Zendaya Met Gala: Zendaya knows how to serve on the Met Gala red carpet. Since her first appearance at the fashion event in 2015, the Challengers actress has always one been to watch on the famous steps.
Whether she’s donning dramatic wigs or fantastical gowns, she always brings her own unique spin to the theme, including her Joan of Arc-inspired look for Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination and her Cinderella dress for Camp: Notes on Fashion.
Recently, she returned to the Met Gala for the first time in five years as a co-chair, gracing fashion fans with not one but two looks on the red carpet.
Zendaya Met Gala
Take a look at her outfits through the years. Stay with this section of makeup and beauty in the health and beauty section of Eternal Pen magazine.
1. Zendaya’s Fausto Puglisi Dress at the 2015 Met Gala
Zendaya Met Gala: In 2015, Zendaya made her Met Gala debut in a custom Fausto Puglisi sun-motif dress, inspired by that year’s theme, China: Through the Looking Glass.
Following the event, the actress revealed to PEOPLE that she started seeing sketches of her dress a month in advance. “I had only two fittings,” she shared. “I liked the fact that it was mature and fit the theme but didn’t lose the fun, fresh youthfulness that I wanted it to have.”
Of her first time attending the fashion event, Zendaya said: “Going to the Met Ball was a night to remember, overwhelming but in the best kind of way.”
2. Zendaya’s Michael Kors Dress at the 2016 Met Gala
Zendaya Met Gala: The following year, where the theme was Manus x Machina, Zendaya went with a far more dramatic look as she donned a bronze one-shoulder Michael Kors Collection gown with golden Jorge Adeler rings and a mushroom-cut wig.
3. Zendaya’s Dolce and Gabbana Alta Moda Dress at the 2017 Met Gala
Zendaya Met Gala: Zendaya made heads turn as she wore a gown by Dolce & Gabbana, which featured a brightly colored tropical parrot print. Her look was so iconic, even Rihanna couldn’t help but bow down.
4. Zendaya’s Versace Dress at the 2018 Met Gala
Zendaya Met Gala: For the theme Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, Zendaya went full Joan of Arc in a silver chain-mail-inspired Atelier Versace dress with armor-like details, a bobbed wig, Jimmy Choo heels and Tiffany & Co. jewelry.
Zendaya later told InStyle the outfit was one of her favorite looks of all time as it made her feel like “nothing could hurt me — I was like a warrior.”
5. Zendaya’s Tommy Hilfiger Dress at the 2019 Met Gala
Zendaya Met Gala: The Met Gala look that spawned a thousand memes! Zendaya embraced the Camp: Notes on Fashion theme in 2019 with a look that mixed cartoon with couture. With her stylist Law Roach dressed as her fairy godmother, Zendaya transformed into Cinderella with a light-up pale blue Tommy Hilfiger ballgown inspired by the Disney classic, down to the pumpkin-carriage Judith Leiber clutch and headband-accented updo.
6. Zendaya’s Pink Dress at the 2019 Met Gala
Zendaya Met Gala: Once inside, she changed into a pink dress, echoing the one Cinderella’s mice made for the ball that her stepsisters destroyed – the very one Cinderella is wearing again once the magic wears off.
Roach told Vogue the outfit was meant to evoke her career evolution from Disney star to in-demand actress: “It’s almost like this is the last hoorah and the last time people will identify her as a Disney princess—which isn’t a bad thing.”
7. Zendaya’s Gown by John Galliano for Maison Margiela at the 2024 Met Gala
Zendaya Met Gala: As Zendaya served as co-chair for the event, she turned heads in a peacock-inspired gown by Maison Margiela’s John Galliano styled by her longtime collaborator Law Roach. The dress featured many intricate details throughout, but one of the most eye-catching parts of her look was her dramatic makeup.
8. Zendaya’s Gown by John Galliano for Givenchy at the 2024 Met Gala
Zendaya Met Gala: After kicking off the red carpet, Zendaya shut it down as she appeared in a second look, this time a never-worn archival look by John Galliano for Givenchy created in 1996 — the same year Zendaya was born.
She gave a nod to this year’s dress code of “The Garden of Time” with a massive bouquet headpiece filled with multicolored roses.
