When Zendaya makes a look on the red carpet, the world takes note. It’s substantial, then, when the star utilizes her platform to promote emerging designers– as she did throughout the Dune: Part Two press trip today.
For a picture hire Mexico City, Zendaya used a custom-made appearance by Torishéju Dumi, the very first from her London brand name Torishéju to appear on the red carpet; it was styled by Law Roach and based upon appearance 7 from the designer’s spring-summer 2024 program. Consisting of a twisted halter-neck crop top and a red and black maxiskirt with a severe split, the ensemble was completely in keeping with the obvious warrior-princess style of the star’s Dune press trip closet. (Zendaya, in addition to costar Timothée Chalamet, is a fan of approach dressing on the red carpet.)
Zendaya used a custom-made appearance by London-based designer Torishéju throughout the Dune: Part Two in Mexico City.
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British-Nigerian-Brazilian designer Torishéju Dumi rapidly marked herself out as one to see with her buzzy Paris Fashion Week launching in October, which was opened by none aside from Naomi Campbell and nearby design of the minute Paloma Elsesser, in addition to being styled by Gabriella Karefa-Johnson. Motivated by her West African heritage, Dumi’s styles are notified by standard wrappers and have fun with deconstructed customizing.
It’s been a whirlwind 4 months for the Central Saint Martins graduate, who likewise appeared on the cover of British Style‘s sustainability-themed January 2024 concerntogether with fellow designers Priya Ahluwalia and Tolu Coker. “Sustainability to me has to do with using what you have. That’s in my DNA,” Dumi stated in the cover interview. “The materials that I deal with are constantly offcuts. There’s a lot remaining material out there.”
Naturally, Zendaya has type when it concerns supporting increasing designers, with the star being an early champ of both Peter Do and Maximilian Davis’s Ferragamo. As the star invests an increasing quantity of time in the UK with her partner, Tom Holland, anticipate to see more emerging London brand names in her closet in the weeks and months to come.