The costume was designed by Janty Yates who won an Oscar for her efforts. The armour pieces are made of leather with resin figures and decorations added to the front. These emblems were supposed to represent the characters personal history, with significant events captured there for all time. This theme was a little more noticeable with Russell Crowe’s armour which changed during the film as the story progressed. The under garments are made from silk.

The Phoenix costume was originally designed to be a more traditional brown colour but after the input of director Ridley Scott on seeing the costume it was decided to make it a more distinguished white colour. This was ultimately done by simply painting the costume with white acrylic.

This costume has been displayed on a floating style mannequin with a sandy “coliseum floor” effect to the base.