Unlike much of the wardrobe in the movie - the dark wool suits of House Atreides, or the insect-inspired garb of the Harkonnen - stillsuits are a vital part of the lore, described in great detail in both the novels and in Herbert’s notes. (Most importantly, you can poop in a stillsuit instead of taking it off when nature calls.)įor Denis Villeneuve’s stunning screen adaptation, costume designers Jacqueline West and Bob Morgan had their work cut out for them. Stillsuits let Herbert tell a story about surviving in the most dangerous environment in his books - a merciless planet-wide desert that also gets people high. One of the ideas Frank Herbert paid particular attention to detailing in his notes and his 1965 novel was the stillsuit, an outfit designed to retain and recycle the wearer’s body moisture.
Dune has given pop culture so many things: giant sandworms, the Litany Against Fear, “spice” as a drug metaphor, and the stillsuit.
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