If her appearance on the press tour is any indication, Zendaya seems particularly attached to her latest role.
While the Golden Globe winner, 27, promoted her highly anticipated new movie Challengers, she donned a bejeweled mini dress by Greek designer Celia Kritharioti, which featured her face as illustrated on the film’s poster.
“(Challengers) but make it FASHION… Tashi made her wear it,” wrote Law Roach, Zendaya’s close friend and “image architect,” who shared a photo on Friday of her wearing the look.
“Thank you @celiakritharioti for bringing the Challengers movie poster to life,” the stylist added.
Roach, 45, also shared a photo of the dress under construction, with the center panel showing a close-up of Zendaya’s face.
While Zendaya was promoting her highly anticipated new movie Challengers, she donned a bejeweled minidress by Greek designer Celia Kritharioti, which featured her face on the film’s poster.
The Challengers poster shows Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, peering over a pair of sunglasses at Mike Faist’s Art Donaldson and Josh O’Connor’s Patrick Zweig facing off in a tennis match.
Stylist Law Roach also shared a photo of the dress under construction, with the center panel showing a close-up of Zendaya’s face.
The Challengers poster shows Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, peering over a pair of sunglasses at Mike Faist’s Art Donaldson and Josh O’Connor’s Patrick Zweig facing off in a tennis match.
Zendaya, who co-chairs the Met Gala this year, has already sported several tennis-inspired looks while promoting the film around the world with her castmates and director Luca Guadagnino.
The Euphoria alum has even inspired a new trend known as ‘tennis-core’ after donning pleated skirts, a hooded dress, preppy polos and vintage Ralph Lauren.
It paid homage to a look previously worked on by Venus and Serena Williams on the cover of Vogue in 1998.
Zendaya stars in Challengers as Tashi, a retired professional tennis player who coached her husband Art to Grand Slam status after an injury sidelined her from the sport.
Tashi convinces Art to participate in a challenging event, which brings him closer to Patrick, his childhood friend and ex, online.
Zendaya’s boyfriend, Tom Holland, played cheerleader on Instagram promoting the film over the weekend.
‘I know what I’m doing this weekend!’ he captioned the poster on Saturday.
Holland, 27, also shared the trailer for her Instagram Story. ‘Challengers is now available! Let’s go!’ he wrote.
Zendaya, who co-chairs this year’s Met Gala, has already shown off several tennis-inspired looks while promoting the film, inspiring a new trend known as ‘tennis-core.’
Zendaya stars in Challengers as Tashi, a retired professional tennis player who coached her husband Art to Grand Slam status after an injury sidelined her from the sport.
Tashi convinces Art to participate in a challenging event, which brings him closer to Patrick, his childhood friend and ex online.
Zendaya’s boyfriend, Tom Holland, played cheerleader on Instagram, promoting the film over the weekend.
After the couple met while working on 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, they went public with their relationship in 2021.
“There has been talk of marriage and that is a reality,” a source told People this week.
“They are not the type of stars who, for the most part, build their lives on social media,” the source added. “Both are private.”
Challengers is now playing in theaters.
