Padmé Amidala Naberrie's costumes

"I'm Senator Amidala. Welcome to my crib."

Padmé Amidala Naberrie's costumes in the Star Wars prequel trilogy films were crafted by Trisha Biggar and her costume department. (See Costumes for information on Star Wars costume designs besides those in Padmé Amidala's wardrobe.) Natalie Portman as Padmé Amidala Naberrie wore all but two of Queen Amidala's costumes on-screen in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace; Keira Knightley wore those as the handmaiden Sabé to serve as the Queen's decoy. Portman, Verónica Segura, and at least one stunt performer all dressed up as Cordé (Senator Amidala's decoy) in the opening scene of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones. Padmé (and Portman) did not use decoys or disguise herself as another person in Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.

Iain McCaig provided concept artwork for all three films, along with Dermot Power on Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones and Sang Jun Lee for Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. Further visual looks for Padmé appear in the Clone Wars 2D shorts, The Clone Wars 3D animated series, and Star Wars comic books. Other costumes are described in text without associated artwork.

About the names:
For the purposes of Star Wars Fic Reference Wiki, individual costume pages have (or will have) names that begin with the persona who wore the costume: ex. Queen Amidala's [costume], Padmé Naberrie's [costume], Senator Amidala's [costume], etc.

Padmé's costumes have various in-universe or possibly-canonical names in one or both continuities via the Visual Dictionary series, in the New Canon The Visual Encyclopedia, or in other materials; out-of-universe names from resources like Biggar's Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars, its associated 2005 FIDM exhibit, the 2015–2018 Smithsonian Institution/Lucas Museum exhibit Rebel, Jedi, Princess, Queen: Star Wars™ and the Power of Costume, or The Art of Star Wars books.... plus fans came up with nicknames of our own that may be better known or more recognizable. Sentence case, Title Case, and ALL-CAPS versions of names means their capitalization is also all over the place. Simply for consistency here, the headers are in sentence case and the names used aren't necessarily "official".

For added confusion, various terms used to say what they are (like costume, dress, gown, robe, ensemble, and outfit) are often used interchangeably yet paired with the same identifying words (like its colors, materials, settings, scenes). Sometimes there's no associated name besides the fan ones, specifically for animation, so we've shrugged and either used that or given them yet another one to try to distinguish them, because we can't fit every possibility in one page title/section header. And sometimes, the same name is used for more than one costume—when in doubt, call it a Senate or Travel Gown, Dress, or Robe? Basically, none of these costumes are universally known by a singular name and this wiki isn't concerned with deciding just one of them is the most formal and accurate.

To quickly navigate through all the costumes that have an article:

Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Making Episode I's costumes

Star Wars Insider

In Insider #44, you talked about your love of fashion. Did you enjoy wearing the Queen's elaborate costumes?

Natalie Portman

I'm so lucky to have been able to wear them. I think they're some of the most beautiful—if not the most beautiful—costumes ever made for film. Trisha Biggar did an unbelievable job, and the people who made the original sketches did too. They did so much research into culture and other civilizations to come up with ideas, and obviously their own innovations. They spent so much time on the costumes, from the people who made the fabrics to people who put it together, and then finally the people who had to actually put it on me. It was just unbelievable, and it really helped me with the character, too—because you carry yourself so much differently when you're wearing that kind of gear.

— Discussing the costumes of Episode I

The craftspeople who worked on Padmé's costumes included fabric cutters and sewers to assemble them; dyers for the colors; printers, embroiderers, and beaders to embellish them; and mold makers, sculptors, and jewelers for the "costume props": items primarily made of materials other than fabric, such as her jewelry and headdresses.

In conceptualizing Episode I's costumes, Iain McCaig said that he and Trisha Biggar picked color schemes for each planet; she'd decide if the colors he'd picked in his art worked when she translated them into real garments. Since Naboo was based on plant forms and other life forms—an aesthetic the production crew were calling "Space Nouveau"—the chosen palette was "browns, greens, organic blues". The urban environment of Coruscant was "smoke, grays, charcoals, black and bits of red". The Naboo color palette isn't really evident with the costumes for Queen Amidala herself or her handmaidens, unlike the silhouette and shape aspects of "Space Nouveau"; for instance, blue only shows up in Padmé's Tatooine peasant dress disguise and the Queen's foreign residence gown. Coruscant's colors are apparent on her costumes there and on Sabé in the black travel gown.

Chief Hairdresser Sue Love worked closely with the Make-up and Costume Departments in creating Queen Amidala's appearances. She said of the Queen's hair designs, "It was indeed complicated, but in the end it looked absolutely spectacular. So it was worth the effort, especially since Natalie Portman made it so easy for us. She never complained about the head pieces being too hot or too heavy - and some of them were hot and heavy. She was great."

For the Queen's face, Chief Make-Up Artist Paul R. A. Engelen described how the cosmetics lightly underlined features and acted as a counterweight to the overall heaviness of her designs, but still followed the same direction as the other elements.

Many influences were combined for the overall look of the Queen, but I'd say that most of the time it's an Eastern look. The costumes and the headdress designs were all very intricate and elaborate, creating strong images." [...] "It was an almost white base color, very [East Asian]-looking. An almost naïve kind of markings. Red dots on the cheek, a very accentuated red mouth, and some black eyes. I think it worked: it 'pops' the face amongst all of this incredible, ornate headdress and costume. It all seems to balance quite well.

— Paul R. A. Engelen, chief make-up artist for Episode I

The costumes of Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Throne room gown

• "Throne Room Gown" (in various capitalizations by source and sometimes Throne-Room hyphenated)
• "[Queen] Amidala's throne room [ensemble / costume / gown]"
• "Amidala's palace dress"
• "throne room dress" (former with and latter without hyphenation)
• "Theed Throne Room"
• "Red Invasion [Costume / Gown]"
• described as a "crimson robe", "ceremonial robes"

The throne room gown is worn throughout Amidala's first scenes. She communicates with the Trade Federation from her throne room before consulting her assembled advisors, and she stands alone and pensive at the palace windows. The throne room gown has three parts:

• a gold headpiece with a skullcap and faceframes,
• wide shoulders/collar piece with an embroidered stole hanging in front, trimmed in dark brown fur,
• and a crimson dress with lights above the flared hem.

Main article: Queen Amidala's throne room gown

Black travel gown (Sabé as Queen)

• "black travel gown" / "dark travel gown" / "Travel Gown I"
• "traveling gown" (in all-caps; 2nd costume given this name)
• "Black Travel Dress" / "the Queen's first travel dress"
• "Naboo Escape" / "Naboo Escape Gown" / "Escape from Naboo"
• "[Black] Invasion [Costume / Gown]", "Black Decoy Gown"
• described as "black and gold robes", "black feathered gown and headdress of the queen", "an elaborately feathered black costume", "royal gown and headdress"

Although Natalie Portman took publicity and costume continuity photos in this costume, she (and Padmé) never wore it in TPM. It was worn by Keira Knightley (as Sabé posing as the Queen) only in the film, not the publicity photos of the costume.

Main article: Queen Amidala's black travel gown

Flame-colored robes

• "flame-colored robes" (first one in all-caps and latter two in all-lowercase)
• "Ombréd Velvet Travel Gown" / "Ombréd Travel Gown" / "Ombré Travel Gown with Hood"
• "Handmaiden Disguise"
• "The Handmaiden Travel costume"
• "Flame Gown", "Flame Handmaiden Costume"
• described as "red and gold hooded robes"

Padmé and all five of her handmaidens wear this costume, with Rabé and Eirtaé wearing it more than the others.

Peasant dress disguise

• "Peasant Dress" / "peasant dress disguise" (in all-caps)
• "Tatooine"
• "Peasant Disguise", "Tatooine Disguise", "Tatooine Peasant [Costume]"
• described as "rough peasant's garb", "rough peasant's clothing", "rough-spun peasant clothes"

In New Canon, Padmé wore this tunic and blue trousers because it was "the plainest outfit they had available" in her ship's wardrobe, and her braided hair was left down because time constraints prevented pinning it up.

Lilac visitation outfit

• "lilac visitation outfit" (in all-caps)
• "Shiraya Fan Headdress & Grey Kimono"
• "Shiraya Gown"
• "Gray Palpatine Office Outfit", "Palpatine Office Outfit I"
• "Pre-Senate Address" / "Pre-Senate Appearance"
• "Coruscant Kimono Costume", "Pre-Senate [Gown / Kimono]"

Described in the novelization as a "a gown of purple velvet, which was wrapped about her slim form in layers [...] the sleeves long and full", worn with a "fan-shaped crown" that had "ornate beadwork" and "tassels". The tassels are never explicitly labeled as suspensas— unlike the ones on Queen Amidala's Senate gown, her foreign residence gown, and Queen Apailana's costume— but they're visually the same thing.

Senate gown

• "Senate Gown" (in various capitalizations by source)
• "Queen Amidala's Senatorial Gown"
• "Senate outfit with cloak" / "Senate outfit without cloak" (in all-caps)
• "The Queen's Senate appearance gown" / "Queen Amidala's Senate costume"
• "Senate" / "Senate (robe)" / "Addressing the Galactic Senate"

Amidala wore the Senate gown for two scenes set on Coruscant, without the cloak in the first and in full costume for her address to the Galactic Senate regarding the Trade Federation's invasion of Naboo. In- and out-of-universe materials both include gold, velvet, and silk taffeta. The costume consists of four pieces, from top-to-bottom/outermost-to-innermost:

• the gold-accented escoffiate headdress,
• a black cloak with peaked shoulders,
• a dark red top robe, decorated with embroidered rosettes and trimmed with gold lapels and cuffs,
• and a vibrant orange, pleated underdress with beading and a cascading necklace at the collar.

Main article: Queen Amidala's Senate gown

Foreign residence gown

• "foreign residence gown" (in various capitalizations by source) / "dark foreign residence gown" / "the Queen's second foreign residence gown" (without naming something "the Queen's first foreign residence gown")
• "Black Palpatine Office Outfit", "Palpatine Office Outfit II"
• "Post-Senate Address" / "Post-Senate Appearance"
• "[Black] Coruscant [Costume / Gown]", "Post-Senate Gown"

Dressing a Galaxy says of the headpiece that it has a "gold centerpiece and hanging jet-bead side drops." Detail of the sleeve lining further elaborates on the materials: "Black fringed silk and cut chenille" fabric with panne velvet rouleau, lined in gray shot-silk taffeta. Inset vintage panels and trim are decorated with metallic thread, beads, and jet."

Described in the novelization as a "less imposing gold-trimmed black gown that emphasized how slender and small she really was", and her headpiece is "an inverted, crescent-shaped crown with a beaded gold medallion arced down over her smooth forehead".

Purple travel gown

• "purple travel gown" / "Travel Gown II" / "Travel Gown"
• "traveling gown" / "traveling gown (to Naboo)" / "Amidala's traveling gown" (in all-caps; 1st costume given this name)
• "Return to Naboo [Costume]"
• described as "dark purple traveling dress"

Battle dress (Padmé & handmaidens)

• "Battle Dress" (in various capitalizations by source; 1st costume given this name)
• "Handmaiden Battle [Dress / Costume]"
• described as "burgundy battle uniform of the Naboo rulers", "maroon and gold battle uniform", "handmaidens' training outfits"

Battle dress (Sabé as Queen)

• "Battle Dress" (in various capitalizations by source; 2nd costume given this name) / "the Queen's battle dress"
• "Sabé Battle Dress"
• "Amidala's Battle Costume", "Sabé's Decoy Costume", "Decoy Battle Dress"

As a doll, it's called "Ultimate Hair Queen Amidala".

Jubilation dress

• "jubilation dress" (in various capitalizations by source)
• "Celebration Gown", "Victory Celebration"
• "Parade Gown"

Episode II: Attack of the Clones

There are a lot of corsets that are very tight, which I'm sure everyone will notice. I didn't really believe it until I wore it. That's what's different about the costumes in Episode II as opposed to Episode I--whereas Episode I was queenly, it was still made for a young girl. Now I'm supposed to be a woman, so we've got a lot of midriff, and a lot of tight corsets.

— Natalie Portman, comparing her costumes in Episodes I and II

Star Wars Insider and StarWars.com reported that 19 outfits had been made for Padmé in AOTC and Trisha Biggar later said 18. They may have been counting costumes worn with and without an outer layer (or before/after being torn) as separate designs, whereas this breakdown views any removable outerwear as a component of one costume. It's also unclear if Cordé's was counted as one of Padmé's.

The costumes of Episode II: Attack of the Clones

White travel robe (Cordé as Senator)

The costume of Cordé, the handmaiden who is assassinated while posing as Padmé's decoy in Episode II, although made in off white fabric, mirrors the style of Amidala's Episode I Black Palpatine Office Outfit (p. 63), with its vintage jet beads, embroidered inset motifs, and elaborate headdress.

— Trisha Biggar compares Cordé's costume to Queen Amidala's foreign residence gown

• "Cordé's flowing robes"
• "Cordé's Robe"
• "[White] Arrival Gown"
• described as a "white travel robe" (4th costume given a "travel" name/description)

IRL, this costume was produced in two versions. The pre-bombing version worn by Natalie Portman when filming as Cordé on the ramp (seen in a BTS photo but not in the final film, and unclear if that's the back of Portman's head at the beginning) and by an unidentified stunt performer for the ramp explosion, and the post-bombing costume with mussed wig was worn by Verónica Segura when she portrayed the dying Cordé.

In addition to Biggar pointing it out herself, fans have also compared the cut and silhouette of this costume (and the pre-explosion hair) to Queen Amidala's foreign residence gown from TPM. For instance, The Padawan's Guide points out that they use the same hairdo and basic structure.

The entry on this costume in 100 Objects, written as an in-universe history, describes it as an "originally plain white travel robe" made of "a thick brocade fabric with a distinctive crosshatch pattern embellished in the weave". It was elevated fashion-wise by its bell sleeves and black-beaded accents, and the details and palette are said to be a fashion statement on Senator Amidala's hopes for peace and democracy in the face of the impending galactic conflict.

Naboo starfighter pilot disguise

• "N-1 Camouflage"
• "starfighter uniform disguise" (in all-caps)
• "Naboo Starfighter Pilot Disguise" / "Naboo Pilot" / "Naboo Starfighter Pilot"
• "Flight Suit", "Naboo Fighter Pilot", "Pilot Disguise"

The starfighter disguise is something Padmé uses for her security when traveling. When her "starfighter helmet" is off, her hair is styled in several long tails accented with metal clasps. The helmet has a few noted features: "Auto-encrypting comm unit, Anti-glare goggles, Supplementary oxygen hookup". She wears a "[n]ew tactical pilot suit" and her belt has a "[s]tarfighter pilot emblem" on it.

Dark velvet dress with gold panel

• "dark velvet dress with gold panel" (in all-caps)
• "Senate Costume" (2nd costume given this name) / "Senate"
• "Deleted Senate Gown", "Moiré senate dress", "Senate Address [Gown]", "Velvet Senate [Costume / Gown]"

Beaded indigo gown

• "beaded indigo gown" (in all-caps)
• "Senatorial gown" / "Senatorial Dress" (2nd costume given this name)
• "African Elizabethan Outfit"
• "Chancellor's Office" (1st costume given this name) / "Chancellor's Office Gown"
• "P-1"
• "Loyalist Committee [Dress / Gown]", "Purple Senate Gown"

Padmé's first Senatorial look in the finished film demonstrates how she "dresses with decorum" to speak on important issues and that her attire as Senator Amidala is "more low-key and practical than royal display garments" she wore when she was still Queen. Her "[s]evere hairstyle conforms to diplomatic etiquette" and she accessorizes with a neckband that was gifted to her by the Naboo Council.

Coruscant nightgown

• "Coruscant Nightgown"
• "Padmé Apartment Nightdress"
• "Apartment Nightgown"
• described as a "lightweight nightdress", but it's really not discussed or examined in detail anywhere. Dermot Power was the concept artist.

Packing gown

• "Packing Gown"
• "Gray Apartment Dress" / "Padme [sic] Apartment Gown"
• "capital dress" (in all-caps)
• described as a "full Naboo outfit"

Dermot Power created numerous concept pieces for this costume. One of the concepts featured Padmé holding a bird and was coincidentally created while Iain McCaig was drawing her holding a hawk. The gown has a "[c]orset of light armor that doubles as protection" and a skirt made with fabric that "hides [the] uncomfortable blast-damping underskirt", all in "[s]ubdued colors" that "express [a] grave mood".

Thousand Moons disguise

• "Thousand Moons young matron's dress"
• "[Interior / Exterior] Freighter Disguise", "Outland Peasant"
• "Travel Dress" (5th costume given a "travel" name/description)
• "P-9"
• "Gold Travel Costume", "Travel Gown", "Refugee [Disguise / Gown]", "Theed Gown"
• described as "Style from the Thousand Moons system"

"Padmé's disguise" came from Dermot Power's early designs for "Padmé's Senatorial clothing".

Described as a "two-part" costume. For interior scenes on the freighter, it's worn with a lace veil covering her headdress. In exterior scenes and in the palace, she removes the veil and adds an embroidered coat.

Naberrie family dinner outfit

• "Naberrie Family Dinner Outfit"
• "Naberrie Residence"
• "P-6"
• "Family [Costume / Gown] [with Cloak]", "Homecoming Ensemble", "Return Home"

Lakeside gown

• "lakeside gown"
• "Lake Retreat Arrival Dress" / "Lake Retreat Arrival Gown"
• "Lake Country Arrival"
• "Lake Gown", "Pastel Lake [Costume / Gown]"

One of "Padmé's Naboo costumes". Iain McCaig designed the "seashell hairstyle" that Dermot Power incorporated into concepts for the dress in place of his original plans for an "Egyptian-style hairdo".

Meadow picnic dress

• "Meadow Picnic Dress" / "Meadow Dress"
• "summer meadow dress" (in all-caps)
• "Lake Country Meadow"
• "P-19"
• "Picnic Gown", "Villa Retreat Gown"

Her hair is in a "[f]ormal court hairstyle", which the VD relates to how "All high offices on Naboo are elective, yet they carry with them the complex dress codes associated with hereditary nobility." Padmé prefers expressing herself with her clothes but accepts the symbolism conveyed by those dress codes.

Black corset dining gown

• "black corset dress with metallic-effect skirt" (in all-caps)
• "Naboo Dining Gown"
• "Lake Retreat Dining Gown with Feathered Cape" / "Lake Retreat Dining Gown"
• "Lake Country Evening (shawl)" / "Lake Country Evening"
• "leather-and-lace outfit"
• "P-7"
• "[Black] Fireside Corset Gown", "Fireside Gown", "Corset [Costume / Gown]"
• described as a "leather and feather ensemble", a "black leather skirt [sic] and bodice" (the skirt is definitely not leather)

Iain McCaig created a concept piece of a black costume with a shawl, a cascading necklace, and a pair of narrow bands across her forehead.

Worn with and without a feathered shawl.

Nightgown and smocked robe

• "Lake Retreat Nightgown and Smocked Robe"
• "Lake Country Morning"
• "Naboo Nightrobe", "Nightdress and Robe", "Robe & Nightgown"

Tatooine cloak and midriff outfit

• "Tatooine Homestead Dress" / "Tatooine Homestead Dress I" / "Lars Homestead" (without the cloak)
• "Tatooine Arrival" (with the cloak)
• "P-18"
• "Light Blue Tatooine Midriff", "Light Blue with Cloak", "Tatooine Cloak", "Tatooine Midriff Costume"

The midriff-baring top and skirt are covered with a velvet cloak when she arrives on Tatooine, then worn without the cloak at the Lars Homestead.

Tatooine poncho and dress

• "embroidered overcoat" (in all-caps)
• "Tatooine Homestead Dress II" / "Lars Homestead Garage"
• "P-17" / "P17"
• "Blue Tatooine [Costume / Dress]", "Confession Gown", "Lars' Garage Blue Dress", "Poncho"

In-universe, the costume's components are an "embroidered overcoat" (overcoat?) or loose-fitting "dark-blue smock" with colorful tassels hanging from the hem and rainbow-colored highlights on the arms and front. The garment has a condescending description regarding its culture of origin. It's worn over a "simple, full-length dress in a sky-blue material". The costume keeps her cool while protecting her "from the sand" (SAND!)

White action outfit

• "Action Outfit" / "Padmé's action outfit"
• "Action Girl"
• "mission outfit" (all-caps)
• "Trip to Geonosis" / "Geonosis Arena Battle" / "Geonosis Arena Costume"
• "P-11"
• "Aggressive Negotiations", "Arena Outfit", "Arena Battle", "[White] Battle [Costume / Outfit]", "White Battle Suit with Cloak", "White Geonosis Outfit"

Seen in three ways: with a cloak for Shmi's funeral and upon arrival on Geonosis, without the cloak for the arena battle, and then the torn version.

Wedding dress and veil

• "Wedding Ensemble" / "Wedding Dress" / "Wedding Gown"
• "Padmé's Wedding Costume"

Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Making Episode III's costumes

Star Wars Insider

How did you like working with Costume Designer Trisha Biggar again?

Natalie Portman

Trisha is such a wonderful person, on top of being an outstanding costume designer. The fabrics she used were just incredible, and the detail was so amazing. I don't know if she and (Director of Photography) David Tattersall had meetings, but the costumes caught the light in such interesting ways that it seemed as if they were always changing. There's a peacock and brown dress that looked like a completely different color depending on the angle it was filmed; just really magnificent.

Star Wars Insider

The costumes in The Phantom Menace looked a bit more cumbersome than those in Attack of the Clones. How comfortable was it to act in the costumes for Revenge of the Sith?

Natalie Portman

Trisha is very attentive to what you need as an actor and always asks about your comfort levels. Over the course of these three films, she's really figured out how to make the costumes extremely comfortable because you can make something beautiful that ends up really uncomfortable and not conducive to the weather conditions or the action (in) the scene.

— Natalie Portman discusses Episode III's costumes

"One question that persists throughout much of early preproduction is how much to show of Padmé's pregnant condition," the late Jonathan W. Rinzler wrote for this film's The Art of... book in a sidebar dated December 13–20, 2002. Costume designs varied until George Lucas determined whether Padmé would give birth during the film or not. The sidebar continues, "Eventually, Lucas decides that her clothes have to make it subtly clear to audiences that she is 'expecting' without having her pregnancy become a source of distraction." Concept artist Sang Jun Lee said, "George wanted the costumes to hide the fact that she's pregnant, because she's concealing it from others." Chronicles says she has been doing this "for five months" (which is not the same thing as being pregnant for five months) and of her clothing choices: "It is only in the confines of her private quarters that she dares to shed her cumbersome robes of office for more comfortable garb that reveals her true physical state."

A feature in Star Wars Insider notes that Padmé's pregnancy has her "back to wearing disguises" as she did throughout TPM. The same article quoted Trisha Biggar from a 2003 StarWars.com Homing Beacon newsletter (no issue number provided): "We see her in a couple of more business-like costumes. So generally her look is softer, and we get a chance to see her in a more relaxed state. [...] How do you hide your most vulnerable secret, while still being an outspoken member of the Galactic Senate?" Art of quotes her from July 2003: "Padmé ended up with 12 costumes this time, having in Episode II 18, and in Episode I probably 10 or 11. We initially thought she would have fewer costumes this time but, as always, it worked out there were more."

In-universe information dries up for ROTS costumes. The Legends Visual Dictionary series included only a few of them that weren't carried over to New Canon version, the original run of Fact File stopped before ROTS and the 2014 relaunch didn't add new content for them, and the New Canon The Visual Encyclopedia stuck to names/labels and photographs rather than written details for most of them.

The costumes of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Velvet cloak and twin buns

• "Midnight-Blue Panne-Velvet Cloak"
• "Senate Landing"
• "'Leia Buns' Cloak", "[Long / Midnight Blue / Navy] Velvet Cloak"

When Padmé first appears about 25 minutes into the film, she is completely enfolded in a "rich cape" with a double-bun hairstyle, which has this VD label: "Elaborate coiffure originated on Naboo". (Does this retroactively mean Leia's first hairstyle was a Naboo hairstyle like her birth mother's? Our hearts...) Unlike any of her other film costumes, she's wearing dangling earrings. They have a bead or pearl at their ends and are labeled "Heirloom suspensas". An out-of-universe caption for this costume uses phrasing that's hard to parse, but we try in the notes: "devoréd velvetneck swathe". The cloak has a vintage beaded fastening. It's labeled as "Midnight-Blue Panne-Velvet Cloak" in its Dressing a Galaxy page spread, but it's very difficult to make out the cloak's details, fabric, or even its color in the film since Padmé stands in shadow.

Steel silk nightdress

• "Steel Silk Nightdress" / "silk nightdress" (in all-caps)
• "Nightgown Twilight" / "Twilight Nightgown"
• "Steel Blue Silk Nightgown", "Veranda Nightgown"

Burgundy cut velvet robes

We see Padmé in Bail Organa's office. There's a formal quality required there, and the people she's meeting with are not to be aware that she's pregnant. So for that costume I wanted to have a feel of the ceremonial.

— Trisha Biggar, on this costume's use in a deleted scene

• "Burgundy Cut Velvet Robes" / "burgundy velvet costume" (in all-caps)
• "Veranda Sunset" / "Veranda Sunset Gown"
• "Burgundy Velvet Gown", "Revelation Gown"

Padmé would have first worn this in the deleted scene "A Stirring in the Senate (Bail's office)", where she has a daytime meeting with Bail Organa, Mon Mothma, and others to discuss what's happening to the Republic. Padmé agrees they won't discuss the subject with anyone without collective agreement. In the final film, she wears this costume once at sunset on her veranda when she talks to Anakin about how she's afraid the Republic may no longer exist and he accuses her of sounding like a Separatist. Dressing a Galaxy has a closeup of the collar edging and fastening and another of the embroidery and cut work on the cut velvet outer garment.

Main article: Padmé Amidala's burgundy cut velvet robes

Dark daytime dress

• "Apartment Day"
• "Vintage Blue Linen Dress"
• "Black Beaded Gown", "[Navy / Blue / Navy Blue ] Linen [Dress / Gown]", "beaded dress"

After the Anakin-and-Palpatine-go-to-the-opera scene and Obi-Wan's departure for Utapau, Anakin is back in Padmé's apartment looking at a datapad. She comes into the room wearing this costume. Anakin sensed Obi-Wan had been there and she says Obi-Wan had come over that morning because he was worried about the stress Anakin's under. Anakin promises he's found a way to save her.

Green devoré velvet gown

• "Green Devoré Velvet Gown", / "green devoré velvet costume", "green cut velvet costume" (in all-caps) / "green velvet dress" (in all-caps)
• "Apartment Sunset"
• "Delegation Gown", "Green Robe", "Green Velvet Gown", "Olive Gown", "Ruminations Gown"

In the final film, Padmé only wears this costume once (with the hood down) in the sunset scene where she and Anakin are both pensively, ominously staring out of windows in separate locations. Not long after, he turns to the dark side. She would've worn this in two deleted scenes before that: a never-released scene of Obi-Wan visiting her to discuss Anakin and the scene "Seeds of Rebellion (Padmé's apartment)", in which she meets with a group of Senators in her apartment. She wears her hood down in the former and up in the latter.

Biggar described it as "Old-gold shot silk and viscose devoréd velvet outfit with two-tone Jacquard-woven silk sleeve lining", with a "bilberry-colored silk gathered sash" and a beaded broach.

Main article: Padmé Amidala's green devoré velvet gown

Peacock and brown gown

• "Peacock and Brown Gown" / "Peacock and Brown Ensemble" / "peacock & brown dress" (in all-caps) / "peacock gown with brown overcoat" (in all-caps)
• "Chancellor's Office" (2nd costume given this name)
• "Peacock Gown"

The peacock and brown gown has three parts:

• Headdress with tight hair ringlets on the sides and beaded snood at the back
• Embroidered cape/overcoat
• Pleated dress

Despite being featured while marketing the release, this costume's sole scene was cut. The deleted scene "Confronting the Chancellor (Palpatine's office)" would have followed the "Seeds of Rebellion (Padmé's apartment)" plotline. In Chancellor Palpatine's office at sunset, Senator Amidala speaks on behalf of the Delegation of 2000 to present a petition and ask if he is pursuing a diplomatic solution to the war. As she leaves with her allies, Palpatine claims to Anakin that he can sense the group can't be trusted and he can see in her eyes she's hiding something. This scene would've taken place before Obi-Wan kills Grievous on Utapau and Anakin falls to the dark side.

Main article: Senator Amidala's peacock and brown gown

Aqua georgette peignoir

• "Aqua Georgette Peignoir" / "aqua georgette nightgown"
• "Apartment Pre-Dawn"
• "Aqua Nightgown"

The aqua georgette peignoir

Purple puff-sleeved dress

• "purple puff-sleeved dress" (in all-caps)
• "purple Senate gown" (in all-caps)
• "Senate Chamber"
• "Death of Democracy Gown", "Liberty Dies", "Final Senate Appearance"

Nightdress and embroidered trim robe

• "nightdress and robe" (in all-caps)
• "dressing gown" (in all-caps)
• "Veranda Afternoon"
• "[Blue] Dressing Gown", "Revelation Ensemble"

Taupe action outfit

• "Taupe Action Outfit"
• "Mustafar"
• "Action Ensemble", "Mustafar Travel Attire", "Sleeveless [Brown] Outfit", "Tan Mustafar Outfit"

Padmé's last chosen outfit accommodates her pregnancy. The "[h]arness eases back pain" and the "[b]oots contain cushioned inserts". The VD helpfully informs us that she also wears a "Preoccupied expression".

Hospital robe

• "Polis Massa"
• "Birthing [Costume / Gown / Robe]"

Funeral gown

I think they call it the 'End Dress'. It's really, really beautiful. I think Trisha wanted to get an ocean sense. Someone said to me that it was very 'Ophelia.' With the flowers and the hair, it does look like I'm drowning.

— Natalie Portman

• "funeral gown" / "Naboo Funeral" / "funeral costume" (in all-caps)
• "End Dress"
• "Water Gown"

This is my favorite painting that I've ever done for the whole prequel trilogy. I was there when Padmé was born as a character, and now I was burying her. The flowers are tears.

— Iain McCaig, on his concept art

Clone Wars (2D)

Various names need to be collected for costumes in the Clone Wars 2D "microseries", but some descriptions and fan nicknames are:

• "Lilac diamonds" (Chapter 1)
• Purple dress (Chapter 15)
• "Snowbunny", "Ilum snowgear" (Chapter 15 and 16)
• Gold headdress with buns and blue cloak (Chapter 21)
• Periwinkle dress with Cloud City-style braids (Chapter 21)
• Red cloak and pink dress (Chapter 22)
• Blue gown with Empire waist and Medici collar (Chapter 23)

The Clone Wars (3D)

An article on StarWars.com said, "Padmé wore no less than 22 different outfits over the course of the show, sometimes channeling her live-action counterpart." This may be counting some color/texture variants as separate "costumes" but without accounting for all the variations, which could put that total anywhere from 18–28:

• White action outfit revisited with white (1) or purple (2) headdresses
• Tan-and-taupe speech dress with (1) or without (2) her arm in sling
• Casual dress in pale (1) or olive (2) hue
• Red dress with (1) or without (2) injuries
• Onderon disguise with (1) or without (2) the hood up
• Scuba suit with (1) or without (2) helmet damage repair
• Cut velvet ambassadorial robes in film colors (1), black (2), or purple (3)

The references in this section are in order of each costume's appearances by episode number, not by in-universe chronology or viewing order. It doesn't include times Padmé showed up in "newsreels" (previously-on-The Clone Wars before episodes begin), only in-episode appearances.

The Clone Wars digital costumes

Blue-and-gold swirl gown

I am still not sure how this hair works.

— Concept artist Kilian Plunkett—it's a wig, of course!

From the TCW film through three seasons of the show. In "Pursuit of Peace", her hairstyle is shown as a separate wig when handmaiden Teckla Minnau holds up the headdress (see in screencaps on cap-that.com).

White action outfit revisited

Her white action outfit from AOTC with an added headpiece that was created for it but didn't get worn on-screen. It's white in the TCW film, then purple when she visits Rodia for an episode.

Tan-and-magenta action outfit

• "action costume"
• "Adventure Outfit", "Battle Vest"

A tan jumpsuit with a magenta vest, along with brown boots, bracers, and belt with a blaster holster. It shows up again in poster artwork for Thrawn: Alliances, which is set during the Clone Wars, and other appearance(s) with variations TBA. Her hair is styled like it was in her AOTC pilot disguise.

Blue-and-purple Senate travel wear

Seen in two episodes and described as "Padmé's Senate travel wear" in the Art of TCW, making it the 6th costume given a "travel" name/description. It has a purple-and-blue top that shows her midriff and a purple skirt gathered at her stomach and layered over lighter trousers with flared ankles. Silhouette-wise, the clothing is similar to her first cloakless costume on Tatooine in AOTC.

Hazmat suit

Bright yellow protective gear that Jar Jar Binks also wore trying to stay safe from the Blue Shadow Virus!!1! </DrVindiVoice>.

Beaded purple gown

Beaded indigo gown from AOTC, but color-shifted and with a simplified silhouette for animation. Most used of all the digital costumes, showing up in 12 episodes.

Purple evening gown

Gravity- and anatomy-defying evening ensemble consisting of a dress that's both strapless and backless and has a mermaid/fishtail silhouette skirt, separate arm coverings (super-long gloves or detached sleeves?), a necklace, and a coordinating purse. Her hair is styled in a single braid with one loose curl.

Tan-and-taupe speech dress

"Padmé's speech dress" is in two episodes involving her traveling off of Coruscant.

Casual dress

The animation model is used for three episodes, with at least two color schemes / retextures:

1. As a nightdress of an indeterminate pale color (starship's sleepytime lighting makes it hard to tell)
2. As a casual daytime look during her cake crisis, possibly the same color as the nightdress usage—maybe she's party-prepping while still in pajamas?
3. As an informal dress in a darker olive to meet Onaconda Farr in a Senate office rather than during a Senate session

Red outfit with faux bob

Outfit in multiple shades of red, seen in two episodes. Her wig is styled as a bob with the ends curving forward on either side of her face, along with a headdress fitted closely against her skull. Her garments seem to be in multiple parts despite looking like a dress:

• Light red underlayer with a mandarin/Nehru standing collar and dark red piping
• Slightly darker red blouse with a deep neckline, thin vertical stripes (maybe meant to be a ribbed fabric texture?), and sleeves that billow out at her elbows before tucking into her covered forearms (dark red bracers or fingerless gloves)
• Dark red accordion-pleated skirt and a light red center panel hanging from the blouse. Skirt is ankle-length above her brown boots, which have a low chunky heel and some reddish accents

Onderon disguise

Scuba suit

The scuba suit is the only costume for the multi-episode arc at the beginning of TCW season 4.

Battle dress revisited

The same materials found on the screen-used version will look best. Some kind of velvet seems to have been used here, along with a more rigid metallic fabric for the shoulders. As with any of the characters we interpreted into The Clone Wars style, we pared down the amount of detail on things like boots and holsters, as well as the engraved hair clip.

— Kilian Plunkett, advice for cosplayers

Although a concept art caption refers to it as "combat / action wardrobe", it's clearly her battle dress from TPM simplified for TCW cinching the coat sleeves at the wrist instead of having bell sleeves over fitted undersleeves.

Cut velvet / ambassadorial robes

The ambassadorial robes are basically the burgundy cut velvet robes from ROTS, minus the pregnancy-concealing crinoline. The animation model has three color schemes/retextures across four episodes:

1. Close to the film's colors/textures: burgundy and purple fabrics, reddish/copper-toned metal, and purple gems
2. For Obi-Wan's fake funeral: black/gray fabrics, silver-toned metal, and blue gems
3. On Scipio: purple and gray fabrics, silver-toned metal, and metal gems

Main article: Padmé Amidala's burgundy cut velvet robes § In The Clone Wars

Purple puff-sleeved dress revisited

Purple puff-sleeved dress from ROTS, minus the pregnancy-concealing crinoline. Seen in two episodes off Coruscant: on Naboo for the Festival of Light and on Scipio for initial talks with the Banking Clan.

High court outfit

Taupe action outfit revisited

Aside from the silhouette changing with her pregnancy, differences from her ROTS taupe action outfit include:

• Hairstyle from the battle dress revisited instead of recreating her film hair
• The parts of the sleeveless tunic between the harness straps are a darker color and different texture/pattern
• No embroidered symbol on her fingerless opera gloves but addition of wrist jewelry

Black opera dress

Simply called "Padmé's black dress" in concept art.

Single items, cosmetics, and other details

Single items and cosmetics

Padmé Naberrie's amulet

Padmé Naberrie's amulet, a treasured item worn as a necklace, changed hands from Padmé Naberrie to Sabé when they began the decoy maneuver for the invasion of Naboo. In Legends, Padmé's parents, Ruwee and Jobal Naberrie, crafted the amulet and gave it to Padmé years before she became Queen of Naboo. In New Canon, Padmé told Sabé to keep the necklace after the Battle of Naboo.

Out-of-universe, the amulet was created for the 1999 young readers book The Queen's Amulet, which was a tie-in to Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. It was written by Julianne Balmain, illustrated by Matilda Harrison, and packaged with a plastic replica of the necklace. The amulet wasn't part of The Phantom Menace film, but it showed up again in Star Wars Episode I Journal: Queen Amidala by Jude Watson. The New Canon Queen's Shadow by E. K. Johnston has a necklace with the same story role.

Main article: Padmé Naberrie's amulet

Scar of remembrance

The scar of remembrance, part of the monarch of Naboo's traditional royal makeup, is a stripe painted on the lower lip to recognize Naboo's history of war and years of suffering. Queen Amidala and her decoy Sabé both wore a red scar of remembrance. Queens of Naboo following Amidala also wear scars of remembrance: Jamillia (red), Neeyutnee (purple), and Apailana (blue), and the New Canon's Dalné (red) and Soruna (deep red).

Out of universe, this is the stripe of lip color seen on Naboo's Queens in the prequel trilogy, beginning with Natalie Portman as Queen Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.

Main article: Scar of remembrance

White thumbnail polish

The Legends Visual Dictionary entries on Queen Amidala's throne room gown say, "White thumbnail polish is the only tradition Amidala retains from her native village." The painted thumbnail is also pointed out on her foreign residence gown. The New Canon version similarly says "only the thumbnail is painted" on that costume, but not the reason for it. The IU backstory and photos used in the books don't match what's visible on-screen when she sits on her throne: a complete set of white-painted fingernails.

Japor snippet

aka "lucky charm"

In TPM, Anakin gives Padmé a necklace, saying it's so she'll remember him and it will bring her good fortune. Anakin obtained the japor ivory wood snippet through trading, carved it with "traditional Tatooine sand symbols", and strung it on a jerba leather cord.

Anakin's Padawan braid

When Anakin was Knighted and his Padawan braid was cut off, he turned it into a gift for Padmé.

In the Legends ROTS novelization, he passed his trials and was Knighted two years after they married and gave her his severed braid as a belated "devotion-gift" when he had a chance to visit her apartment. In turn, she told him to look after R2-D2, not as a gift being given to him but as a friend.

In New Canon, Anakin was Knighted very soon after the Clone Wars began (but long enough for his hair to start growing out). He got crafty: he coiled his braid into a spiral, encased it in carbonite, and it became a "simple gold pendant with a metallic spiral design". He hung it from a necklace chain and gave it to her during an outing on Coruscant.

Costumes in text only

Eirtaé (examining headpiece)

Are they all like this?

Padmé

So large?

Eirtaé

So stiff and ungainly. Is this an original or a replica of a historical piece? It must be super uncomfortable.

Padmé

It is. An original and uncomfortable, I mean.

Eirtaé

I can design one that looks exactly the same and weighs half as much. No one will know the difference except for us.

Yané

Let me see that. Oh, yes, we can improve this. I think it was made before Karlini silk was imported in bulk, and there's no reason we can't duplicate it in a more wearable style. This one can go in a museum or something.

Eirtaé

We'll look at your dresses as well. That at least looks like it was made with modern materials, but we'll see if we can't make some modifications for comfort and functionality.

— New Canon's Eirtaé and Yané, shortly before adopting those names

In New Canon, when Padmé Naberrie becomes Queen Amidala, her suite at Theed Royal Palace includes a dressing room with an attached "extensive wardrobe system". Its controls send garments to their assigned spots. The wardrobe registry seems to include the handmaidens since Mariel Panaka can use it to look up Saché's things and select sleeping clothes.

For most of one month, Eirtaé was "engineering the Queen's new wardrobe to be as functional as it was ostentatious, and if the number of sketches crowding the desk in the sitting room was any indication, she was hardly bored."

New Canon: costumes in text only

Red-gold comet

For her first public appearance as the Queen, she looked "like a red-gold comet that was going to go exactly where it wanted". She wore:

• A red dress with a gold-thread–stitched bodice; wide sleeves turned back to her elbows to show their gold lining; and a wide, ruffled, bustled skirt, which was collapsible when she sat.
• A headpiece with curls and elaborate braids, previously worn as Candidate Amidala.
• Makeup with the royal symbols.

Voluminous green gown

For the end of Queen Amidala's second week, she appeared "carefully impersonal, a mystery in voluminous green", wearing:

• An elaborate headpiece extending to either side of her head; it was a historic piece.
• A green gown, another historic piece.
• Royal makeup.

Upon examining this particular costume and discussing it with Padmé, Eirtaé and Yané were inspired to overhaul Queen Amidala's royal wardrobe.

Black and blue switcheroo

For the first, non-public test-run of Sabé appearing as the Queen and then switching places with Padmé as handmaiden:

• A dark blue dress in an archaic Naboo style, but made with Karlini silk to be much lighter in weight.
• Beneath the dress, the same light-blue hooded robes that handmaidens were wearing that day.
• A black tabard over the dress, with an "elaborately jeweled belt" to hold it down.
• "Massive" black shoulder pieces which helped support the headpiece.
• Headpiece with a wide triangular piece resting against the back of her head and shoulders and a "deceptively simple hairstyle wreathed in white and blue beads".

Heavy purple and green

"A little severe" in style, covering from wrist to ankles, and worn in the throne room:

• Outermost dress: purple, stiff velvet, with heavy embroidery keeping things in place with its weight
• Underdress: covered by outermost layer except for the soft lavender collar curling around her neck
• Deep green sash
• "Unusually simple" headpiece of a wig with coiled braids, each with purple and green gems as highlights, styled as a crown with a silver comb and purple veil at the back

Deep pink flounces

A deep pink dress with "actual flounces involved" and a "less conservative" neckline than others; the style was less stiff than Amidala's court gowns. Her wig was a traditional look that matched her natural color and had a wide arc of hair and "several long tresses down her back". It was designed by Eirtaé to be stepped into, which made it easier to work on Amidala's hair and makeup, and then the dress's inner layers were activated to seal around her body. Her handmaidens wore jade-green hooded robes.

Blue and green sequins

Worn in the throne room, a jeweled headpiece and a dress with blue and green sequins, with no other ornamentation. Her handmaidens had orange hoods.

Burgundy and gray gown

Worn by Sabé as the Queen, a formal, rich burgundy gown with light gray accents, and a traditional fan shape for the headpiece.

As usual, the handmaidens wore hooded robes. To accompany the Queen in the throne room, Rabé and Yané wore flame orange, "quickly becoming their accepted color, and somehow the vibrancy of the fabric helped them to disappear", while Saché and Padmé wore muted blue with wide sleeves.

Resources for costumes

Costume resources

Official resources or in consultation with them

• Archives from StarWars.com not used in citations:
  • Real World · "Lynne's Diary Part 10: Costume Drama", article via Wayback or live link for video, published 1999-04-08.
  • Real World · "Not Costumes, Not Props - Ivo Coveney's Costume Props" (via Wayback), published 2001-08-21.
  • Real World · "Drawing Attention: Iain McCaig" (via Wayback), published 2001-10-19.
• Other web content:
  • "Steal This Look: natalie portman: star wars: episode 2" (via Wayback) by Elyssa Lee, published 2002-05-15 on InStyle. About products used in AOTC and the process for one of the hairstyles.
  • "Natalie Portman in Star Wars: Make-up by Nikki Gooley" (via Wayback), published on makeup411.com. About products used in ROTS, but missing the blush color (Peony) that was shared in MakeUp magazine issue #55.

Fan resources

• The Padawan's Guide to Star Wars Costumes, including:
  • Episode I for Padmé
  • Episode II for Padmé
  • Episode III for Padmé
• DIY The Galaxy Of Star Wars, including:
  • "Master Post: All Of Padmé's Costumes"
  • "The Phantom Menace: Queen Amidala Royal Makeup Part — 1"
  • "The Phantom Menace: Queen Amidala Royal Makeup Part — 2"
  • "TPM: Japor Snippet"
  • "AOTC: Padmé Packing Gown Hairstyle"
  • "AOTC: Padmé’s Meadow Picnic Bun Covers Details"
  • "Attack Of The Clones: Padmé’s Fireside/Black Corset/Dinner Gown Hairstyle"
  • "Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Padmé's Purple Evening Gown"
• César Villar Toro's photography of costumes exhibited in Madrid, Spain
  • Reina Amidala Vestido Desfile de la Victoria - Queen Amidala's Parade Gown, Star Wars: The Exhibition, 2008–2009
  • Padmé Vestido de Batalla - Padmé Battle Dress, Star Wars: The Exhibition, 2009
  • Reina Amidala Vestido de Viaje - Queen Amidala's Traveling Gown, Star Wars: The Exhibition, 2009
  • Vestido del Salón del Trono de la Reina Amidala - Queen Amidala's Throne Room Gown, Star Wars: The Exhibition, 2009 (see also the accompanying Handmaiden's Throne Room Gown)
  • Doncella Real - Royal Handmaiden, Star Wars In Concert, 2010
  • Reina Amidala Traje para el Senado - Queen Amidala Senate Gown, Star Wars In Concert, 2010
• Cynthia Settje's photography — Flickr gallery of photographs from Rebel, Jedi, Princess, Queen: Star Wars™ and the Power of Costume, taken on 2017-01-28 at the Denver Art Museum
• Erika A La Mode's Padmé Amidala's Lake Dress — Five posts about cosplay progress
• Galactic Senate Detachment / dignitaries category on Rebel Legion — cosplay resource specific to this organization's costuming standards; it doesn't have character-specific categories but this one includes Padmé costumes
• Beatrice Vaccari on Grimilde Malatesta
  • "Padmé's wardrobe"
  • "Black Coruscant and golden handmaidens"
  • "Padmé's corset gown- costume analysis"
• "Padme's funeral gown" and "Padmé's funeral gown 2.0"
• Kathy KayDee's photography — ImageEvent galleries for:
  • "Queens of Naboo", "Padme", and "Handmaidens" in gallery FIDM "Dressing A Galaxy" Exhibit
  • "Padme and Handmaidens" in gallery Star Wars and the Power of Costume
• Kelldar's Padme Art Project — Fanart project for every Padmé costume in the films, plus animation, some comics, and concept art (Linktree)
• Momo Naberrie (Linktree)
• Naergi's Star Wars Costumes — Cosplay progress and tutorials, not limited to Padmé's
• Pixie Dane's Padmé Fashion Project — Essays on Padmé and several of her costumes (Linktree)
• Star Wars: Fit for a Queen — Most Dressing a Galaxy and other costume images used across various fansites were scanned by this site (via Archive.org 2021 backup since website is currently in flux)
• Padmé's Wardrobe — Many images archived even if the thumbnail version is broken (dead website available via Archive.org 2008 backup)

Notes

Production/behind-the-scenes nicknames and numbers [bts]:

Fan nicknames [fan]:

Other notes [note]:

References

Specific books or book series

Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars [DAG]:

Visual Dictionaries [VD]:

The Visual Encyclopedia [TVE]:

Queen's Peril [QP]:

The Art of Star Wars [Art]:

Specific websites

StarWars.com [SW]:

Dressing a Galaxy exhibit at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising [FIDM]:

Full website: Real World · "Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars exhibition at the FIDM Museum & Galleries opens September 19 2005" on Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. (original link down; URL was: <http://starwars.fidm.edu/index.shtm>) (Archived on 2015-11-07)

The Clone Wars (3D) [TCW]

All other references