Gabrielle’s Amazon Queen costume

Recently I got my hands on this awesome costume, probably one of my favorite’s costumes of the whole series of Gabrielle. For me, the Amazon episodes were so iconic!!

After Gabrielle had received the “Right of cast” from Terreis, she inherited her status, so she became an Amazon Princess. During the series, Gabrielle returned frequently to the Amazon tribe and turned into an Amazon Queen. 

After Ngila Dickson left the series, the costume designer from the latest seasons, Jane Holland, decided to design a new wardrobe for Gabrielle Queen of Amazons with influences from the Northern amazons tribe of Yakut and the Greek Amazon tribes.

 

Gabrielle’s Amazon Queen costume worn by Renée O’Connor in the episodes of Lifeblood and Kindred Spirits from season 5, and after, in “Path of Vengeance” and “To Helicon and back” from season 6.

Gabrielle’s Amazon Queen costume includes several pieces. The suede leather top seen in “To Helicon and Back” and many other episodes , the top is over a real woman's bra and inside is written “Renee 2”. The leather undershorts, this particular version of Gabrielle pants without the braid and leather fringes was seen firstly in the episode “Lifeblood” during the moon dance and later on, was used under the deerskin skirt. The belt is made of leather with a braided edge, feathers, bull hair, plenty of beads, walnut slides, fish bone beads, chicken feet shaped painted resin pieces and a fossil shell shaped round piece in the middle. The skirt is made of real deer skin, brown leather and suede fringes sewn at the waist.

  

The gauntlets reminds me of the Northern Amazon style, they are made of real rabbit fur leather and leather braids, each gauntlet has a pair of velcro sewn into it. The armbands are made of leather, bone beads, walnut slides, fish bone beads, feathers and bull hair. The shoulder guard is made of interlocking leather strips and cotton cord mesh and it is attached to the left armband. The beaded necklace has plenty of natural seeds and wood beads and the Amazon Queen necklace is simply amazing. The head piece with deer antlers and boots worn in “Kindred Spirits” are missing, I would love to complete the outfit one day…

The costume has the “It’s a Wrap!” COA, it is written “Gabrielle’s Rustic Costume-Final  Episodes”. Definitely, people who wrote the description of the Certificates have never seen the series before.

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