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With Zendaya one of the leaders of red-carpet method dressing when promoting her movie roles, the expectations for the “Dune: Part Two” press tour have been high.
After all, the first “Dune” film’s release brought with it a number of eye-catching, seemingly referential looks from the actor and her “image architect,” Law Roach, despite its debut amid a more muted time for moviegoers in late 2021 thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. Among them, Zendaya wore an exquisitely-draped Balmain gown that gave the illusion of being soaked through — quite the sartorial contrast for a film about a parched desert planet — as well as a sculptural off-white Rick Owens gown that blended futurism and classic glamour. Her co-star Timothée Chalamet played with his styling choices as well, appearing in a zippered Alexander McQueen suit that echoed the structured black uniform of his character Paul Atreides, the teenage heir to the one of the great houses in the film’s galactic empire.
Now for the second film, just about the entire cast is going full fantasy. On recent stops in Mexico City and Paris, Zendaya has turned heads in experimental looks with exaggerated silhouettes that seem to evoke the movie’s sci-fi worlds, including a chic take on a cropped desert cloak and high-slit skirt from Bottega Veneta’s Fall-Winter 2023 runway, and a physics-defying white spiral gown from Alaïa.
At the world premiere of the film in London, she and Roach pulled out all the stops in an archival Thierry Mugler robotic suit from the fashion house’s Fall-Winter 1995 couture collection. (Next to her, Chalamet’s silver patchwork Haider Ackermann pants were a valiant effort, but no match.) Alongside Florence Pugh, Lea Seydoux and Rebecca Ferguson’s regal, other-wordly looks (by Valentino, Louis Vuitton and Fendi, respectively), Anya Taylor-Joy made a surprise appearance in an ethereal white custom gown by Dior, confirming a mystery role in the sequel.
Since then, Zendaya and Chalamet have twinned in matching pale pink and baby blue boiler suits in Seoul, and the full cast assembled again for the New York premiere in leather, lace, and desert-neutrals — with, perhaps, a dose of Dune’s psychedelic “Spice” through Taylor-Joy’s glittering Maison Margiela gown, hot off the fashion house’s viral Spring-Summer 2024 Haute Couture runway.
Scroll to see the cast’s best looks from the “Dune: Part Two” press tour. This gallery will continue to be updated.
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Anya Taylor-Joy in a voluminous Maison Margiela couture gown at the New York premiere of “Dune: Part Two” on February 26.
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Timothée Chalamet in Prada in New York.
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Rebecca Ferguson opted for goth-grunge fantasy with an Olivier Theyskens look.
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Austin Butler in Haider Ackermann.
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Florence Pugh and Léa Seydoux in complementary draping from Valentino and Louis Vuitton, respectively.
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Zendaya in archival Givenchy for the Seoul premiere of "Dune: Part Two" on February 22.
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Zendaya and Chalamet — in matching boiler suits designed by Juun. J — attend a press conference in Seoul on February 21.
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Pugh at the "Dune: Part Two" premiere in London on February 15, wearing a hooded Valentino gown.
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Chalamet in Haider Ackermann at the London premiere.
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Taylor-Joy in custom Dior.
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Lea Seydoux in an intricately-embroidered Louis Vuitton gown at the London premiere.
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Rebecca Ferguson in Fendi at the London premiere.
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Zendaya in archival Thierry Mugler.
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The back view of the couture look.
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Take #2: Zendaya, after a quick change into an elegantly-draped, asymmetric Mugler gown, is pictured again at the London premiere.
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Butler in Gucci at the London premiere.
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Chalamet in Bottega Veneta and Zendaya in Roksanda at a photocall in London on February 14.
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Ferguson wearing a distressed leather Lurline piece — with ghoulish skull detailing along the bustline — at the London photocall.
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Seydoux at the Paris premiere of February 12, wearing dark blue velvet Louis Vuitton.
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Zendaya in Louis Vuitton and Chalamet in Givenchy Haute Couture at the Paris premiere.
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Ferguson wearing archival Givenchy Haute Couture at the Paris premiere.
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A close-up detail of Ferguson’s platform lace-up boots.
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Zendaya wearing a couture coil bandeau Alaīa gown in Paris for a February 12 photocall.
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Chalamet in Prada at the Mexico City premiere on February 6.
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Pugh in Standing Ground and Zendaya in Bottega Veneta in Mexico City.
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Butler in Saint Laurent in Mexico City.
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Chalamet in Hermès at a Mexico City photocall on February 5.
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Zendaya in Torishéju in Mexico City.