Zendaya stays on our radar as one of the most stylish stars in the game. Whether we’re talking about her “Dune” press tour in February, the Oscars in March or the Met Gala in May, when she shows up on a red carpet, her looks are guaranteed to be the topic of conversation.
But there are a few major designers you won’t see the 27-year-old actress wearing on the red carpet – and for a damn good reason.
Celebrity stylist Law Roach has been the creative force behind Zendaya’s stunning looks since she was 14. And in case you haven’t been paying attention, your girl has not missed. But in a recent interview for “The Cutting Room Floor” podcast, Roach talks about the serious grudge he’s held against some of the major design houses for not seeing Zendaya’s greatness from the beginning.
“I would write the big five. I would write Saint Laurent, Chanel, Gucci, Valentino, Dior, and they would all say, ‘No, try again next year. She’s too green. She’s not on our calendar,’” he said.
These days, Zendaya has over 180 million followers on Instagram. But Roach said that his memory is long, and now that Zendaya’s star power is out of this world, he has no intention of being the bigger person with the designers who once turned her down.
“I still have the receipts. By the time she got to American Vogue [Magazine], she still had never worn any of those designers. She still hasn’t,” he said. “She only wore Valentino when she got a Valentino campaign.”
Fashion houses, be warned. This is one designer dream team you don’t want to piss off.
“When I said, ‘If you say no, it will be a no forever,’ that rang true for a long, long time,” he said.