BY HEIDI PARKER
Zendaya has always caused a sensation at the annual fashion event The Met Gala held in NY.
The Oakland, California, native has been there five times before: in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
This year, the 27-year-old Spider-Man veteran will climb the Met Museum’s famous stairs for the first time in five years.
The Dune actress will co-chair the event along with Jennifer Lopez, Chris Hemsworth and bad bunny.
The mermaid said at the end of April that she finds the Met Gala ‘frightening’. During an appearance at Lives with Kelly and MarkHe told the hosts: ‘Going up the stairs is very daunting and I haven’t been back for about four or five years. So this is the first time I’ve been back to the Met in a while.
Zendaya has always made waves at The Met Gala annual fashion event held in New York City. The Oakland, California native has been five times before: in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. This year, the 27-year-old Spider-Man veteran will climb the Met Museum’s famous stairs for the first time since 2019. Viewed in April in Beverly Hills.
The theme of this year’s Met Gala, which will take place on May 6 – is Sleeping Beauties: The Awakening of Fashion.
The dress code will be The Garden of Time, which is said to be inspired by JG Ballard’s 1962 short story of the same name.
Vogue has explained that the dress code will focus on “fleeting beauty.”
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2015
FAUSTO PUGLISI
Zendaya’s first Met Gala was in 2015 for the China: Through The Looking Glass Costume Institute charity gala.
It was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 4, 2015.
Her dress was by Fausto Puglisi, a Sicilian fashion designer and creative consultant to Roberto Cavalli.
It included a black bodice and a short red skirt with a long train. He added a jeweled headband and wristband that matched the designs on his skirt.
Zendaya at the China: Through The Looking Glass Costume Institute benefit gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2015
2016
MICHAEL KORS
For her second Met Gala in 2016, she had a Sparkly gold, elegant and fitted dress with a slight mermaid finish by Michael Kors.
It had a high neck and one sleeve.
Her dark hair was in a high-shine bowl cut as she had it with brown and nude makeup and she wore several gold rings on her fingers.
The topic was Manus x Machina: fashion in the age of technology.
For her second Met Gala in 2016, she wore a sleek, form-fitting column of gold fabric by Michael Kors. It had a high neck and one sleeve.
2017
DOLCE AND GABBANA
Zendaya wore a stunning floral off-the-shoulder parrot-print party dress by Dolce & Gabbana.
Her chocolate brown hair was worn out and full while she added a red pout for a romantic look.
The event took place on May 1, 2017.
The 2017 theme was on Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between.
Zendaya wore a stunning floral print off-the-shoulder ballgown by Dolce & Gabbana in Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between
2018
VERSACE
Zendaya seen with short red hair and thick bangs at the opening of Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination on May 7, 2018.
She wore a silver metal Atelier Versace dress.
She looked ready for battle with armor hanging from her shoulders. She also included silver epaulettes, a spiked metal collar, and a single leg slit.
The look was completed with strappy silver platform heels.
Zendaya seen with short red hair at the opening of Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination on May 7, 2018.
2019
TOMMY HILFIGER
Zendaya at the Met celebrating the opening of Camp: Notes on Fashion on May 6, 2019.
The actress stood out in a light-up blue, gray and white Cinderella-style dress by Tommy Hilfiger.
The dress seemed to change color as the lights flickered.
The star, who went blonde, held on to a rhinestone pumpkin purse and a sweet headband to echo the Disney character theme.
Zendaya at the Met celebrating the opening of Camp: Notes on fashion, Arrivals May 6, 2019