Zendaya is bringing diversity to the fashion industry, one hair style at a time
It's hard to predict what Zendaya will wear on a red carpet. The singer and actress will show up looking like Ziggy Stardust one night and All-American the next.
"I think I've created with my stylist, Law (Roach), we've kind of created a style that has no style, where we can literally do whatever we want and whatever feels comfortable with us," she told us when we caught up with her at a party celebrating the launch of Michael Kors Access. "I think that's the best part, where I'm able to experiment, I'm not stuck in one lane."
It's a strategy that's paying off in more than red carpet accolades. Her willingness to embrace a variety of looks is one reason Kors tapped her to be the face of Access, his new smartwatch, along with model Martha Hunt.
"When I first met her, nothing can be better music to a designer's ears, I said to her, 'What's your favorite thing in fashion and what's your least favorite thing?' and she said 'I'll try anything,' and I love a girl who is game for anything," Kors said.
And she certainly looked the part in flowing pilazo pants and tube top complete with matching choker, all in navy blue that feels very classic Michael Kors.
But her ability to go from sleek topknot to chopped bob to big natural curls to dreadlocks is also more meaningful to Zendaya than booking gigs. She's been vocal about her push for representation of all types of faces in Hollywood, and brings that passion along with her to the fashion industry, which has been guilty of casting very specific types of white models for years.
"I think that just encourages me to want to display different types of beauty," she says. "When it comes to hair, when it comes to style, I just want every woman to see themselves in me."