Gabrielle's season 6 costume

Finally I got the chance to take some new photos on my Gabrielle’s season 6 hero costume worn by Renée O’Connor in season 6. 

The costume includes mostly set used pieces: red velvet top, red velvet skirt, orange undershorts, boots, sai straps and necklace. The silver cuffs were purchased from the same company that provided the ones seen in the series. The belt is made of dark brown leather and silver screen matched buckles.

The sai in the mannequin hand is a electroplated prop version and the ones in the boots are foam stunt sais.

 The first appearance of this wardrobe was in “Heart of darkness” and the last one was in “A friend in need part I”

Gabrielle's costume & sai hero prop.

 

 Gabrielle's sai close-up.

Other close-ups.

Gabrielle's silver metal cuffs.

  

Back & boots with sai straps and foam sais.

Pao Ssu costume

Another addition to my collection is this beautiful costume worn by Pao Ssu played by Marie Matiko in “Purity” from season 5.

 

Pao Ssu character was Lao Ma’s evil daughter and sister of Ming T'ien and twin sister of Kao H'sin. She tried to utilize her mother's powers to take control of Chin.

 

Pao Ssu costume is almost a complete wardrobe, only missing her shoes, includes: red fabric corset, pants, intertwined leather strips shorts, gauntlets and leg pads. It comes with It’s a Wrap! COA. Particulary this costume has written inside the corset the name of the actress, probably the stunt double costume was cut off to make the Rittenhouse costume cards.

The fabric corset is my favorite piece. The fabric is a red floral silk with oriental details in it, the corset boning helps to helps maintain its rigidity and look streamlined. It is interesting that the corset has attached interlaced leather armbands with a metal armband at the end.

 

The corset lacing was a funny nightmare, the costume is really small, definitely Marie Matiko is a tiny girl.

The gauntlets, knee guards and underpants are made of interlaced golden leather and rivets. Pants are made embroidered mesh black fabric.

It's a Wrap! Certificate of Authenticity.

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Xena's costume components

A recent addition to my collection are these screen-used Xena’s costume components that includes a pair of metal zig-zag hammered copper shoulder guards pieces and a leather skirt petals strap, the strap leather petals have specific rivets that were used for Xena’s leathers.

These elements came with a PropStore certificate of authenticity, the seller sold one of the leather strap before so the lot is incomplete.

Zig-zag copper metal shoulder piece

Leather petals strap close-up.

Hades costume

 Here is recent addition to my collection, Hades’s costume worn by Stephen Lovatt on the episode “Looking Death in the eye” from season 5.

This costume includes a red velvet long sleeves robe, studded gloves, metal necklace, metal crown, studded boots and an original written tag of the character costume pieces.

 

Hades character changed his robe during season 5. However the crown, metal necklace, boots and gloves were worn in all his appearances.

This costume was sold on April 2021 on eBay. A few weeks before this costume and others arrived to the seller from the trading card company that made the card sets for this show, they were sent these direct from the shows to cut up and use for trading cards, but these never got cut up. Sadly, I guess the black leather top and trousers were cut up for trading cards.

Last photo is from the It’s A Wrap! Auction held in 2001 via Yahoo auction, the second biggest official Xena internet-based public sale focused on Xena props, costumes and memorabilia.

 

Gloves and boots.

Here is a photo of Hades costume and accesories from It's A Wrap! Auction.

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