Cheryl writes: We recently came across your Narnia link website with all the Narnia info etc and wondered if you and your fans would be intersted to know the following.

Stansborough worked directly with the costume creators for the wonderful production. We are a small unique weaving company in New Zealand and worked directly with Isis and her team to design and create suitable fabrics for many of the main characters for this incredible movie. Stansborough produces all its own rare and unusual yarns to weave authentic fabrics which fit specific eras for the movie industry. Their yarns are some of the rarest in the world and are the only ones which can be used to recreate these unique textiles to obtain the same drape, handle, lustre and vibrant colour so evident during the filming. These unqiue primitive fibres are also all traditionally woven on our looms which date back to the 1890's.

Stansborough is currently obtaining license from Disney to reproduce many of the authentic costumes and textiles designed and specifically woven for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

We cannot give out many details at this point in time , but we do have many images, taken during production of many of the actual cotumes being worn by these unique characters. We can tell you however, that Stansborough designed, colour coordinated and created the textiles for the following costumes. Stansborough's rare and origininal lambswool was used to make Lucy's cardigan and hat, the childrens's gowns, some tunics & jackets, Mr Tumnus's scarf, all the Red & Gold Dwarfs Tunics, all the Red and Gold Fabrics for the Centaurs (male and female). Orieus's tunic and sashes, many of stansborough's natural curly grey pelts were also used for several characters.

We are reproducing all these fabrics and some will be available as finished costumes, to give the fans more exact authentic replicas.

We would love to be part of your site and thought you should know of all our hardwork, hours of development and design during this production. It was wonderful to work with such a creative team and get such incredible feedback as the story unfolded during filming.

In case you are not aware, Stansborough also worked with Ngila Dickson on the Lord of the Rings, to produce many textiles, but the most famous of the 1,000 metres we produced for this, was the Fellowship Cloaks which we now have world wide license to reproduce. We also recently worked on a BBC production to clothe the main characters of their 1700's series of Kidnapped.

Thank you for your time and we look forward to hearing your comments.
Kindest regards
Kiri

Cheryl, Barry & Kiri Eldridge
Stansborough Fibres Ltd
PO Box 9120
Wellington
New Zealand

Ph +64 4 566 5591
Fx +64 4 566 5592

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