Quotes on Costume and Character Traits:

"The face of Elrond was ageless, neither old nor young, though in it was written the memory of many things both glad and sorrowful. His hair was dark as the shadows of twilight, and upon it was set a circlet of silver; his eyes were grey as a clear evening, and in them was a light like the light of stars" (Tolkien 220).

"Jokes and laughter are often on elves' lips, and their singing wrings the heart with mingled joy and sadness. They have the vitality of everlasting youth and the melancholy of their centuries" (Kocher 91).

"For the Elves, [Ngila] Dickson went for sheer elegance, mossy greens, tree-bark browns, autumn scarlets, and androgynous quality and a touch of antiquity. 'They invoke their environment,' she notes, 'and they're very light on the earth, so we searched for very, very fine layers of fabrics for them.' Their costumes were forged from Indian silk brocade, which Dickson washed, bleached, dyed and sandpapered to give the costumes a shimmering metallic gleam that looks organic, not glitzy or cute." (New Line Cinema Press Release).