MatrixSpoon
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Hey Spoon. I found the pattern for Persephone's dress and her shoes. I'm having trouble finding a fabric that looks and acts similar to latex. You mentioned you might have a lead on something. Any luck?
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Which costume style are you going for?
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This is taken from an interview with the fabric cutter that worked on the Matrix films:
Interview taken from: http://www.matrixfans.net/interview...tter-australia-from-the-matrix-reloaded-2003/
PERSEPHONE’S COSTUME
MATRIX: What has been one of the most challenging things on the production so far for you?
ROGER: I think the most challenging thing was Monica Belluci’s nude dress, Persephone’s nude dress. Because we didn’t see her until two days before the shoot, we really had to have one ready to go, so we had someone go from London to Paris to measure her up, and send us over the measurements. It was quite an intense experience wondering what she was really like – you’ve got measurements on a flat piece of paper, but what does she really look like, what is her stance like, and how is it all going to work?
MATRIX: In most cases, doesn’t an actor’s agent send measurements out?
ROGER: Cutters always like to take their own measurements because they know where they’re taking them, and how they’re taking them. It’s very important to know how someone is being measured; everyone has their own technique.
MATRIX: Did you have photo reference of Monica as well?
ROGER: I had some digital photographs which proved to be a little inaccurate, I thought, but at the end of the day the zip went up and all was fine. We made three of those latex dresses just in case we had any blowouts. Monica’s dresses were made with the latex without the net behind them, so they were much more fragile. It is very easy to put a nail through it or, if there is a nick in the latex as you’re putting it on, it’ll just grow, and you’ll end up with a great cut across the dress, and there’s no rhyme or reason either, it can end up anywhere. Fortunately we haven’t had too many problems with it, and there aren’t any dresses in the movie that have been fixed, so we covered our bases there.
MATRIX: When I arrived earlier, you were polishing her latex dress with a bit of Eros Personal Lubricant, is that a traditional way of polishing latex wear?
ROGER: Yes it is. There are a couple of different ways, but mainly it’s the personal lubricants that seem to work the best.
MATRIX: Why is there the need to polish latex?
ROGER: I haven’t polished this sleeve, it’s quite dull, but the body I’ve polished, and it has a like a glass-like finish to it. You just put it the lubricant on with a sponge.
MATRIX: Wearing a costume often changes an actor into their character; how does it feel when you’ve made a costume and you see an actor get into it as, say, Monica Bellucci, then turn into Persephone?
ROGER: I feel quite incredible. It’s a great sense of pride that the idea has worked and that the actress is happy, because it’s going to show on film if she’s uncomfortable or unhappy.