Rodarte simply added to one among their previous collections virtually a decade after it initially walked on the runway. To rejoice Carrie Fisher’s star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame, which was given to the late actress posthumously on Thursday, Kate and Laura Mulleavy designed a customized costume for Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd. The sleeveless robe, which boasted an embellished bust and keyhole cutout, featured a picture of Fisher in her iconic position of Princess Leia within the authentic Star Wars movie. This locations the costume squarely alongside the opposite Star Wars-themed items Rodarte displayed at their fall/winter 2014 presentation in February 2014.

Rodarte initially produced 5 Star Wars-themed attire for his or her fall/winter 2014 present. The gathering was impressed by childhood, and the Mulleavy’s are longtime followers of the sci-fi franchise. On the time, although, there have been attire that featured Yoda, C-3PO, and Luke Skywalker. A black, uneven model imprinted with the Demise Star was even worn by Kirsten Dunst to the Met Gala in 2014. Fisher’s Leia, nevertheless, didn’t get a costume till now. Again when the unique items debuted, the designers truly spoke to Fisher in regards to the assortment and the movie. “I wish to see a costume with Leia on it,” the actress informed the Mulleavy’s on the time. Now, 9 years later, her needs lastly got here true.

Whereas on the ceremony, Lourd spoke about her plan to introduce her personal youngsters to her late mom by exhibiting them Star Wars once they grow old. “I really feel so fortunate that despite the fact that they will not get to fulfill my mother, they may get to know a bit of her by means of Leia,” she mentioned. “And I’ll get to inform them that the little girl within the TV is my Momby, their Grandmomby. Leia has turn into a household heirloom, and never only for my household.”