Movies caught recycling costumes from other movies

When you think about the money studios pour into your favorite movies, it isn't a shocker that they may need to occasionally reuse a prop or a costume. Heck, they've got everything stored out in a warehouse by the highway, right? Maybe using all that junk instead of building a new crown for every Queen Elizabeth movie might save then a buck or two thousand. Still, it can be jarring to see some of these costumes, which have been made famous in classic films, pop up again on an extra in the background. If you're a fan of the biz part of show business, you'll love digging into these recycled movie costumes, which have better careers than a lot of actors we know. Let's just hope someone washes them between movies.

Some dresses just can't catch a break. After surviving the RMS Titanic's collision with an iceberg in the 1996 miniseries Titanic, this black number found itself right back on the doomed passenger liner, this time being worn by an extra in the Oscar-winning 1997 blockbuster Titanic. Talk about a dress that needs a vacation, preferably one that doesn't end at the bottom of the sea.

There's always a need for foppish hats, whether you're a musketeer, a pirate, or just a guy who happens to like looking good. This dandy number first popped up in the 2001 dud The Musketeer, worn by future Grey's Anatomy star Justin Chambers, only to weave its way through the Hollywood backlots and onto the magnificent mane of Orlando Bloom for the 2003 smash hit Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl.

Garments don't get much more famous than this pink jacket worn by Kate Winslet in 1997's Titanic as she and Leonardo DiCaprio do their best to outrun bullets, icebergs, and puppy love. And yet even this number popped up again in the 2002 fantasy film Tuck Everlasting. Look guys, that jacket has a family to feed. No judgments.

When you're one of the fiercest bounty hunters in all the galaxy, you need gear that won't let you down. That may be why Bossk, the Trandoshan Wookie hunter who appeared in a little movie called The Empire Strikes Back, lifted his outfit wholesale from an astronaut in a 1966 episode of Doctor Who called "The Tenth Planet." In fact, the suit originally came from the Royal Air Force, who used it as a High-Altitude Windak Pressure Suit back in the '60s. Come to think of it, there's nothing more high pressure than taking on an angry Chewie.