BEST DRESSED

Zendaya Is Full of Red Carpet Surprises

by W Staff

Zendaya in Tom Ford

Zendaya’s Disney star days are now fully in the past, thanks in part to gigs with Tiffany & Co., Bulgari, and Lancôme. And while she’s also followed in Gigi Hadid’s footsteps as Tommy Hilfiger’s co-designer, somehow, it wasn’t until this week that the 24-year-old became the face of a major fashion label: Valentino. Zendaya hasn’t worn much of Pierpaolo Piccioli’s designs just yet, but one could easily imagine her in the house’s more traditional gowns—or even France’s McDormand’s kooky Met Gala look. It’ll be a while before we get to see her in any of them; Dune, her upcoming film with Timothée Chalamet, won’t hit theaters until October of 2021. (And who knows what shape the press tour will take.) Until then, take a look back at her greatest red carpet hits, from the Met Gala to the many times she’s promoted Spider-Man.

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Zendaya in Vivienne Westwood at the 2015 Academy Awards.

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Zendaya in DKNY at the 2015 Kids Choice Awards.

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Zendaya in Peter Pilotto and Christian Louboutins at the 2015 Radio Disney Music Awards.

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Zendaya in Fausto Puglisi at the 2015 Met Gala.

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Zendaya in Nicolas Jebran at the 2015 BET Awards.

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Zendaya in Dsquared2 at the 2015 amfAR Gala.

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Zendaya in Marchesa at the 2016 Golden Globes.

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Zendaya in Haider Ackermann at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards.

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Zendaya at the 5th annual Beautycon Festival Los Angeles, August 2017.

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Zendaya in Schiaparelli couture at the 2017 InStyle Awards in Los Angeles, October 2017.

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Zendaya in Louis Vuitton at the opening of the “Volez, Voguez, Voyagez” exhibition in New York City, October 2017.

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Zendaya in Vivetta at the 2017 Fashion Awards in London, December 2017.

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Zendaya in Viktor & Rolf at the world premiere of The Greatest Showman in Brooklyn, December 2017.

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Zendaya in Moschino at the Australian premiere of The Greatest Showman in Sydney, December 2017.

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Zendaya in Marc Jacobs at the Vanity Fair and Lancôme Toast to Women in Hollywood, March 2018.

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Zendaya in Dice Kayek couture at the Tiffany & Co. “Believe In Dreams” campaign in New York City, May 2018.

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Zendaya in Atelier Versace at the 2018 “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & the Catholic Imagination” Met Gala.

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Zendaya in Getty Atelier at the 2018 MTV Movie and TV Awards in Santa Monica.

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Zendaya in Tommy Hilfiger at the 2019 “Camp: Notes on Fashion” Met Gala in New York City.

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Zendaya in Jacquemus at the 2019 Teen Choice Awards in Hermosa Beach.

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Zendaya in Tommy Hilfiger x Zendaya at the 2019 Fashion Media Awards in New York City.

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Zendaya in Vera Wang at the 71st Emmy Awards, September 2019.

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Zendaya in Tom Ford at the 25th annual Critics’ Choice Awards, January 2020.