Dressing A Galaxy by Rick (FWD) Mccallum, Trisha Biggar (2005, Hardcover)

This is a nice thick book, but I wish it had more outfits pictured in it (especially Padme Amidala's); instead they focused only on a few outfits for some characters.
The pages are styled and detailed quite nicely..the only thing I noticed was the oil from my fingertips left a "stain" on the black background pages.
This book has long been coveted by me, and I am glad that I purchased it for such a great deal on eBay.
Overall it is a very interesting book!

First off, I love this book! Second so will any starwars fan or costume designer. I would say the let down for me with this book is it's lack of description on the costumes pictured, there are occasional notes on technique and fabric, but only for the more complex of costumes, more of the designers notes would have been nice.

As for the book itself, it is divided up into sections Jedi vs Sith, Royalty, Military Wear, The Galactic Senate, Slaves rouges and bounty hunters and Padmes Journey. Each chapter then focuses on the costumes contained within those catagories. At the start of each chapter are some designers sketches and some note, which is a nice addition, as it enables you to see the designers vision as well as the final outcome.

Most of the book focuses on the later more recently made films, with many of the high profile costumes featured in high resolution, although there are smaller photos contained within the various chapters with some of the older costumes from the original films.

The largest section really is based around padme, not all of her gowns are features, and it would have been nice to see a few more detailed pictures, but non-the-less they are still stunning gowns, and the quality of the photography shows very well the types of fabrics used and the embelishments.

And for those with good eyesight, at the back of the book, is a range of pretty much all the costumes thoughout the films, but they are very small, and for details you might need to use a magnifying glass!

One point to note, is that some of the CGI creatures are also included, although obviously the costumes are not created from real fabrics, it makes a good addition to any costumier looking to re-create some of the CGI charater costumes.

Overall, I would highly recommend this book, and if nothing else, the pictures certainly make it worth purchasing!