Black Ribbon of Mourning for Palpatine

The Imperial Royal Guard costume as seen in Return of the Jedi

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Black Ribbon of Mourning for Palpatine

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Has anyone here ever gone with this option?
"Their cloaks had been hemmed with a black ribbon. In the dim light it had not been easy to pick out and it's presence almost made it appear as if the guards walked a few centimeters above the floor. The officially mandated year of mourning had ended over a year previously -- except, of course, where notification of the Emperor's death had arrived late or, worse yet, inspired open rebellion. Here on Coruscant that was not a problem, so Kirtan took the ribbon as a sign of the guards continued devotion to their slain master" X-Wing: Rogue Squadron; Page 109.
There's not much else to describe it. Personally, I took it to mean a broad black satin ribbon at the bottom of the robe. A few centimeters can be interpreted as >3, as, imho, 2cm would only be a couple.

This is my seamstress' interpretation:
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That's a 1" satin ribbon floating ~3" off the floor.
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Re: Black Ribbon of Mourning for Palpatine

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Geohazard wrote:Has anyone here ever gone with this option?
"Their cloaks had been hemmed with a black ribbon. In the dim light it had not been easy to pick out and it's presence almost made it appear as if the guards walked a few centimeters above the floor. The officially mandated year of mourning had ended over a year previously -- except, of course, where notification of the Emperor's death had arrived late or, worse yet, inspired open rebellion. Here on Coruscant that was not a problem, so Kirtan took the ribbon as a sign of the guards continued devotion to their slain master" X-Wing: Rogue Squadron; Page 109.
There's not much else to describe it. Personally, I took it to mean a broad black satin ribbon at the bottom of the robe. A few centimeters can be interpreted as >3, as, imho, 2cm would only be a couple.

This is my seamstress' interpretation:
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That's a 1" satin ribbon floating ~3" off the floor.
With the way that it reads, I would have the ribbon at the very bottom of the Hemmed robes. This is something that is still being discussed
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See, that's what I thought as well. I'm not sure if that is the finished length or not.

As soon as I can get the ribbon widened and moved, I'd be happy to provide pics for the CRL.
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Because it's never seen (that I know of) in any of the comics I took the description to mean the ribbon would be on the bottom of the robe. The way it reads is that the ribbon makes it appear as if the guard is floating.

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