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You could almost hear the internet dial-up sound when Jodie Turner-Smith<\/strong> stepped out for the Paris premiere of Tron: Ares<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n The custom creation, known as the \u201cmotherboard\u201d dress, is from designer Daniel Roseberry<\/strong>\u2019s spring 2024 couture collection. Built from pre-2007 electronics\u2014including a BlackBerry Curve phone, USB drives, chipsets, a CPU cooler, and a Citizen calculator\u2014the low-tech, high-fashion look embraced a retro-futuristic twist.<\/p>\n Styled by image architect Law Roach,<\/strong> 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\u2019s signature keyhole motif.<\/p>\n Jodie Turner-Smith attends the “Tron: Ares” Paris Photocall at Palais De Tokyo on September 24, 2025 in Paris, France.<\/span>Stephane Cardinale\/Corbis\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n Turner-Smith\u2019s moment tapped into a growing trend of red-carpet method dressing. In 2023, Margot Robbie<\/strong> and her stylist, Andrew Mukamel,<\/strong> perfected this playbook during the Barbie<\/em> press tour. They recreated doll-inspired looks<\/a> 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.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n To promote Wicked<\/em><\/a> last year, Ariana Grande<\/strong> and Roach leaned into Glinda-inspired bubblegum pink gowns<\/a> from the likes of Giambattista Valli and Oscar de la Renta. Meanwhile, Cynthia Erivo<\/strong> and her stylist, Jason Bolden,<\/strong> channeled Elphaba with witchy greens and dramatic silhouettes from Thom Browne, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, and more. And on the Freakier Friday<\/em> press run this year, Mukamel styled Lindsay Lohan<\/strong> with nods to her Y2K roots<\/a>\u2014including a preppy Balmain checkered skirt suit and a Ludovic de Saint Sernin dress that resembled Lohan\u2019s final look in 2003\u2019s Freaky Friday.<\/em><\/p>\n With red carpets becoming extensions of cinematic universes, Roach and Turner-Smith could have more tech-driven creations in store for the Tron: Ares<\/em> press tour. What comes next is anyone\u2019s guess, but something that incorporates an iPod nano could be a moment.<\/em> (Sincerely, a Zillennial.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n