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Baldwin's costumes. ✨
He's got a different outfit for every appearance in the film (5), and I have to say that this one is my absolute favorite out of all of them and we do not get to see enough of it:
I just love the lace detailing on the collar and the intricate embroidery on the headband. His veil looks to be of a different material than his previous ones, too - almost shinier, although it could be the light making it appear that way. Also, this may be the lighting as well, but I really do prefer the off-white/cream/ivory hue of the fabric for this particular outfit, as opposed to the very stark white of his previous two.
My least favorite has to be his armor, though. The war mask is beautiful, and the cape gives him that "kingly" look (as well as a huge swatch of his signature color for the audience to recognize), but the rest of the outfit leaves a lot to be desired. His "helmet", if it can be called that, is entirely nonfunctional, and the rest of his garb is almost as bad. Juxtaposed to the armor of his far more historically-accurate bodyguards and it looks even worse.
Tbh, I think he would have looked better with one of his other "casual" outfits, or something quite similar to them, than what they ended up giving him. It would even have been believable, given that he was no longer capable of front-line battle at that point in his life, and it would have also been more in line with what Saladin is wearing in that same scene.
Your thoughts?