The 27-year-old actress caused a sensation on the red carpet in London during the premiere of the film. You 2. But this iconic look almost never saw the light of day.
This February 15th in London, he was the very definition of sensational. On the occasion of the film premiere You 2Zendaya arrived on the red carpet in a Thierry Mugler signature bodysuit. An archival look from the brand’s Fall-Winter 1995-1996 haute couture collection. Composed of metal parts and transparent panels, the robotic suit revealed Zendaya’s body, particularly at the level of her arms, thighs, back and chest. The actress also had to put her hands in metal gloves and her feet in integrated pumps. On top of the armor, further accentuating the double skin impression, Zendaya wore a diamond and sapphire necklace from Bulgari. But this iconic appearance almost never happened. This is what the 27-year-old actress says in the new video of the “Life in looks” series. Vogue, online from April 10.
“Why did I do that?”
The young woman remembers from the beginning that her stylist Low Roach was very skeptical of her idea. “Are you serious? Don’t play with me! Don’t make me start something and don’t make me do it only to have you pull out at the last minute and be too scared to wear it,” she said. But he maintains his project. The day of the armor’s first installation arrives, one of the men who helped make it in the 90s is even present, and everything is going great. At least, at first… “The armor fit me like a glove, like it was destiny,” Zendaya recalls. But very quickly, fitting becomes complicated. “After barely 10 minutes of wearing it, I felt dizzy right away,” she says. Metal transfers and stores heat very quickly and seals it in. I’m wearing a full wet suit. There is a barrier, which means there is already a layer of material on the skin. In the following days, the young woman began to think that maybe all this was a “bad idea”. “I wondered why I did it,” he recalls. Finally, preview day arrives and we know the rest. “I got dressed, went out and did it,” the actress sums up proudly.
After some photo time on the red carpet, Zendaya then quickly ditched the armor for a much lighter and more comfortable outfit. A black Mugler cape-neck dress, accessorized with vintage Bulgari earrings and an emerald ring.
Source: Le Figaro
