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Wednesday 23 December 2020

Logan's Run (1976)

Costume Design by Bill Thomas

A cult classic 1970s science-fiction film, Logan's Run focused on the titular Logan (Michael York) and his 'run' from the supposedly utopian future city where everyone must die at the age of thirty. Logan is one of the 'Sandmen', a sort of police force in the future city who must kill 'runners' trying to escape. The Sandmen have black uniforms consisting of tights, jumpers and a tunic - the tunic has a padded grey stripe on the chest, with the jumper having a grey collar.
The Sandmen even have a uniform for going to sleep with, judging by the v-neck grey and black robe York wears in his apartment!
The Sandmen uniform is a contrast to the outfits worn by the citizens of the futuristic city, who are all clad in a variety of loose garments, partly inspired by then current 70s dresses such as those designed by the fashion designer Halston, but also bring to mind the fashion of antiquity (and considering Bill Thomas had worked on the costumes on Spartacus). This can be seen clearly in the various dresses worn by Jessica (Jenny Agutter), who travels with Logan during his 'run' from the city. Jessica's first outfit is a shimmering green dress (worn over no undergarments!). The gown is worn with a metallic belt and choker, the choker worn with a dangling silver ankh.
Jessica's other outfits are two other sleeveless dresses also in green, with the second one being paler in colour and worn with belt made up of silver rings, as well as dyed pantyhose and green sandals - again, Jessica wears the metallic choker with an ankh dangling from it.
The other female citizens of the city are dressed similarly to Jessica in loose red, pink or green dresses with died pantyhose and sandals. The male citizens however wear vests, often with v-neck collars and worn with metallic belts and leggings - noticeably, one male citizen is in a skimpy outfit consisting of just the leggings with jewellery worn over the topless chest, though sadly it is only seen from distant shot.
The exceptions to this slightly uniform fashion sense are the staff of the 'New You' plastic surgery in the city, with the assistant Holly (Farrah Fawcett) in a high-collared sparkly green dress with ridges around the waist, and worn with green sandals.
Holly's superior, Doc (Michael Anderson Jr.) is in a similarly shimmering silver tunic, which also has a ridged belt piece and high collar, though the tunic is worn with shiny silver leggings and gloves.
Lastly, and perhaps the most infamous of all the outfits in the film, are the hooded masks and unitards worn by the unlucky participants of the 'Last Day' euthanasia ritual - the unitards don't get much in the way of a good shot thanks to being seen mostly at a distance whilst floating, or covered up with plain white robes, which is a shame as they're very memorable! The unitards are white with a red flame pattern, though the 'skull' masks are most likely just hockey masks!