Last night I found myself actually having to explain who and what I was talking about when I made a passing reference to Barbarella. I think it started out from my wondering how I was ever going to create an outfit around my thigh high boots (they flip over the top with red cuffs and look adorably Puss in Boots-esque) which didn’t make me look like a hooker; I mused that going for the full on Barbarella-type look might be my only option. I often forget that other people I know don’t actually live in my world and that some things, which are something of a given for me, are totally alien to them. So to speak. My certain knowledge that it was costumed by the genius Paco Rabanne was also called into question. I am always right though, people must learn this.
Ahem. I jest of course…
It’s been a while since I saw the film, although I’ve had it on DVD for a while, so I thought I would settle down and watch it tonight….possibly wearing the thigh high boots and a leotard for good measure. Rar! So here’s a picture spam:-
Although I must, personally, admit to a slight preference towards Anita Pallenberg as the Black Queen. It’s a brunette thing….
Liz Eggleston 
I love Barbarella and those two ladies looked fierce in that movie.
It sounds like a case of generation gap, Barbarella and Paco Rabane being true classics of the era! Picture number 3 is amazing, those boots are truly beyond dream
I've always loved Jane's solitary plastic boob cover and think that would make an awesome fancy dress outfit, or maybe just something to wear whilst practising some spacey bad-ass moves…
That last outfit is like my worst fear for myself.
Fab pics and you are right of course!
There is absolutely no excuse for not having heard of Barbarella.None at all.
Wonderful outfits.I have the first picure of Ms Fonda on a mouse mat.
A pedant writes: For years I also thought Rabanne designed the costumes, however in actuality Jacques Fonteray was the main costume designer on 'Barbarella'.http://volets-verts.blogspot.com/search?q=fonteray"In the final sequence Barbarella's costume is inspired by ideas of Paco Rabanne." Yes, I looked it up on the end credits, I'm that sad.