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The actress and her longtime stylist, Law Roach, collaborated with the designer on a collection that brought the tough fashion crowd to its feet at Paris Fashion Week: "It was out of a movie."
Seventies style is back in a big way, as evidenced by the March 2 strong showing of Zendaya's collaboration with Tommy Hilfiger in Paris, which included a star-studded lineup of all-black models and finished off with a powerhouse performance by Grace Jones.
The collection was inspired by 1973's Battle of Versailles, the legendary fashion face-off that brought the likes of Grace Kelly and Andy Warhol together to see couturiers Pierre Cardin and Yves Saint Laurent compete against American upstarts Halston and Anne Klein. The evening, featured in M2M's 2016 Stanley Tucci-narrated documentary, put black models and American fashion front and center on the world stage. "Without these women ... opening those doors, we wouldn't be here," says Zendaya, 22, who asked that original Versailles black supermodel Pat Cleveland be included in the show, which featured multicolored metallic dresses, white bell-bottoms and lots of Lurex. "So it's about celebrating them."
The actress-singer-activist and her longtime stylist, Law Roach, also referenced Charlie's Angels, Sonny and Cher, singer Lola Falana and broadcaster Jayne Kennedy in the show — for which Hilfiger allowed them free rein. "Tommy gave
us the keys," says Roach. " 'Whatever you want to do, just do it,' from conception to hair and makeup and casting to the collection on the runway." Says Hilfiger: "Zendaya brought inspiration boards from the '70s," including pictures from her family album, "and because that's when I started my business, I love that style. So we went to work." The result, says Zendaya, was "bold and classic." Roach shares what went into the star-stylist-designer collaboration.
