Alternate Ayesha Costume Designs For Guardians Of The Galaxy 2
At the start of the film, we learn that the Guardians of the Galaxy have been hired by the [...]
Ayesha Concept Art - Dress
Costume Designer Judianna Makovsky explains the textures and techniques that went into Ayesha's gown. "It has a base that has a metallic beading on it, but not like a regular bead, and over it is a lot of leather work," Makovsky shared with Fashionista. "There's some metal in there and a lot of molding. But mostly it's a lot of leatherwork. We tried more metal in the beginning and it was too heavy. [Debicki] could barely stand up when she had to sit and stand up. She's also wearing five-inch platform shoes and she's already six-foot-three. So we had to take the weight of the dress into consideration when we made it. People had to help her to the set because, to have that skirt fan out like a tulip, people had to walk behind her to carry it for her. We had two versions of skirt: one for sitting and one for standing. One that would fully tulip all the way around and one that was flatter in the back. So it was pretty either way."
Ayesha Concept Art - Headdress & Jewelery
The restrictive costume helped inform Debicki's performance. "It's a really interesting thing when costume informs your character so hugely," the Aussie actress said in the film's production notes. "The restrictions in a costume like that, the corset element of it, the severity of the angles of it and even the weight of it, completely informs how you move because you can' t do certain things in it, which then indicates the type of person you are. When you think of the logic of that character, you wonder why she wears something like that. But it's because she' s informing her people the type of queen she is. It completely changes your physicality, though. I didn' t really feel like Ayesha in a way until I put that dress on and then sat on that throne. Then I really knew what she was all about."
