10 Best Orange Costumes in Modern Movies

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Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953) Best Orange Costume, Gowns, & Dresses from Modern Set Movies
Marilyn Monroe looks like a goddess in her sleeveless orange gown and beaded stole in 1953’s “Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes”


Creativity and Ambition

Orange is a power color that has the energy of red with the happiness of yellow. It’s always a warm color that is optimistic and promotes creativity and ambition. It draws attention to the wearer and fascinates without being overpowering.

Orange can range from super bright to dark rust to even pinkish peach tones and it invokes fun and freedom. It’s a color few people can pull off, so when it is seen in a movie it makes a bold youthful statement.

This page ranks the best orange costumes from modern movies or movies that are set when they are made depicting the current period of fashion. Orange costumes from Fantasy/Sci-Fi and Period movies have their own rankings.

Undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear, swimwear etc are not included matching suits are. The costumesare ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how well it suits the character/film.

Enjoy!

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Watching all the Pixar Movies  – The Good Dinosaur (2015)

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Pixar "The Good Dinosaur" (2015) Movie Review
Pixar “The Good Dinosaur” (2015)

Prior to making the decision to watch all the Pixar movies there were two Pixar movie titles I did NOT want to watch. One based on word of mouth and the other I had actually seen before. I knew I didn’t like it then. The Good Dinosaur is the later, I had seen it once before and I didn’t like it.

But MAYBE, just maybe on a rewatch I will like it more or at least appreciate its artistic or narrative merits more than the first time I watch this movie.

Maybe?

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Costume Repeats for the Spooky Season 

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Gina Lollobrigida's Esmeralda & Disney's Esmeralda, Halloween Costumes
Gina Lollobrigida’s Esmeralda & Disney’s Esmeralda


I hope it’s not great secret that I love costumes and Halloween is THE time of year when most everyone else is one the same page. And to start off this delightful spooky season of Halloween I thought I would highlight my many posts dedicated to Halloween costumes. Be them ranking or buying guides. 

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 Inferences on The Love Hypothesis (2026)

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A Movie Review: The Preface

Lili Reinhart as Olive Smith & Tom Bateman as Adam Carlsen , Amazon Prime Original "The Love Hypothesis" (2026) Movie Review
Lili Reinhart as Olive Smith & Tom Bateman as Adam Carlsen

I might have lied by omission. In my Wall-E review I liken EVE and WALL-E to more “likable” version of Rey and Kylo Rea/Ben from the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy or “Reylo.” While I do completely understand the divisiveness of the pairing I still did and do like the pairing and  have read fanfics of the of the pair.  I will just add that I think one the reason I enjoyed the pairing was what more based on speculation for what the pairing could bring to the saga, which it didn’t, how the characters changed through the lens of fanfics and also Reylo reminded me of my favorite jdrama from the mid-2000s.   

That being said I never read the fanfic that The Love Hypothesis is based on but I did read the book by Ali Hazelwood and it very much reads like a Reylo fanfic. I will also add that I have read three times but the most recent was ahead of the movie’s release. Which makes this a rarity for me as it one few times I have read the book prior to the movie. 

While the first two times I read the book I did enjoy but I will say I enjoyed it still less on the three reread. It’s not unenjoyable, it’s  entertainting enough  which is fine. 

But how did the movie do adapting the book? 

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Watching all the Pixar Movies  – Inside Outside (2015)

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Pixar "Inside Out" (2015) Movie Review
Pixar “Inside Out” (2015)

Inside Out is one of the few Pixar titles that I have watched the most as a jaded grown-up. Not sure if it’s more than four but this rewatch definitely makes it three times in the last few years. Arguably that is  not very impressive for some people but for me it’s quite a lot. 

Admittedly, the reason why I watched Inside Out  more over the other Pixar offerings had more to do with the subject matter than the entertainment of animation so in that capacity it was different viewing experience. 

But the question is as always is what are my own subjection feelings, opinions and emotions for Inside Out? Which emotion took control of my personality console as I watched Inside Out?        

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10 Best Purple Violet Costumes in Fantasy/Sci-Fi Movie

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Natalie Portman as Padme Amidala in "Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith" (2005) Best Violet Purple Costume, Gowns, & Dresses from Fantasy & Sci-fi Movies
Natalie Portman as Padme Amidala appears twice on this list of the 10 best violet costumes in the history of fantasy, sci-fi, comic book, and superhero movies.


Wealth, Power, and Magic

Due to the huge expense of producing purple dyes the color was reserved for royalty or the excessively wealthy. This is why purple has connotations with royalty and luxury. It also has meaning involving creativity, wisdom, power, ambition as well as fantasy and magic. Because it combines red and blue, the color is both simulating and serene or warm or cool depending on the amount of pigments used.

This list is for shades of purple costume from fantasy/sci-fi/etc. movies that appear cooler. These shades include colors like Violet, Periwinkle, Indigo and so on. Violet costumes from period and modern movies have their ranking as do costumes that are warmer redder-purples. Articles of clothing, like undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear etc. are not included.

The costumes are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how it suits the character/film. My own subjective opinions do influence the order as it’s my list. I do try and be objective as I can but it’s hard


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10 Best Violet Costumes & Dresses in Period Movies

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Emily Blunt as Queen Victoria in "The Young Victoria" (2009) Best Violet Purple Costume, Gowns, & Dresses from Period Piece Dramas Movies
Emily Blunt as Queen Victoria I in 2009’s “The Young Victoria.” This periwinkle dress was designer Sandy Powell’s favorite
costume in the movie.


Royalty, Creativity, and Wisdom

In ancient times, the color purple was so expensive to produce that only the super elite, like royalty, could afford such a decadent dye for their clothing. This linked the color purple with royalty. In addition to luxury, purple has associations with creativity, wisdom, power, ambition, and even magic.

Purple can be both stimulating and calming because it’s a mix of red and blue, making it either cool or warm depending on the amount of either pigment. Cooler shades of purple are violet, periwinkle, indigo, and so on. It’s also based somewhat on my perception of the color since purple can be tricky to tell it’s temperatures sometimes.

This list ranks cooler purple costumes from period movies. Costumes from Modern set and Fantasy/Sci-Fi movies have separate lists, as do warmer purple costumes. Articles of clothing, like undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, and outerwear are not included.

Costumes are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how they suit the character/film.

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10 Best Violet Costumes & Dresses in Modern Movies

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Best Violet Purple Costume, Gowns, & Dresses from Modern Set Movies
Marilyn Monroe wearing a high-necked purple outfit and tiara in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (1953), the best purple or violet costume in modern movies.


Power and Prestige

Purple has long been associated with royalty. This is because the dye used to achieve the color was super expensive and thus only those in positions of power and prestige could afford such a decadence.

In addition to feelings of luxury it also evokes feelings of creativity, wisdom, power, ambition and magic. The mix of red and blue also makes it both simulating and soothing. As Purple and be more blue or red it can either cool or warm.

This page ranks shades of purple costume from modern movies that are cooler, shades like Violet, Periwinkle, Indigo and so on. Cooler purple I.E Violet costumes from Fantasy and Period films have separate ranks as well as warmer redder purples costumes. Articles of clothing, like undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear etc. are not included.

The costumes are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how it suits the character/film. Subjective opinions do influence the order but there was an attempt at objective but subjectivity does keep it interesting.

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Watching all the Pixar Movies – Monsters University (2013)

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Pixar "Monsters, University" (2013) Movie Review
Pixar “Monsters, University” (2013)

Monsters University is another new Pixar offering for me to watch. Now I was little harsh on Monsters INC but ultimately it was cute and good movie. So with that in mind I knew Monsters University was a prequel, apparently Pixar’s only prequel to date, and I went in to this one with a fair opened minded and measured exceptions. 

So how did I find Monsters University?

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Best 10 Purple Costumes & Dresses in Fantasy/Sci-fi Movies

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Keira Knightley as Elizabeth, "The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curses of the Black Pearl" (2003) Best Purple Costume, Gowns, & Dresses from Fantasy & Sci-fi Movies
A Ranking of the 10 best purple costumes in Fantasy/Scifi movies has to include Keira Knightley as Elizabeth, “The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curses of the Black Pearl” (2003)


Best 10 Purple Costumes in Fantasy/Sci-Fi Movies

In times past, purple was a color of royalty. This was because making the dye was expensive so only the ruling class could afford such a luxury.

In addition to its royal and luxury associations, purple can mean creatively, wisdom, power, ambition and a touch of fantasy/magic. It can also be both simulating and calming because it mixes the energy of red with the serenity of blue.

The combination of red and blue does create an interesting issue: is purple warm or cool? It’s both depending on the combination of amount pigment used so purple colors are all about shades and tones.

This page looks at warmer purples from Fantasy/Sci-fi/Superhero/supernatural/etc movies. The shades include that has a a higher combination of red values to blue like magenta, fuchsia, eggplant, some lilac, some lavenders, jam, boysenberry and so on.

Period and Modern movie costumes have their own list and so cooler shades of purple.

Articles of clothing, like undergarments, cover-ups, sleepwear, outerwear etc are not included.

The costumes are ranked by aesthetics, memorability and how it suits the character/film.

List is subject to change

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