Ramone took him across to the side of the store, where there were rails of old movie costumes.

A Goth aesthetic is also turning up in movie costumes.

Lots of movie costumes require armor, jewelry and weapons that can be expensive to buy or difficult to make authentically.

Then there is the stalker's paradise, Star Wares, which sells old movie costumes and props with a zealot's glee that gave us the heebie-jeebies.

The collection was a tour de force that highlighted the designer's talent and imagination but tended to look like movie costumes.

Game characters are clad in digital reproductions of movie costumes or team uniforms.

It also showcases Bollywood memorabilia, the IIFA Awards trophy, movie costumes and posters.

The website reads: "Recycled movie costumes are gowns that often appear in one production and then go on to be used in another.

The latter is seen in the tribal dress from the Najd region, which has the loose, flowing quality that Westerners associate with movie costumes.

The movie costume was based on an actual coat from the period.