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Padme Amidala EP II wedding dress costume version for 11 1/2" doll
April 2,  2004
Star Wars doll costumes - Page one
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Senatorial representative from planet Naboo
Senator Jar Jar Binks
Galactic Senate Representative from the Planet of Naboo, Jar Jar
Binks (Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones)

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WINNER of the CostumeCon21doll costume competition, April,  2003
I used the photograph from the Star Wars Episode II Visual Dictionary as the basis for the costume design. 
The character of Jar Jar Binks is a computer generated animation, so there were not any ‘real’ models upon which to base the costume. 
This character’s costume is strongly influenced by African patterns and designs, so I figured that is where I would begin to search for appropriately scaled materials.

I found a neutral colored perfectly diamond textured piece of home décor fabric that needed to be dyed to a pumpkin color to more closely match the color of the character’s costume.  I used a Rit brand dye to achieve the color.  This was to become the tunic of the character’s costume. 
I decided to draw out the pattern for this piece first, since I only bought and dyed exactly enough material to make this once.
I figured out how to make the sleeves by using bias tape and gathering the sleeves at both the cuff and the elbow.  I sewed a black cording on top of each lower sleeve and then inserted the elastic into the casing. 
I lined the lower portions of each sleeve and then filled them with polyester fiberfill so they would stay ‘puffed’.  
I found a nicely scaled printed material that I used for the vest.  I was forced to make it with a yoke, since I did not quite buy a wide enough piece.  I lined it with a dark brown nylon material. 
I purchased 1 3/4 yards of three different beaded trims for the doll costume. I sewed them together to form the epaulettes.  I used black glove leather for the tops of the epaulettes.  They are removable and attached with tiny snaps.   
I used various bits of jewelry to make the pendant, including a piece of a broken watchband.
Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars Episode II 1/2: Attack of the Clowns
Jar JAr Binks in Episode II
Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars Episode II 1/2:  Attack of the Clowns
October,  2002