Princess Leia Organa – Marvel Miniseries Jumpsuit

ALL, Dignitaries, Expanded Universe

CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
Princess Leia Organa was one of the Rebel Alliance’s greatest leaders, fearless on the battlefield and dedicated to ending the tyranny of the Empire. Daughter of Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker, sister of Luke Skywalker, and with a soft spot for scoundrels, Leia ranks among the galaxy’s great heroes. But life under the New Republic has not been easy for Leia. Sidelined by a new generation of political leaders, she struck out on her own to oppose the First Order as founder of the Resistance. These setbacks in her political career have been accompanied by more personal losses. source

This costume standard details all main versions of this jumpsuit that Leia wears across various media appearances.

WHITE JUMPSUIT – MARVEL MINISERIES

 

[box]Required Items

  1. Jumpsuit
  2. Hair: Pigtail Braids OR Three Buns
  3. Boots

Optional Items

  1. Hair Clips (optional with Three Buns hairstyle, required with Pigtail Braids hairstyle)
  2. Holster Belt[/box]

REQUIRED ITEMS

[box]Jumpsuit

Required Details:

  1. White or off-white fitted jumpsuit made of a matte, non-shiny fabric.
  2. Jumpsuit has a tall, standing collar with rounded corners that meets at the front. Jumpsuit has a waistband that is 1”-2” (2.5-5 cm) in width.
  3. The center front of the jumpsuit is closed by a zipper, covered with a placket. The zipper runs from the top of the collar, past the waistband, to the crotch. Collar may be worn unzipped.
  4. The front and back of the jumpsuit have curved yoke seams.
  5. There are rounded rectangular patches made of the same material as the jumpsuit. Patches are located on the elbows, shoulders, front of thighs, and knees.
  6. The front of the jumpsuit has princess seams, which continue into front-center seams down each of the legs. The thigh and knee patches cover these seams.
  7. The back of the jumpsuit has a center back seam and/or princess seams.

Optional Details:

  1. The collar may have piping or a stitching detail that wraps around the outer edge.
  2. The waistband may have belt loops.
  3. The jumpsuit may have a zipper closure on the under-arm seam of the sleeve at the wrists.
  4. The jumpsuit may have cuffs at the end of the sleeves that are 1”-2” (2.5-5 cm) in width.
  5. The jumpsuit may also have patches on the sides of the hips and on the biceps.

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[/box] [box]Boots

Required Details:

  1. Light to medium brown or tan knee-high boots with low-heels (no higher than 1.5” or 4 cm).
  2. Boots are worn with the jumpsuit legs tucked in.
  3. Boots lack buckles, straps, laces, or other decorations.
  4. Boots are made of leather or a leather-like material.
  5. Boots may be cut straight across the top or have a curved top edge, like riding boots.

Optional Details:

  1. Boots may have knee-high spats that wrap around the boots without any visible closures. The spats loop under the bottom of the boot. The spats are the same color as the boots and be made of leather or a leather-like material.
  2. Boots may have discrete, matching zipper on the inside of the leg.

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HAIR OPTIONS

[box]Hair Option A – Pigtail Braids

Required Details:

  1. Hair parted in the center and pulled back into two moderate-sized buns just above and behind the ears.
  2. A thick braid hangs down from each bun, roughly waist-length.
  3. There is roughly 5” (13 cm) of hair hanging loose at the end of each braid.
  4. The braids are tied off with hair binders the same color as the hair, or by small gold filigree cylinders with decorative cut-outs.
  5. Shoulder-length locks of hair frame the face in front of the ears. No bangs.
  6. Hair Clips (see “Hair Clips” below) must be worn with this hairstyle.
  7. Naturally occurring hair colors only (brown hair color recommended).

Optional Details:

  1. If a wig or hair extensions are used, they should be high quality and look like hair.

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[/box] [box]Hair Option B – Three Buns

Required Details:

  1. Hair parted in the center and pulled loosely back into two roughly fist-sized buns just behind and above each ear with third loose bun of the same size or larger in the center back.
  2. The center back bun may be slightly higher on the head than the two side buns.
  3. Shoulder-length locks of hair frame the face in front of the ears. No bangs.
  4. Naturally occurring hair colors only (brown hair color recommended).

Optional Details:

  1. Hair Clips (see “Optional Items” below) may be worn with this hairstyle.
  2. If a wig or hair extensions are used, they should be high quality and look like hair.

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[/box] [box]Hair Clips

Required Details:

  1. Large, gold ovular hair clips that are mounted on the outside of the side buns.
  2. Clips touch the side of the head, fully covering the side of the buns they are attached to.
  3. Clips are curved to cup around the buns.
  4. The clips have fine filigree cut-outs that show the hair below.
  5. Clips are required for Hair Option A and optional for Hair Option B.

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OPTIONAL ITEMS

[box]Holster Belt

Required Details:

  1. Dark brown or black leather belt 2”-2.5” (5-7 cm) wide.
  2. The belt has a low-slung holster on the right leg, mounted on a wide, curving piece of leather.
  3. The holster is fitted to the shape of a blaster and has a keeper strap that fastens to the top of the holster.
  4. There is a thin leather strap around the thigh attached at the bottom of the holster.
  5. The belt is closed in the center front with a plain, flat, silver buckle. The buckle may be octagonal or hexagonal in shape and is wider than it is tall.

Optional Details:

  1. There is a second, identical belt buckle in the center back of the belt.
  2. The belt has four to six small pouches that are slightly taller than the belt mounted on the sides of the belt. The pouches are the same color as the belt. Pouches have a flap over the top closed with a silver snap.
  3. DDC Defender long-barrel blaster.

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[/box] TAN VEST – MARVEL MINISERIES

[box]Required Items:

  1. Jumpsuit
  2. Tan Vest (see below)
  3. Tan Gloves (see below)
  4. Three Buns Hairstyle (see main configuration)
  5. Boots

Optional Items:

  1. Holster Belt (see main configuration), Silver Plate Belt (see below), or neither[/box]
[box]Tan Vest

Required Details:

  1. Light brown or tan sleeveless vest.
  2. Vest should be made of a matte (non-shiny) medium-weight material (leather or leather-like material allowed).
  3. Vest is roughly the same color as the gloves.
  4. The vest has a high, standing collar, at least as tall as the collar of the jumpsuit.
  5. The vest hangs open without any closures, leaving the center front portion of the jumpsuit exposed.
  6. The vest is roughly waist-length.
  7. The vest has significantly looser armholes than the jumpsuit.
  8. The vest has a yoke straight across the back and front of the vest at roughly armpit height.
  9. The vest has a center back seam and/or princess seams in the back.

Optional Details:

  1. The vest is lined in the same or matching material.
  2. The front may also have princess seams or a series of large, rectangular patches down the front of the vest.
  3. The vest may have a waistband around the bottom edge.

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[/box] [box]Tan Gloves

Required Details:

  1. Light brown or tan gloves.
  2. Gloves are worn with the jumpsuit sleeves tucked in.
  3. Gloves are fitted at the wrist and bell out wider around the arm.
  4. Gloves reach roughly half-way to the elbow.
  5. Gloves are made of leather or a leather-like material, or of a medium-weight matte (non-shiny) fabric.
  6. Gloves are roughly the same color as the vest.

Optional Details:

  1. The gloves have a slit roughly half the distance between the end of the gloves and the wrist on the pinkie-side seam of the glove.

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OPTIONAL ITEM

[box]Silver Plate Belt

Required Details:

  1. White or light gray belt (2-2.5” or 5-7 cm wide) with many, rectangular plates mounted around it.
  2. Plates are medium-gray or silver colored and may be made of metal.
  3. The plates are no thicker than .25” or .5 cm and are slightly taller than the belt.
  4. The center front plate is twice as wide as the rest of the plates.
  5. The plates are spaced evenly around the belt, roughly a finger-width apart.

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WHITE CLOAK – MARVEL MINISERIES

[box]Required Items:

  1. Jumpsuit
  2. Boots
  3. White Cloak (see below)
  4. Pigtail Braids Hairstyle OR Three Buns Hairstyle (see main configuration)
  5. Holster Belt (see main configuration)
  6. Gloves (see Tan Vest configuration)

Optional Items:

  1. Hair Clips (optional with Three Buns hairstyle, required with Pigtail Braids hairstyle)[/box]
[box]White Cloak

Required Details:

  1. White, off-white, or cream cloak with a deep hood.
  2. The cloak wraps around the shoulders with a full cowl neckline and does not have a visible closure.
  3. The cloak is very full and made of a matte (non-shiny) medium-weight fabric.
  4. The cloak ends between mid-calf and ankle length.

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INJURED – MARVEL MAINLINE SERIES

[box]Required Items:

  1. Jumpsuit
  2. Tan Vest (see Tan Vest configuration)
  3. Tan Gloves (see Tan Vest configuration)
  4. Triple Bun Hairstyle (see main configuration)
  5. Black Boots (see below)
  6. Waist Bandage (see below)

Optional Items:

  1. Blaster Rifle
  2. Severed Droid Arm[/box]
[box]Black Boots

Required Details:

  1. Black knee-high boots with low-heels (no higher than 1.5” or 4 cm).
  2. Boots are worn with the jumpsuit legs tucked in.
  3. Boots lack buckles, straps, laces, or other decorations.
  4. Boots are made of leather or a leather-like material.

Optional Details:

  1. Boots may have discrete, matching zipper on the inside of the leg.

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[/box] [box]Waist Bandage

Required Details:

  1. Light gray, matte cloth wrapped around the waist. Bandage cloth has a crinkled texture.
  2. Bandage is roughly a hand-span tall and may be a single wide piece of gathered fabric or a narrower strip of fabric wrapped several times around the waist.
  3. No visible closures.
  4. Bandage has a large dark red stain on the right front of the waist.
  5. Bandage is worn over the jumpsuit but under the vest.

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OPTIONAL ITEMS

[box]Blaster Rifle

Required Details:

  1. Black blaster rifle, at least as long as the costumer’s forearm.
  2. Blaster rifle has a long cylindrical barrel and a narrow cylindrical scope on top.

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[/box] [box]Severed Droid Arm

Required Details:

  1. Tan or light-copper colored droid arm, roughly the length of the costumer’s arm.
  2. Droid arm is made of two narrow poles with a round joint in the middle.
  3. Droid hand consists of two curved, half-circle fingers. Droid hand is attached to the top of the arm poles by a round joint.

Optional Details:

  1. There are three red wires sticking out the end of the arm pole.

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MEDBAY – MARVEL MAINLINE SERIES

[box]Required Items:

  1. Three Bun Hairstyle (see main configuration)
  2. Black Boots (see Injured configuration)
  3. Waist Bandage (see Injured configuration)
  4. Tan Vest (see Tan Vest configuration)
  5. Shoulder Bandage
  6. White Pants
  7. White Shirt
  8. Crutch[/box]
[box]Shoulder Bandage

Required Details:

  1. White bandage wrapped tightly around the left shoulder and upper arm.
  2. Bandage fully covers the shoulder up to and beyond the shirt’s armhole.
  3. Bottom of bandage ends roughly half-way down the bicep.

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[/box] [box]White Shirt

Required Details:

  1. Sleeveless white knit shirt, made of a matte fabric.
  2. Shirt has a moderate scooped neckline.
  3. Armholes of the shirt are hidden beneath the vest.
  4. Shirt is worn tucked into the pants and waist bandage.

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[/box] [box]White Pants

Required Details:

  1. Fitted white pants or leggings made of a matte fabric.
  2. No visible pockets.

Optional Details:

  1. Pants have a center back seam on each leg.

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[/box] [box]Crutch

Required Details:

  1. Brown crutch with a triangular loop grip at the top. Crutch is made of wood or painted to look like wood.
  2. Crutch is narrower at the bottom than it is at the top.
  3. Crutch is tall enough so that the top bar rests comfortably under the costumer’s right armpit.
  4. Top bar of the crutch is wrapped in white or off-white strips of material for grip comfort.

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SUNSPOT PRISON TAN CAPE – MARVEL MAINLINE SERIES

[box]Required Items:

  1. Jumpsuit (see below for additional requirements)
  2. Holster Belt (see below for additional requirements)
  3. Boots (see main configuration; medium brown color required; no spats allowed)
  4. Tan Cape
  5. Looped Braids Hairstyle
[/box] [box]Jumpsuit

Required Details:

  1. White jumpsuit as described in the main configuration, EXCEPT:
  2. Jumpsuit does not have rounded rectangular patches.
  3. Jumpsuit collar has horizontal ribbing.
  4. Jumpsuit has ¾-length sleeves.
  5. Jumpsuit does not have a curved yoke seam on the torso.

Optional Details:

  1. Jumpsuit may have rounded rectangular patches over the knees
  2. Jumpsuit is ripped on the elbows, arms, knees, and/or side of the waist.

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[/box] [box]Holster Belt

Required Details:

Holster belt as described in the main configuration, EXCEPT:

  1. Holster belt is a medium brown color.
  2. Instead of pouches, belt has several metallic silver rectangular boxes (at least 2 on the right hip and 1 on the left hip) attached to the belt. Silver boxes are slightly taller than the belt and taller than they are wide.
  3. Belt has a silver hexagonal belt buckle, which attaches to the belt with narrow silver bars. The holster connects to the belt buckle with a metal bracket.

Optional Details:

  1. Silver boxes may have two small silver knobs on top of each.
  2. DH-17 Blaster Rifle
  3. DL-44 Blaster

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[/box] [box]Tan Cape

Required Details:

  1. Tan cape made of medium-weight matte fabric.
  2. Cape is moderately full and covers the shoulders when hanging down.
  3. Cape ends roughly at knee height.
  4. Cape has a short standing collar.
  5. Cape closes in the center front at the base of the neck, without visible clasps.

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[/box] [box]Looped Braids Hairstyle

Required Details:

  1. Thick braids looped from the nape of the neck, behind the ear, up over the top of the back of the head and back to the nape of the neck.
  2. Another thick braid loops down from behind the ears, hanging down to roughly shoulder-blade level.
  3. Additional hair fills the space within the loop of the hanging braid. This could be additional thick braids or curly hair.
  4. Naturally occurring hair colors only (brown hair recommended); no bangs.

Optional Details:

  1. If a wig or extensions are used, they must be high quality and look like real hair.

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SHATTERED EMPIRE

 

[box]Required Items:

  1. Jumpsuit (with riding seam on back of pants)
  2. Three Bun Hairstyle
  3. Black Boots (see Injured configuration)
  4. White Cloak (see White Cloak configuration) OR White Vest (see below)
  5. White Gloves

Optional Items:

  1. Holster Belt (see main configuration)[/box]
[box]White Vest

Required Details:

  1. White Vest is the same as the Tan Vest (see Tan Vest configuration) EXCEPT that it is made of a white or off-white material.

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[/box] [box]White Gloves

Required Details:

  1. White Gloves are the same as the Tan Gloves (see Tan Vest configuration) EXCEPT that it is made of a white, off-white, or pale gray material.

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BATTLEFRONT II

[box]Required Items:

  1. Jumpsuit (see below for additional requirements)
  2. Tan Vest (see below for additional requirements)
  3. Tan Gloves (must be made of leather or leather-like material; slit required)
  4. Brown Boots
  5. Holster Belt (see below for additional requirements)
  6. Three Bun Hairstyle (see main configuration) OR Braided Bun Hairstyle[/box]
[box]Jumpsuit

Required Details:

Jumpsuit is the same as in the main configuration, EXCEPT:

  1. Jumpsuit must have rounded rectangular patches on front of thighs, knees, shoulders, armpits, and bicep.
  2. Ovular padded patches on the outside of the lower arm have diagonal quilting.
  3. Collar has two horizontal quilting lines. Rounded yoke beneath the collar has horizontal quilting lines that curve around towards the back.
  4. There is a riding seam on the back of the pants, across the butt.
  5. The pants do not have center front seams down each leg.
  6. There is an angled seam across the chest of the jumpsuit, beneath the yoke, that continues onto the upper arm of the sleeves. Princess seams extend from the waistband up to this seam.

Optional Details:

  1. Rectangular patches have topstitching around their inside edges.

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[/box] [box]Tan Vest

Required Details:

Tan Vest is the same as in the Tan Vest configuration EXCEPT:

  1. Vest must be made of a leather or leather-like material.
  2. Vest must have a waistband along the bottom edge.
  3. Vest has a center back seam, side-front and side-back seams under the arms, and princess seams in the front that angle towards the armholes.
  4. Vest has a horizontal pocket opening (or faux pocket) just below the yoke seam on the left chest.
  5. Vest has a narrow rectangular flap attached vertically along the right side of the center front opening, starting below the collar.

Optional Details:

  1. All seams are topstitched.
  2. Vest is self-lined.

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[/box] [box]Brown Boots

Required Details:

  1. Medium brown knee-high boots with low-heels (no higher than 1.5” or 4 cm).
  2. Boots are worn with the jumpsuit legs tucked in.
  3. Boots lack buckles, straps, laces, or other decorations.
  4. Boots are made of leather or a leather-like material.
  5. Booths are roughly the same color as the belt.

Optional Details:

  1. Boots may have discrete, matching zipper on the inside of the leg.
  2. Boots have a horizontal band around the top edge.
  3. Boots of topstitching on the seams.

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[/box] [box]Holster Belt

Required Details:

  1. Holster Belt is the same as in the main configuration, EXCEPT:
  2. Holster must have three small pouches (2 on the right hip, 1 on the right).
  3. Holster has silver metallic rectangular belt buckle with clipped corners.
  4. Holster attaches to the belt buckle in the front with a metal bracket, secured with two silver rivets.
  5. Holster attaches to back right side of belt at slightly smaller buckle of the same shape with another metal bracket and two more silver rivets.
  6. Holster keeper strap has two silver snaps.
  7. Holster thigh straps has three silver snaps.

Optional Details:

  1. Belt and holster have lighter brown topstitching along the edges.
  2. Long-Barrel Defender Sporting Blaster Pistol
  3. Stormtrooper Blaster Rifle

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[/box] [box]Braided Bun Hairstyle

Required Details:

  1. Hair is pulled back away from the face into two circular braided buns at the nape of the neck.
  2. Two thin braids loop up over the top of the head from the buns.
  3. Naturally occurring hair colors only (brown recommended).

Optional Details:

  1. If a wig or extensions are used, they must be high quality and look like real hair.

Additional Images:

 

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Updated: March 22, 2023

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