Zendaya Coleman is no stranger to showing off incredible looks on red carpets to promote her films and other media events. While Dune 2 will be released in cinemas on February 28, 2024, the actress wears particularly futuristic clothes. But the most impressive thing about her is when she manages, with the help of her stylist Law Roach, to do so wear iconic archive pieces and still look like you’re from the future. This fashion paradox distinguishes her even more from the majority of celebrities who are more accustomed to wearing clothes from the latest collections, lent by fashion houses, or made expressly for them (and which they will probably never wear again). Thus, after Thierry Mugler’s 1995 robot woman costume, Zendaya Coleman has just worn a motherboard-style skirt suit from Givenchy’s 1999-2000 autumn-winter collection, Alexander McQueen era, then, during her press tour for Dune 2 in South Korea.
The Givenchy autumn-winter 1999-2000 fashion show designed by Alexander McQueen
This is a look from the Givenchy autumn-winter 1999-2000 collection by Alexander McQueen (he was its artistic director from 1996 to 2001), visible from 11And minute in the parade video below:
For the record, there are rumors that the latest striking look of the transparent top covered in electrical circuits and LED bulbs could short-circuit if the model starts to sweat too much…
Why do stars rely on fashion archives on red carpets?
But why rejoice that stars rely on very vintage fashion archives for their media appearances, like Bella Hadid at the Cannes festival in 2022 or Bilal Hassani in Maison Martin Margiela Semi-Couture 1997 also on the Croisette the same year?
This not only prevents any risk of someone else dressing like this any time soon, but also presents them as connoisseurs of fashion history. And consequently it also leads the general public to (re)interest in the fashion of the past. Plus, this also gives an eco-responsible imagethese are clothes that have already been produced, which are therefore unlikely to be re-edited, rather than creating new pieces that would be worn just twice from the stars.
In short, Zendaya Coleman has understood everything, and once again offers us a little fashion history lesson that makes us want to dive into Givenchy about Alexander McQueen.
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Mary Crossley is an author at “The Fashion Vibes”. She is a seasoned journalist who is dedicated to delivering the latest news to her readers. With a keen sense of what’s important, Mary covers a wide range of topics, from politics to lifestyle and everything in between.
