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I hadn't planned on making this into more than one entry, but it's gotten so long I think it might be best. So, this is part one of what will probably end up being three posts about the movie costume exhibit at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, California, which I was lucky enough to see last week.

On Wednesday, we went on a bit of an excursion, and made the pilgrimage drove the distance to LA. Since it was entirely free, and scheduled to leave at the end of the month, and I'm a obsessed enthusiastic admirer of costumes in general, the FIDM Motion Picture Costume Design exhibit of 2009 movie costumes was a very big treat. :-D Films ranging from The Dark Knight, The Duchess, Changeling, as well as Valkyrie, Appaloosa, Doubt, and a bunch of others were all on display. This post mostly covers only TDK, but I'll elaborate on the rest of the exhibit when I have more time to write the rest up!

They wouldn't allow photography (*sobsobsob*) but for some reason I've found photos taken by others posted online, so due to a lack of my own images, I'm linking to the lucky souls who were actually allowed to preserve the sights before their eyes with their viewfinders. All the images in this post and others forthcoming are courtesy of here, here, and here.

To avoid confusion, I'm going to go in the order the costumes were displayed in the exhibit, skipping over ones I didn't feel were worth more than a cursory glance and elaborating on the ones I was most impressed with.

Click the cut only if you're interested in lots of pics, tons of text, and some very long rambles about my own observations of some of my favourite costumes, mostly those from The Dark Knight which I spent a ridiculous amount of time staring at. ;-)

( much costume-related madness is to follow...only the brave shall pass! )