Cast your minds back to a mere month ago—a time before Zendaya rendered every iteration of the tenniscore aesthetic in dazzling custom Loewe or vintage Louis Vuitton designed by Marc Jacobs. The Challengers star currently has the zeitgeist’s attention captured in her serve of countless sportif looks, but it wasn’t too long before hand that she had us in a chokehold through the intergalactic planetary fantasy she was peddling to promote Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two.
In futuristic vintage Givenchy designed by Alexander McQueen to body-sculpting Alaïa that channelled the shape of the ‘Shai-Hulud’ (the greatest sandworm crawling through Arakasis’ desserts), we collectively tipped our space helmets to fashion’s greatest showman. Of course, the undoubtedly magnus opus look from the press tour came in fembot form when Zendaya arrived at the London premiere in Mugler’s archival “Gynoid” suit presented in his theatrical Fall/Winter 1995 runway show. (Yes, that hourlong latex and fashion legend-laden performance presented at Cirque d’Hiver in Paris).
