Zendaya steals the show at Dune 2 premiere in vintage Mugler robot suit

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Zendaya has as soon as once more confirmed her style icon standing, this time at the London premiere for Dune: Part Two.

The 27-year-old actor arrived at Leicester Square on Thursday 15 February wanting futuristic in a robot-style outfit, straight from the Thierry Mugler archives. The silver bodysuit, which hails from Mugler’s Fall-Winter 1995 couture assortment, was decked out with chromatic sleeves overlaying her from neck to palms. The metallic ensemble additionally featured sheer cut-outs over plastic throughout her midriff and legs.

When the robotic bodysuit was initially unveiled in 1995, it featured an identical headpiece and was modelled with a sheer black cape on the runway. To make it her personal, Zendaya accessorised the already eye-catching look with a shiny diamond necklace. The outfit was styled by none apart from Law Roach, the Euphoria star’s longtime good friend and frequent collaborator.

According to W Magazine, the Mugler catsuit was dubbed the “Machinenmensch” – or Machine Human – and took six months to create at the time. The iconic designer, who died in January 2022 aged 73, collaborated with Jean-Jacques Urcun to make the look, which was impressed by the fictional character Futura from Thea von Harbou’s dystopian novel, Metropolis.

Of course, it didn’t take lengthy for followers on social media to as soon as once more proclaim Zendaya as the unofficial queen of style.

“This is SICKENING,” one fan commented on X, previously Twitter, in response to the chromatic look. “Zendaya has outdone herself.”

“By far one of the best looks this decade,” one other particular person replied.

“Nobody comes close to her and her fashion,” a 3rd consumer stated. “She is unstoppable.”

According to customers on X, the Emmy winner unveiled a re-evaluation at the Dune: Part Two premiere that very same night: a classy, floor-length robe with a cowl neckline and her quick hair slicked again.

Zendaya wasn’t the solely Dune forged member to tug out all the style stops throughout Thursday’s premiere. Florence Pugh, who joins the sci-fi movie franchise in its second installment as Princess Irulan, surprised on the crimson carpet sporting a darkish brown bedazzled robe with a plunging neckline, hood, and open again.

Timothée Chalamet attended the premiere in a black outsized T-shirt with silver patterned trousers, whereas his Dune co-star Austin Butler turned heads sporting a protracted, cape-like black blazer with high-waisted trousers and a white sleeveless shirt. Even actor Anya Taylor-Joy wore a whimsical, white plunging robe with a sheer headband.

Throughout the press tour for Dune: Part Two, Zendaya hasn’t shied away from displaying off her robust sense of fashion. Just someday prior, she wore a (*2*)darkish purple three-piece suit set from Roksanda in London, pairing the look with jewelry from Bulgari and Nina Ricci. Earlier this week, Zendaya stepped out for the movie’s premiere in Paris sporting a two-piece Louis Vuitton ensemble, which featured a gold rose-embroidered crop prime and billowing skirt.

Fans can count on the Spider-Man: No Way Home star to show heads as soon as once more at the 2024 Met Gala, her first time attending the annual style occasion since 2019. In truth, it was just lately introduced that Zendaya will function Met Gala co-chair alongside Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Lopez, and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.

The theme for this yr’s Met Gala – which takes place on Monday 6 May in New York City – is “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” and the gown code is “The Garden of Time”.