're gonna have like the whole fellowship and other key characters, i can't wait!

[Finarwe]

Dreran, there is a nice homepage, how to make your own elven ears:
http://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/Article/Ears.htm

As for me I'm going as an elf, too.
I'm to big for a Hobbit or a Dwarf, so I choose to be an elf:
Finnarwen Magloriel
Of cause, who else than Finny. :D

I'm just started with my dress: beautiful blue, some ornaments on it, nice juwelry, so far it is planed.
About the ear thing I'm not sure, somehow I can envision elfs with and without pointed ears, so I guess it a matter of how my friends dress up.

As an old Trekkie I now how funny it is, to go to such a movie in costum.

First I thougt about an orc-costum, but I have tickets for all three movies, and to be about 10 hours in such a costum, NOOOO thank's!

I tried to talk a girlfriend of mine, she is less than 1,6 meters high, into going as a Dwarf.
lol, her laughter was near Gimli's, when I told her about it, but I don't think she ment that as an agreement. ;)

Maybe, we all can post our costumes here, when ready, or after the movie.

[Dreran the Green]

Oh, that'd be cool! And thanks for the homepage, Finarwe:)

[Rosie Gamgee]

Originally posted by Lalaith
I isn't just the dressing. It's the flair. In the bigger cities you have the chance to celebrate it ... but here there is one freak (that would be me) and the rest of the cinema is full of usual, not-so-impressed people. Frustrating.
I know exactly what you mean, love. Seriously, my town's the exact same way! They don't get excited about anything, and if you act even the slightest bit weird, they think your from Mars and go screaming off down the street to get the police. Well, not that bad, but close to.

But, maaaan, you guys are getting me sooo excited. I can't wait for ROTK to come out, and now I hafta make a costume to wear. I actually never thought about dressing up before. Ooooo, I can't wait!

[Finarwe]

Originally posted by Rosie Gamgee
But, maaaan, you guys are getting me sooo excited. I can't wait for ROTK to come out, and now I hafta make a costume to wear. I actually never thought about dressing up before. Ooooo, I can't wait! Oh, if you just have some people that are costumed, it will be fun, belief me. I have been to several Star Trek previews and to a Star Wars movie and others, in costume.
It's only stupit, if you are the only one. :mad:

And a slight warning: Never go to a MIB-movie in costume and with sunclasses, when your town has a long street with many stairs just before you reach the cinema! ;)

[Rosie Gamgee]

Hahahahahahahaaaa!! LOL, that's funny. I wonder how you know this . . . . .

[Dreran the Green]

lol. I can't wait for RotK! I will try to post a picture of me in my costume afterward, as soon as I figure out how to post pics:D Which could probably be awhile...a really long while....ok, forever...hehehe, procrastinating is such a bad habit, oh well.

[Finarwe]

Originally posted by Rosie Gamgee
Hahahahahahahaaaa!! LOL, that's funny. I wonder how you know this . . . . . We've tested it! One of my friends hit a lamp-post!
Wasn't funny for him, but we (the rest) had our fun. :p

[Lanelf]

I'm planning on a nice cloak to wear, but I have no money or time to get stuff for it. Drat. But I
really will have it done for this Christmas! Really, truly!
Lanelf.

[Shadowfax]

This summer I made Galadriel's silver and gold crown and I will definitely be wearing that to see RotK, even if it's just with normal clothes (no dress). I'll wear the crown and a dress if a couple of my friends dress up too, but if no one else does, I'll still wear just the crown. I'm thinking of making Galadriel's pin/brooch as well.

[Rosie Gamgee]

How in Middle Earth did you make that?

[Shadowfax]

Originally posted by Rosie Gamgee
How in Middle Earth did you make that? :D It took a lot of time and patience studying pictures of it on the internet, screencaps, etc, and drawing out and plan of how I think it all fits together. Then, I used a bunch of wire and stuff and made it! It was fun, but it took sooo long and sometimes it was very frustrating. Oh, and I just made the brooch yesterday, too. I was bored, so I sketched it out and used some left over wire and a lovely mother-of-pearl shell that I have, and crafted it all together (the brooch was much easier than the crown). I've taken a couple of pictures of them, so maybe I'll post those later.

[Finarwe]

Originally posted by Shadowfax
Oh, and I just made the brooch yesterday, too. I've taken a couple of pictures of them, so maybe I'll post those later. Hey, Shadowfax, can't wait to see that picture. :)
Maybe you should alter your name in Gwaith-i-MÃ*rdain. ;):D

[Shadowfax]

Originally posted by Finarwe
Hey, Shadowfax, can't wait to see that picture. :)
Maybe you should alter your name in Gwaith-i-MÃ*rdain. ;):D Hehe, thanks!:D

[Lanelf]

At school today we had a Harry-Potter-themed lunchtime for our school's "Happy Week" - the week preceding the school's feast day. At the Harry Potter Fashion Parade, first place were Fawkes and Dobby, second me - as Lord Voldemort! :D:D:D Very happy... I used the same cloak I hope to use for ROTK. Must remember to pin it up - I tripped over the hem and grazed my knees, hands and face. :(
Lanelf.

[SamwiseGamgeeOTS]

yeah...me and a buttload of other people are gonna dress up. we have seriously like 20 people dressing up with us to go. it's gonna be great. i've started something at my school...AND IT'S CATCHING! they even put "the hobbit" on the summer reading list!!!!! greatness....:D

[Salquënòrëwen]

I'm probably going to be the only one in my WHOLE TOWN dressing up...Oh well, more stares for me! That is it I can learn how to use a sewing machine in time....:o ;)

[Dreran the Green]

I just got the perfect green dress for my costume. It's sleeveless, so I'll be sewing big bellsleeves on it, but other than that it's great:D I can't wait.

[Finarwe]

:D My dress is ready! ---> picture (http://people.freenet.de/d.bolz-fritzlar/03kl.jpg) *doing my best elven suck-up pose*

I'm now working at an overdress and I think after that, I'm doing a cloak.
At least the date of the movie-preview is in wintertime, so a cloak will be fine, too.
My jewelry is also (nearly) ready.

What do you guys think?
And when am I going to see pictures of your costumes? ;)

[Lanelf]

Great dress! And I'll post a pic of mine when I can... (Read as: after ROTK when I've actually got it all together) :o :)
Lanelf.

[Shadowfax]

Originally posted by Finarwe
:D My dress is ready! ---> picture (http://people.freenet.de/d.bolz-fritzlar/03kl.jpg)
What do you guys think?
And when am I going to see pictures of your costumes? ;) Lovely! Very nice! I hope to get scans of my crown and brooch up soon, but I can't make any promises as to when you can see them.:)

[Elf Girl]

Originally posted by Finarwe
:D My dress is ready! ---> picture (http://people.freenet.de/d.bolz-fritzlar/03kl.jpg)
Ooh! Have you posted that in the pictures thread? Lovely!

[Dreran the Green]

Ooh, I love your costume! Great! I'll get a pic of mine up here when I sew on when I'm entirely done with it:)

[Gamigar]

if the movie theater lets people bring sword for just that day i'll probly wear striders ranger sword in the scabbard, i plan to have both by then.

[Dreran the Green]

I dunno bout that...you might have to fight your way into the theater;)

[Lizra]

Originally posted by SamwiseGamgeeOTS
yeah...me and a buttload of other people are gonna dress up. we have seriously like 20 people dressing up with us to go. it's gonna be great. i've started something at my school...AND IT'S CATCHING! they even put "the hobbit" on the summer reading list!!!!! greatness....:D

Buttload? :D :D Aackk!

[Finarwe]

Originally posted by Gamigar
if the movie theater lets people bring sword for just that day i'll probly wear striders ranger sword in the scabbard, i plan to have both by then. Last year I saw some people with swords or spears in cinema. I found that very interesting, because the laws about wearing weappons are very different here (normaly you get in trouble, if you have a blade longer than 10 cm, or so. I'm not exactly sure about the lenght.)
But I think, it's allways better to ask, before you get in trouble. ;)

By the way, thanks for all those nice compliments about my dress.
And I finished my overdress today! :D

[Gamigar]

[i]Originally posted by Finarwe
But I think, it's allways better to ask, before you get in trouble. [/B]


yah, i know a guy whose gonna ask, but i think i'll ask them for myself just to be safe.

[Evenstar1400]

i might borrow a hobbit costume from my good friend who wore it last year.... but i really want my own costume. last year i was an elf warrior, and i had brown pants and a green shirt over a white shirt, but it didnt look very authentic. if i can, i wanna dress up as a black rider this year.... and maybe i can find one of those stuffed pony heads on a stick to use as my "ride"

hehe.... all of us lotr fans, making a difference in the world and scaring people with our pointy swords....

[eowyngirl14]

last year i dressed up as eowyn, but this year i think im going to go as a hobbit. and wear a long tan-greenins skirt (its hard to describe the color) and a kinof a creamy colored shirt (not white but not really tan or cream either) and my leather bodice that i need to borrow from my friend... i hope she lets me wear it!:)

[Lanelf]

I found a shop the other day with PILES of swords on display... they had ones like famous ones, like a Xena one, and one I swear is straight out of Highlander, the Macleod one, and all these ones but NO LOTR!!! >:( Silly peoples... but they did have Sauron-eye mugs. :)
Lanelf.