Our long national nightmare (five years without a Zendaya Met Gala) is over.
On May 4, Zendaya arrived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with a brand new title, having been appointed as one of the evening’s co-chairs by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. This also marked the Challengers star’s first Met Gala since nailing the Camp theme in 2019, dressed in a light-up Cinderella gown by Tommy Hilfiger.
All this to say, Zendaya and her longtime stylist Law Roach had a lot to live up to this year, especially after serving one Met Gala-worthy look after another during back-to-back press tours for Dune: Part Two and her sexy tennis movie Challengers. To the shock of absolutely nobody, they delivered.
In keeping with “The Garden of Time” theme, Zendaya arrived on the scene wearing a blue, black, and green forest scene by Margiela, with Law Roach not far behind in a black suit by the same label. The dark feminine trend was in, but nobody has done it like Zendaya.
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The artistry is really in the details here, as Zendaya’s dress includes faux grapes, a bird on her head, a long feather in her hair, and a veil for a bit of mystery.
Her makeup look was dramatic as well, with her nails and lips wine red and her eyes smudged maroon. It’s reminiscent of the recent high-contrast beauty looks we’ve seen on the runway, especially Pat McGrath’s “porcelain dolls” which were, yes, for the Margiela show.
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