You could almost hear the internet dial-up sound when Jodie Turner-Smith stepped out for the Paris premiere of Tron: Ares on Wednesday. The actor, who will star as a digital humanoid named Athena, arrived in a couture Schiaparelli minidress embellished with salvaged technology and Swarovski crystals.
The custom creation, known as the “motherboard” dress, is from designer Daniel Roseberry’s spring 2024 couture collection. Built from pre-2007 electronics—including a BlackBerry Curve phone, USB drives, chipsets, a CPU cooler, and a Citizen calculator—the low-tech, high-fashion look embraced a retro-futuristic twist.
Styled by image architect Law Roach, Turner-Smith completed the ensemble with Gianvito Rossi heels and an oversized choker made of acrylic and Swarovski crystals. She also showcased a matching clutch with reflective details and Schiaparelli’s signature keyhole motif.
Jodie Turner-Smith attends the “Tron: Ares” Paris Photocall at Palais De Tokyo on September 24, 2025 in Paris, France.Stephane Cardinale/Corbis/Getty Images
Turner-Smith’s moment tapped into a growing trend of red-carpet method dressing. In 2023, Margot Robbie and her stylist, Andrew Mukamel, perfected this playbook during the Barbie press tour. They recreated doll-inspired looks in custom Schiaparelli, Vivienne Westwood, and Moschino, eventually sharing a curated record of their collaborations in a coffee-table book called Barbie: The World Tour.
To promote Wicked last year, Ariana Grande and Roach leaned into Glinda-inspired bubblegum pink gowns from the likes of Giambattista Valli and Oscar de la Renta. Meanwhile, Cynthia Erivo and her stylist, Jason Bolden, channeled Elphaba with witchy greens and dramatic silhouettes from Thom Browne, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, and more. And on the Freakier Friday press run this year, Mukamel styled Lindsay Lohan with nods to her Y2K roots—including a preppy Balmain checkered skirt suit and a Ludovic de Saint Sernin dress that resembled Lohan’s final look in 2003’s Freaky Friday.
With red carpets becoming extensions of cinematic universes, Roach and Turner-Smith could have more tech-driven creations in store for the Tron: Ares press tour. What comes next is anyone’s guess, but something that incorporates an iPod nano could be a moment. (Sincerely, a Zillennial.)
