Designing Tom Huddleston as Loki (armor version). The interweaving shapes motif of Thor’s custome is kept here to connect their world with its Norse origins and also alluded to the interconnectedness of Thor, Loki, and Odin.#loki #marvel #avengers #MCU #conceptart @twhiddleston
It’s fascinating to see how the costume evolved – like the helmet in the first pic is much prominent over the brow than the third and what was eventually created. It looks a lot more menacing but I agree it wouldn’t have suited Loki in Thor 1. And how the curve of the armour carries on in the first pic to be a sort of knee length tunic – I wonder what that would have been like during movement – I suspect it might have looked better stationary and been a bit awkward so it got dropped.
And in the last pic, his casual attire, it seems the shoulder pads are a little smaller than what they finally went with. Personally I think I prefer that. It always seems to me like they were trying to bulk Loki up with clothing and they were just a little bit too big for his frame.
That second pic. Er…? Thank the norns they didn’t go there!
You would think, with all the money and resources that go into these movies, that they could have someone go back and watch that scene to check what Loki was wearing… Though I think he still had the cape when he said the “I’ll have that drink now” line. You’d think he would have vanished it soon after that, the way he did when he surrendered in Stuttgart…
I see people throwing shade on the jotunheim outfit, aka the BEST of the loki outfits, and im like ‘how dare you hate on my precious boy?’
Were they around for when jotunheim outfit was the king of the outfits?? Or they have forgotten??? (a lot of people seem to be forgetting that thor 1 was actually GOOD rn)
Either way, don’t touch his precious peplum and get out of my way, YALLS forgotten the BEST BOY
Bitches dare think this is not prime Loki gorgeousness?
Bitch, he hasn’t had eyebrows this on point since. That peplum coat was popping, showing off his tiny waist and his bubble butt, his hair was perfection, the black gloves…. all of it
He looks like a crack whore you can buy for $5 in Ragnarok. He looks like a fucking Prince of Asgard here.
Seriously tho. Anyone who thinks the outfit with the dirt green ill fitting diaper pants…
looks better than jotunheim outfit…
Well, they need to check themselves before they wreck themselves
I think it’s two things – first of all, I do think Loki just genuinely likes dressing up and looking nice. I mean, in Thor we see him change clothes a few times where others (if I recall) don’t, and in this movie he had at least two thematic costume changes (not including the black suit). it’s part of his Aesthetic, and Loki is very much about the Aesthetic.
(more seriously: he’s very appearance-conscious in basically every way and that includes, of course, clothing.)
so then on Earth – Thor can dress down, I think because Thor is more comfortable on Earth generally (where for Loki it’s not a place he particularly wants to be) and also because Thor doesn’t feel the same need Loki does to project a specific image – an image, like you say, of authority, control, and status. three things Loki is never going to want to relinquish.
and it does fit in with what we’ve seen Loki wear when he comes toEarth before, which. it definitely is a lot of style choice. (and it’s such a good style.)
Costume meta!!!! YESSSS.
Loki is always as *covered* and buttoned up as possible, with which I’m obsessed. (It shows up in a lot of fanfiction and meta, so it’s not just me.) It reflects his closed off wariness and it’s always a sort of emotional armor, I think.
He’s so, so insecure, our Loki, that he hides behind this armor and yes, it absolutely projects an air of authority and confidence that he needs desperately to perform. I could talk for HOURS about his costuming.
I felt actually punched in the face when the first trailers were released and we saw him *not* wearing his signature green and black and gold.
That outfit, though, is in the Grandmaster’s colors. It reinforces the “ownership” of people the Grandmaster assumes on Sakaar. It’s a very Sakaar ensemble and in context I love it. Loki’s ingratiated himself to the most powerful being and his schemes have schemes.
Thor, of course, is often seen half-naked, sleeveless, and in casual clothing on Midgard. He’s more open, egregious, and straightforward. The contrast is beautiful between the brothers’ attire.
(Luna I keep forgetting to ask you what you thought of the costuming after seeing the movie!)
Amazing points about Loki’s attire.
Ah, well they are definitely not just my observations. I’m sure part of this comes from @philosopherking1887 (OMG her story The Abyss Gazes Also has an incredible cool explanation for Loki’s Avengers outfit) and there are SO many others who’ve written great observations about Loki’s clothing.
Regarding the costumes themselves as outfits, I’m a bit divided. None of Loki’s outfits were as beautiful and elegant as his TDW armour in my opinion (except maybe the black suit in terms of elegance but… it’s a suit not really a costume). But I do like the fact that they are bound to be easier to recopy: The metal armour bits aren’t as ornate, there are less metallic parts altogether, the leather looks like cheaper pleather, the patterns in general are less complex… So they are more cosplay-friendly.
I absolutely love that this helmet allows for both the horns AND the hair to show. This makes it BEST HELMET ❤
I think my fave Loki costume out of Ragnarok is the one when they fight on the bridge (cape and helmet mmmm)
I agree, regarding the costumes looking cheap and pleather-y. I was concerned about that when the first photos showed up, but I thought maybe they’d look better onscreen… and I guess they looked somewhat better, but still not great. And FFS, give the poor man a modesty flap.
On one level I agree with you about the helmet… but it also just looks completely useless as a piece of armor. It’s completely decorative, but also looks kind of cheap and plasticky. I think the helmet from The Avengers wins, because it’s an effective helmet but you can also still see his hair. Even though the way it makes the back of his head pointy does look a little silly.
I think it’s two things – first of all, I do think Loki just genuinely likes dressing up and looking nice. I mean, in Thor we see him change clothes a few times where others (if I recall) don’t, and in this movie he had at least two thematic costume changes (not including the black suit). it’s part of his Aesthetic, and Loki is very much about the Aesthetic.
(more seriously: he’s very appearance-conscious in basically every way and that includes, of course, clothing.)
so then on Earth – Thor can dress down, I think because Thor is more comfortable on Earth generally (where for Loki it’s not a place he particularly wants to be) and also because Thor doesn’t feel the same need Loki does to project a specific image – an image, like you say, of authority, control, and status. three things Loki is never going to want to relinquish.
and it does fit in with what we’ve seen Loki wear when he comes toEarth before, which. it definitely is a lot of style choice. (and it’s such a good style.)
Costume meta!!!! YESSSS.
Loki is always as *covered* and buttoned up as possible, with which I’m obsessed. (It shows up in a lot of fanfiction and meta, so it’s not just me.) It reflects his closed off wariness and it’s always a sort of emotional armor, I think.
He’s so, so insecure, our Loki, that he hides behind this armor and yes, it absolutely projects an air of authority and confidence that he needs desperately to perform. I could talk for HOURS about his costuming.
I felt actually punched in the face when the first trailers were released and we saw him *not* wearing his signature green and black and gold.
That outfit, though, is in the Grandmaster’s colors. It reinforces the “ownership” of people the Grandmaster assumes on Sakaar. It’s a very Sakaar ensemble and in context I love it. Loki’s ingratiated himself to the most powerful being and his schemes have schemes.
Thor, of course, is often seen half-naked, sleeveless, and in casual clothing on Midgard. He’s more open, egregious, and straightforward. The contrast is beautiful between the brothers’ attire.
(Luna I keep forgetting to ask you what you thought of the costuming after seeing the movie!)
Amazing points about Loki’s attire.
Ah, well they are definitely not just my observations. I’m sure part of this comes from @philosopherking1887 (OMG her story The Abyss Gazes Also has an incredible cool explanation for Loki’s Avengers outfit) and there are SO many others who’ve written great observations about Loki’s clothing.
Clearly I’m falling down on my costume-obsessing job, because I didn’t notice that somehow, between when Loki leaves Sakaar and when he shows up on Asgard, he changes into a costume with the same design but different colors (basically blue –> black and yellow –> green, with a few detail exceptions). Did he have a change of clothes stashed in a pocket dimension, or does he have the power to just change the color of his clothing, like the fairies in the Disney Sleeping Beauty fighting over whether the dress should be pink or blue…?
I’m not sure I agree that for Loki Earth is “not a place he particularly wants to be.” For silly reasons peculiar to me, I write Loki in fic as visiting Earth once or twice a century to check out the cultural development… but aside from that, it’s not unreasonable to think that before the first Thor movie, Loki actually knows more about Earth than Thor does. Thor is confused by pretty much everything, but when Loki comes down to tell Thor that Odin is dead, he’s impeccably and fashionably dressed in a suit, coat, and scarf. This doesn’t even seem to be necessary, because he keeps himself invisible to everyone except Thor (though maybe he was taking precautions in case the invisibility spell slipped?); it seems he dressed in Western Midgardian style because he felt like it. And then in The Avengers, after he’s spent a year off in the wilds of the universe but probably not on Earth (depending on what was going on in the tag scene to Thor), he puts on (or glamours himself?) another elegant Midgardian-style suit and scarf. So he seems to have acquired some Earth fashion sense prior to the events of Thor.
But yeah, I definitely agree that Loki’s clothing is armor in more ways than one. (More things he has in common with Tony Stark…) He hides himself behind it; he allows it to project the confidence, “authority, control, and status” that he doesn’t have, or doesn’t feel that he has, in his own right. It’s yet another layer of deception. And the fact that he changes costume so often is another sign of his character: he’s a bit of a chameleon, projecting a different face for different people or in different circumstances. He cares a lot about appearances, both for instrumental reasons and, I suspect along with OP, for their own sake. I think he and Oscar Wilde would agree about a lot of things…
Loki is the Philosopher King 
