The original owner of this outfit had it custom-designed for her to wear to the 2000 Academy Awards ceremony, the year The Matrix was nominated, and won four Oscars. The designer was Scott Tallenger (https://www.buildinstitute.org/alumni/scott-tallenger/). Now, with The Matrix Resurrections out, someone needs to resurrect this stunning slice of the late 1990s—this piece of cinema history.
In Matrix-y shades of gray, the outfit consists of a boned corset top with back lacings, a flaring long skirt, and an extravagant wrap. The luminous dark gray skirt has stills from The Matrix made into distressed fabric strips, decorating the skirt in vertical stripes all around. The wrap was designed to be worn with the faux fur bands held together. The woman who originally wore the outfit explained it this way: "The wrap was based on something Rita Hayworth wore in Pal Joey, the fur parts kind of went together with the organza showing anywhere it naturally gapped." However you choose to wear it, the wrap is gorgeous. The organza sparkles with golden metallic threads.
The outfit is in my Etsy shop here: Academy Awards Matrix Outfit - Corset Top, Skirt with Photo Print Fabric & Faux Fur Wrap by Scott Tallenger
