Princess Leia Costume
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Princess Leia, played by Carrie Fisher, is one of the key characters in the Star Wars movies and she has a massive cult following. As a result, Princess Leia fancy dress is really popular and it is a great choice of costume to wear for a number of different types of fancy dress party.
Although Princess Leia wears several outfits in the Star Wars movies, two have taken on an iconic status, making them standout from the others: the white Princess Leia costume that Carrie Fisher wears in the original Star Wars movie, and the metal bikini or slave outfit that was worn in several scenes in Return of the Jedi.
If you are going to dress up as Princess Leia, it is probably a good idea to go for one of these costumes for two reasons. First, they are both instantly associated with Princess Leia. And second, they are readily available from online stores and local fancy dress companies. Let’s look at these Star Wars costumes in more detail.
The classic Leia costume consists of a long white dress (often with a hood – remember the way she removes her hood in the message that is transmitted to Obi Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker?), a white belt, white boots and, of course, the classic Leia wig (often described as being in the style of headphones or a pair of cinnamon buns). Some costumes also include a replica Star Wars blaster gun.
A more raunchy costume, and one guaranteed to make you the center of attention, is the Princes Leia slave costume. Worn by Carrie Fisher when she was portraying Leia as the slave of Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi, this outfit has gained a massive cult following. There is even an annual meeting of fans of the Leia’s metal bikini costume. This adult Princess Leia costume consists of a brown bikini set with gold metal trim, a skimpy long red skirt and various pieces of gold metal jewelery. Because this outfit is so well-loved, there are lots of costumes on the market. Some recreate Princess Leia’s costume accurately down to the smallest detail, and obviously cost a great deal as a result. Other Princess Leia slave fancy dress costumes, adopt a more impressionistic approach. The costume is in the style of Leia’s slave outfit, but isn’t spot on. These costumes are more affordable.
Because Princess Leia is such a well-known movie character, costumes based on her are appropriate, not only for Star Wars costume parties, but for those with a sci-fi or movie theme, too. In fact, you’d probably be able to wear one at a fancy dress party with a general theme. If you are quite cheeky, and you’d have to be to wear the costume, you might get away with wearing the star wars princess leia slave adult costume to an 80s fancy dress costume party, because Return of the Jedi was released in that decade.