People Are Only Just Realising Why Fandoms Dress Up For Premieres

The costumes are older than the movies, and the reason is weirdly sweet.

Dressing head to toe for a premiere is not just showing off. It is belonging.

Fans have costumed up for big cultural events for generations, long before red carpets, because shared dress turns strangers into a crowd that gets it.

Standing in a lobby surrounded by people in the same cape says something a solo watch never can.

So the outfits are not the sideshow. For a lot of fans, they are half the reason to show up at all.