![]() It depends on what the script is asking of me. Tell me about your research and creation process when you begin designing for a new production. While actors get cast in certain roles for whatever reason, we get to design anything that is of interest to us. As costume designers, our job is to create from what is put in front of us in the script. ![]() The Matrix is a thing in itself, and I think it’s rooted in my previous work with Lana on Sense8 and learning over the time we’ve worked together about what she likes and what goes on inside that intelligent brain of hers. Did Resurrections feel like an extension of your oeuvre or a totally new challenge? Your background includes period mysteries like The ABC Murders and current-day productions like Sense8, which was also created by the Wachowskis, the pair behind the original Matrix. ![]() Ahead, speaks with the new film’s costume designer, Lindsay Pugh, to learn more about what we can expect from the film and whether fashion is actually moving forward, or if we’re just caught in “these strange repeating loops.” Let’s see how deep the rabbit hole goes. Social media, September 11, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the rise of cyberterrorism, social justice movements, the Kardashians, climate change-the world has changed several dozen times over the last two decades, so a return to The Matrix feels both nostalgic and thrilling. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to playīut, of course, there’s a big difference between 20. The result was a timeless vision that feels as relevant today as it did in 1999. ![]() Who could forget Trinity’s catsuits? Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobe in those extraordinary gravity-defying sunglasses? The many, many floor-length coats in unforgettable fabrications like crocodile or patent leather? And outside of “the matrix,” when we see these characters in “the real world”-if you don’t know by now, look it up, because it’s far too complex to explain here-they’re in these perfectly earthy-crunchy sweaters and slinky layers that speak as much to our COVID-inflected, work-from-home era as to any postapocalyptic dystopia.Īfter the many frothy, Southern California–inspired film fashions we saw in the ’90s (think Clueless or Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion), The Matrix offered a gothic, futuristic, luxe hacker-core vision of style-one that drew on underground cultures, raver fashion, and BDSM influences. Whether you’re a fan of science fiction or not, the original trilogy changed the way that films are shot, the way we see action sequences on camera, and (thanks to original costume design by Kym Barrett) the way we think about what our superheroes should be wearing. ![]() It’s hard to understate the ripple effect that The Matrix had on filmmaking, fashion, and pop culture. We’re hoping Resurrections-the first return to the haunting quasi-digital universe in 20 years-is no different. From the start of the original 1999 film, which begins with Carrie-Anne Moss in black latex, it was clear that The Matrix would be an exercise in style. In the opening moments of one of the trailers for The Matrix Resurrections, a voice says, “We can’t see it, but we’re all trapped inside these strange repeating loops.” At that moment, a SWAT team kicks down a door to find a character seated facing a wall in a slick black catsuit-and anyone familiar with The Matrix universe gets chills, because we’ve seen this look before. ![]()
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