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Zendaya attends the World Premiere of “Dune: Part Two” in Leicester Square on February 15, 2024 in London, England.
She wore a vintage Mugler metallic armor set with silver panels and sheer plexiglass inserts from the from Thierry Mugler’s fall/winter 1995 couture collection. The suit featured corset-style details that hugged the actress’s figure as well as built-in gloves and silver heels to match. More cyborg priestess than sand princess, but still extremely Dune.
Mugler has designed similar custom pieces for stars in the past, but Zendaya’s outfit just so happened to be the exact look that graced the brand’s Parisian runway more than two decades ago. It’s quite a feat to obtain pieces from the Mugler archives, and even more of a feat to access this particular look which, seemingly, hasn’t been worn since it came down the ’90s catwalk.
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The runway version featured a matching headpiece which Zendaya decided to forgo in place of a sleek hairstyle and a blinding blue diamond necklace from Bulgari.
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This particular catsuit is known as the “Machinenmensch,” or Machine Human, and was designed over the course of six months in tandem with longtime Mugler collaborator and artist, Jean-Jacques Urcun. The pair were inspired by the fictional character Futura from Thea von Harbou’s dystopian novel Metropolis.
Dune: Part Two officially hits theaters at the beginning of March and it looks as though Zendaya, with a helping hand from stylist Law Roach, has already staked claim to one of the best press tour wardrobes in recent memory.
In the coming months, the actress will gear up to promote her upcoming film Challengers and will serve as a co-chair at the Met Gala. There’s definitely going to be some major fashion from Zendaya in the coming weeks, but truly, we’re not quite sure how she could possibly top this moment.
