Django's flashy blue suit is a direct recreation of Thomas Gainsborough's famous 18th-century painting, The Blue Boy.

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When Django is finally allowed to pick out his own clothing for the first time, he chooses a vibrant blue velvet suit with white ruffles. Costume designer Sharen Davis explicitly modeled this exact look after Gainsborough's iconic painting, "The Blue Boy." This is a brilliant piece of historical irony by Tarantino, as the original painting represented aristocratic white wealth, which Django now wears to confront wealthy white plantation owners.

Django's flashy blue suit is a direct recreation of Thomas Gainsborough's famous 18th-century painting, The Blue Boy. in Django Unchained

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