When she’s not stomping through the British countryside in gorpcore sneakerinas or a wax jacket, Zendaya is, of course, everyone’s favorite fashion girl. Yes, her bedraggled Euphoria alter ego might still be lodged in our HBO Max-addled imagination, but the real-life Zendaya scrubs up rather differently. Forget the hoodies and basketball shorts, her latest look is a high-shine Louis Vuitton coat dress with all the trimmings (presumably bells and whistles are concealed beneath the shearling cuffs).
Strutting across the cobblestones in a silhouette that read ’60s space girl, this is the kind of theatrical glamour that we fashion apostles, glued to our laptops back home, deserve. Joined by her long-standing image architect Law Roach, Zendaya demonstrated that all those years in sky-high So Kates were not in vain.
While the Barbarella-esque coat dress may be a vibe shift from Zendaya’s low-key London girl looks of late, a dose of metallic theatrics is nothing new for the actor. Who could forget her full Joan of Arc get-up at the 2018 Met Gala or the archival Thierry Mugler suit that must’ve sent metal detector-wielding security guards into apoplexies? Tomorrow, she may be back on the Princess Anne outdoorsy beat, but for now, let’s enjoy Zendaya’s return to the fashion circus.