Thanks for starting this so we can continue all the fun conversations, A_Narnian_Ship! Here are two threads about the LotGK from the old forum for reference:
Started March 2006Started November 2008One of the first descriptions Lewis gives us when Rilian meets her in the forest is that she was tall and "wrapped in a thin garment as green as poison." What color do you all see for a poison green? And what should the "thin garment" be like? What about her later outfits?
Now, I hate reposting stuff I've posted before, but I'm still loving three fabrics I suggested in one of the old threads.
My pick for the first costume's color would probably something like this. And the first dress should be delicate and dazzling and non-threatening... something to make a guy forget revenge and run off to live underground. It's a really beautiful green, but I'd say it's attractively poisonous.
And the one below is a great green color. It's shot silk taffeta, so there are a lot of green tones to it, though it may have too much sheen for her... It doesn't scream snake, but it's changeful, mysterious, and a little more dangerous:
I like the scaley diamond weave of this fabric (except in a green, of course) for an underdress or something... a bit of a hint at her snakiness in a later outfit, perhaps.
(All three pictures are from
Class Act Fabrics.)
I have other thoughts on the later outfits—I don't think they should have a sheen like her first outfit, for one thing. And I'd particularly like to see a very high collar. And snug sleeves. No flowing sleeves when the LotGK means business.
Oh, except that Pauline Baynes drew her with huge sleeves in her final underground scene...