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For a stop on the final week of “The Odyssey” press tour, actor Charlize Theron wore a head-to-toe Tom Ford look that read more like a nod to “American Psycho” than the Homeric Epic.
For the past month, the women of Christopher Nolan’s adaptation have used the red carpet and other press events to interpret the mood and mythology of the film in different, yet cohesive, ways. Some of the highlights have included Anne Hathaway’s sparkling Prada empire-waist gown, Lupita Nyong’o’s crystal-embedded Christian Cowan column dress, and Zendaya’s showstopping Matières Fécales wings.
But at a press event in Seoul on Tuesday, the last city on the tour, Theron opted for something freakier. She wore a blue and white-striped dress shirt and transparent rain-slicker knee-length skirt, cinched over a lacy black slip dress and tights with a leather belt. Topping it off, a pair of black leather gloves pushed the shirt cuffs midway up her arm.
The overall effect was part BDSM, part serial killer, conjuring Patrick Bateman in his raincoat — or perhaps John Waters’ campy “Serial Mom” if the stab-happy homemaking matriarch got a corporate job.
