1. The skating costume Tonya Harding wears when she becomes the first American woman to land a triple axel in a competition during my personal favorite movie, I, Tonya.
And Tonya Harding wearing the skating costume in real life.
This look is one of the only skating outfits in I, Tonya that costume designer Jennifer Johnson didn't try to replicate exactly, but all that actually means is Johnson added silver to the underside of Harding's skirt.
Here are the fiction and nonfiction side by side.
2. Elton John's dazzling Dodgers uniform in Rocketman.
And Elton John's dazzling Dodgers uniform in real life.
Rocketman costume designer Julian Day decided to "amp it up" for the film.
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3. Queen Elizabeth's dress for her coronation on The Crown.
And Queen Elizabeth's dress for her coronation in real life.
Though the show's dress is, in fact, an exact replica of Queen Elizabeth's outfit from her coronation, it was not created by The Crown.
Here are the fiction and nonfiction side by side.
4. Muhammad Ali's boxing outfit on February 25, 1964, in One Night in Miami...
And Muhammad Ali's boxing outfit on February 25, 1964, in real life.
The film's costume designer, Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, said, "I wanted to make sure that I was respectful to these gentlemen, through their costumes."
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5. The pink outfit First Lady Jackie Kennedy wears on the day her husband is fatally shot in Jackie.
And the pink outfit First Lady Jackie Kennedy wore on the day her husband was fatally shot in real life.
Five versions of the outfit were made for Jackie.
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6. The British World War I uniform worn by Lance Corporal William Schofield in 1917.
And a real-life British World War I uniform, in a picture most likely taken between 1915 and 1917.
Costume designer Jacqueline Durran had merely 12 weeks to figure out 1917's costumes, which not only needed to be accurate World War I uniforms, but also had to work in a film that was meant to appear as one long take.
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7. Queen Victoria's wedding dress in The Young Victoria.
And an engraving of Queen Victoria's real-life wedding dress.
Queen Victoria's diaries were used for research on the film.
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8. Selena Quintanilla's purple jumpsuit in Selena.
And Selena Quintanilla's purple jumpsuit in real life.
The textile store that had the materials for Selena's real-life look still had the materials for the film to utilize.
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9. The uniforms worn by the "liquidators," or "bio-robots," in Chernobyl. ("Liquidators" and "bio-robots" are what the people who cleared the nuclear power station's roof of graphite were actually called.)
And the uniforms worn by the "liquidators" or "bio-robots" in Chernobyl in real life.
For the liquidators/bio-robots, Chernobyl's costume designer, Odile Dicks-Mireaux, and her team made all the "lead" out of aluminum.
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10. This costume Billie Holiday wears while on trial in The United States vs. Billie Holiday.
And Billie Holiday at the US Commissioners Office, on the day she is read the charge for heroin possession.
Lee Daniels, director of The United States vs. Billie Holiday, wanted a high-fashion, runway talent involved in the film's costume design.
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11. Mister Rogers's classic ensemble in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
And Mister Rogers's classic ensemble in real life.
Fred Rogers's widow invited members of the movie's costume department to her home.
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12. Billie Jean King's outfit for an interview in Battle of the Sexes...
13. Plus Bobby Riggs's outfit for an interview in Battle of the Sexes.
And Billie Jean King's and Bobby Riggs's outfits for an interview in real life.
At least part of both outfits were fully made for the film.
Here are the fiction and nonfiction side by side.
14. The NASA uniforms worn by the astronauts in Apollo 13.
The NASA uniforms worn by the astronauts of the real-life Apollo 13.
Though, naturally, the movie's NASA astronaut uniforms needed to be accurate, some alterations were made for the reproductions.
Here are the fiction and nonfiction side by side.
15. Stephen Hawking's wedding attire in The Theory of Everything...
16. Plus Jane Hawking's wedding attire in The Theory of Everything.
And Stephen Hawking and Jane Hawking's wedding attire in real life.
At a party in 1963, before I was diagnosed with ALS, I met Jane Wilde. We were in love and got married in 1965.