She had few clothes because as it was researched, women wrote on their diaries that they traveled all western with maximum three dresses. Ella (Olivia Wilde) a woman came from nowhere, Zophres decided on earth tones for her two costumes : one floral yellow dress and another with the shirt and pants. In a land with a lot of of guys also there were brave ladies. Like Indiana Jones he wears all the time a hat and a scarf that the actor explained it function: “They were a common feature of a cattleman’s wardrobe, because they could be used to cover your face in a dust storm, or mop your brow or tie around your neck to absorb sweat.” Owner of the city’s land and seasoned veteran his a natural leader to fight against the Aliens. Harrison Ford as Colonel Dolarhyde has a style of costume that shows him like a powerful man. To mix the historical western costume and a sexy touch, Jake Lonegan (Daniel Craig) wears strait leather pants, also narrow cotton white dirty shirt, leather vest, a signature hat and the alien bracelet. You brought what you could fit in one suitcase, and you wore it and mended it over and over again.” The wind was blowing constantly, and there was a layer of dirt on everything you owned. You were washing things on the side of a rock or in a little tub and hanging them out to dry. Zophres advises that the aging of costumes and the distressing and dirtying up of all manner of fabrics and leather are a big part of the making of any Western.
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In that time, clean laundry-or a change of clothes, for that matter-was a luxury. Zophres started the research about the costume by photographs from 1870’s and diaries from traveler women. On Coen Brothers’ movie, they asked her an authentic costume unlike Favreau that chose a sexy style. Mary Zophres started to work on this project as soon as she finished True Grit.