Marvel Studios' production Moon Knight now has its first three episodes available on the Disney Plus platform (new episodes are added every Wednesday). This superhero, played in fiction by Oscar Isaac (Dune, Secrets of a Marriage), tells the life of a man who suffers from dissociative identity disorder and responds to two completely different identities that live inside his mind: on the one hand Marc Spector, a former mercenary, and on the other hand Steven Grant, an employee of a gift business inside a museum. The story just begins when each of these characters begins to have a preponderance, creating a great psychological conflict within this man who does not end up identifying with either of them.
Based on the comics created by Doug Moench and Don Perlinen in 1975, Moon Knight has a lot of visual impact, which is why it is very important to focus on the costumes used in the series, which will give us certain clues about the plot.
Arte egipcio
Meghan Kasperlik (Watchmen, Mare of Easttown) is the costumer in charge of Moon Knight, who was asked to think of a costume linked to the history of ancient Egypt, which is closely linked to the plot of the series. To achieve accuracy in his designs, Kasperlik spent several hours and days inside the Egyptian art area of the Metropolitan Museum in New York. There he was able to come into contact with books that showed him how the gods and goddesses were represented and in what clothing they did it.
The dress and personality of the characters
Generating the costumes for the character of Steven Grant was key in the story. This routine man who in his spare time talks with statues from the museum, assumed the Brixton style, linked to the area of London where he lives. But Kasperlik set out to somewhat misalign the expected Brixton style and added pleated trousers, Oxford shoes, gray tights and worn and old t-shirts to it.
Details that are not in sight
Did you notice that Marc Spector's clothing has something hidden that gives us a clue to the existence of Moon Knight? Marc wears a hood and also wears a vest with pockets that generate an effect that we later see on Moon Knight's cape.
A modernized look
The central character of this story, Mr. Knight, always wears sneakers with straps that make him the most modern. But this effect of the strips also evokes Egypt and the mummies.
The presence of Egyptian symbology
The counterpoint of the character created by Isaac is Arthur Harrow, played by Ethan Hawke (Before Dawn), who represents a kind of monk. He has as part of his wardrobe two bracelets with symbols of Egyptian culture that represent death.
An oath in the pants
Moon Knight wears a strange inscription on his pants on his thigh that reads: “Get up and live again like my fist of vengeance. My Moon Knight.” It is a message written with hieroglyphs on the garment and is part of the oath of the ancient moon god called Khonshu.
The history of Egypt everywhere
The character representing the Egyptian god of moon and vengeance, Khonshu, is central to this series, even when it comes to costume design. Its leather collar was custom-made for this fiction (sewn and hand painted), and recreates those classic wide necks that the ancient Egyptian elite used to wear.
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