Stylist Law Roach, Zendaya’s longtime fashion collaborator, said he has all the receipts for how certain fashion houses have dealt with his customers.
meanwhile Recent appearances on podcasts“The Cutting Room Floor” Roach said the “Big Five” fashion brands refused to dress the “Challengers” actor for red carpet events early in his career.
“If I write Saint Laurent, Chanel, Gucci, Valentino, Dior, everyone will say no. Try again next year. She’s too green. She’s not on our calendar.” he said on the podcast.
“I still have all my receipts,” he continued. “By the time she arrived, [the cover of] In American Vogue, she had never worn any of those designers. She hasn’t done that yet. ”
“The only time she wore Valentino was when there was a Valentino campaign,” he added. (Zendaya Selected as the face of Valentino In 2020. )
Roach didn’t reveal the exact time, but Zendaya, who created her Vogue cover debut Although she has worn fashion from the “Big 5” in editorials in 2017, she has yet to wear designs from those fashion houses on the red carpet or on a press tour.
“I said, ‘If I say no, it’s forever no,’ and that’s been true for a long time,” Roach said.
Representatives for Chanel, Valentino, Gucci, Saint Laurent and Dior did not respond to requests for comment.
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Roach has been styling Zendaya since she was a teenager.
Although he announced his retirement as a celebrity stylist last year, he has continued to work closely with the “Euphoria” star.
he told the New York Times In an article published last week, he and Zendaya referred to each other as “fashion soulmates.”
The “Dune” star’s looks have earned him plenty of praise over the years. What she received was fashion icon award Recipient of the 2021 Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
roach First ever stylist to win the award Awarded at the 2022 CFDA Fashion Awards the following year.
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