Dune's costume tech was so advanced that it kept Timothée Chalamet cool in the desert
- Forget sandworms or flying spaceships, the greatest Dune tech was not visible
- The costume designer for the movie created costume tech inside the actor’s clothes
- It kept people like Timothée Chalamet looking and feeling cool in the desert
Published on Apr 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM (UTC+4)
by Daisy Edwards
Last updated on Apr 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Kate Bain
In the hit movie franchise, Dune, there was tech built into the actor’s costumes for a very special reason – it kept people like Timothée Chalamet cool while he worked in the middle of the scorching desert.
Forget the Ornithopers or those giant sandworms, the best technology from the Dune movie couldn’t even be seen on camera, but it was a bit of a lifesaver for everyone involved.
The movie was given a lot of credit for filming on location in an actual desert rather than just green-screening a background, but trying to not pass out from the heat in heavy costume and gear proved to be a challenge.
Enter Jacqueline West, costume designer to the stars and the most amazing blender of functionality and style.
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Timothée Chalamet looks cool but staying cool is another question
Timothée Chalamet did some of his top quality steely, blue-eyed staring in the hit Dune movies based off the mammoth book by Frank Herbert.
All the actors on set had big costumes and tech to carry around, so it was going to be a sweaty task, and potentially a quite dangerous one if the Hollywood stars started overheating.
Even Hollywood elites don’t have enough money to cool the desert down, so it was up to the costume designer to come up with a solution that looked cool, but also stayed cool for Timmy and the rest of the desert gang.
Dune‘s greatest tech
All hail Jacqueline West, Oscar-nominated costume designer.
She has managed to create tech that is so effective yet so simple that we can’t believe no one thought of it before.
She used layers of fabric to create a ‘micro sandwich’ that wicked away sweat from the skin while allowing air to circulate around the body.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, she said ‘when there was a breeze in the desert, there was a cooling effect on the wearer – and the actors said it really worked’.
Stay cool, Timothée Chalamet, you have the power of Jacqueline West and costume tech on your side.
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Daisy Edwards is a Content Writer at supercarblondie.com. Daisy has more than five years’ experience as a qualified journalist, having graduated with a History and Journalism degree from Goldsmiths, University of London and a dissertation in vintage electric vehicles. Daisy specializes in writing about cars, EVs, tech and luxury lifestyle. When she's not writing, she's at a country music concert or working on one of her many unfinished craft projects.
