Zendaya's Challengers looks have been a total serve. The star and her stylist, Law Roach, have gone full athlete like the tennis plotline of the film, dressing Zendaya in archival green looks from Louis Vuitton, tennis-themed Loewe gowns, and net skirts alike. Now, for a photocall in Rome, Zendaya and Roach really went for it in a sporty minidress and tennis ball heels. We repeat: tennis ball heels.
According to Roach's Instagram post, the theme was "tennis but make it FASHION," with Zendaya wearing a short silver sleeveless dress with a pleated skirt and deep V-neck from Loewe and white pumps with bright green tennis balls on each heel, also from Loewe.
Zendaya's new blonde hair was styled in a sporty half-up style with flipped-out ends. If she played the French Open in this look, she'd probably win.
In Challengers, Zendaya plays Tashi, a former tennis champ who becomes her husband's coach, hence all the tennis-themed 'fits. The two then end up in a love triangle with her ex, another tennis champ. Mike Faist and The Crown star Josh O'Connor play the men in her life.
We knew the looks would be good because it's Roach and Zendaya, obviously, but we didn't think they would be quite this much fun. Zendaya even wore three looks in one day in Paris, starting with the mod green and white checked Vuitton overcoat by Marc Jacobs from 2013, then a green pantsuit from Jacobs's 1999 collection for the brand, then a white strapless custom Vuitton gown by current creative director Nicolas Ghesquiere.
We thought the Dune press tour was the ultimate achievement with its archival Mugler spotlight moment, but it looks like Challengers is coming for its trophy.
