Hemming explains, “Once I knew the Joker was going to be played by Heath Ledger, I wanted the costume to have a younger, trendier style than the previous versions. Basically, my research ranged from Vivienne Westwood to Johnny Rotten to Iggy Pop to Pete Doherty to Alexander McQueen. I was collecting all sorts of images.”
Hemming ultimately designed an ecclectic ensemble that she says “has a somewhat foppish attitude to it, with a little grunge thrown in.” Staying with the Joker’s traditional color palette, his outfit is topped by a purple coat, worn over a green waistcoat. Changing up his look, he also wears a lighter jacket that was based on the Carnaby Street Mod look. His shirt was patterned after a shirt that Hemming found at an antique market.
The Joker’s shoes are from Milan and were selected by the costume designer because they had an upward swoop at the toe, which she thought was reminiscent of clown shoes. His tie was fashioned by Turnbull & Asser, a London-based clothier better known for dressing British Royalty and the like.
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I've seen it 3 times, and am going to see it in imax on Sunday! I was surprised, as I'm not the kind of person to watch the same movie twice. But I could seriously watch this movie over and over again, noticing different things each time. The nuances of Heath's Joker are more noticeable with each viewing. I don't think I'm going to see the imax showing in full makeup, but I did buy a couple Joker shirts to wear! 
I thought everybody in this movie did a great job, especially Gary Oldman and Aaron Eckhart, but for me, it was the Joker's movie!
Heath was amazing....period.
Oh God, kills me. Too bad the hand sanitizer part wasn't in it. 
Because I thought Heath was undeniably fantastic!!
But yeah, I thought he was flawless in the movie.
