10 Amazing Costume Designs From Mediocre Films

10. Everyone - Wild Wild West

The late 90s, early noughties were fascinatingly rife with mediocre to plain bad films with budgets high enough to splurge on great costume design, giving films like Wild Wild West an almost theatrical charm and stylistic vision that, alongside the entirely bonkers concept and steampunk Western aesthetic, makes it an enjoyable watch.

There's a reason steampunk/clockpunk is such a popular cosplay subject, and this film feels like an ode to that fact, mixing together beautifully patterned silky textiles and decadent lacework with unrealistically modern cuts of clothing and stylistic metalwork. The details are sumptuous, the colours pop, and the costumes mixed with the production design are the real standout stars of this production.

The non-attempt at historical accuracy while giving this film a completely Hollywood "historical" setting meant that the designers got to go wild, with inspired costuming that looks amazing even to this day, which cannot be said of the film's corny and somewhat painfully outdated anachronisms and Will Smithisms.

The film's wardrobe department, with designs by Deborah Lynn Scott, famed for her work on Titanic, Avatar, Back To The Future, and many other big-name blockbusters, can take pride in doing some of the film's best work.