> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Year in Zendaya: 2021 - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/the-year-in-zendaya-2021/ - Published: 2021-12-22T14:45:18.000Z - Updated: 2021-12-22T08:14:22.000Z - Author: Heather - Tags: fugs, #wp, #wp-gallery, #slideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 08:18 ## in vintage YSL ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/GettyImages-1313908109-1639951956.jpg) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 22: In this image released on April 22, 2021, Zendaya attends ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for ESSENCE) I think "YSL" is accurate here because it predates the switch to Saint Laurent. I love reaching back for vintage, but there IS such a thing as Too Joan Collins and this is it. ## in Versace ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bf/b9/bfb99790-924d-4e41-a7e6-5e3c6e04fe57/content/images/static-gofugyourself-com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_11876586ba-1639951981.jpg) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. No marketing or advertising is permitted without the prior consent of A.M.P.A.S. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Sayles/A.M.P.A.S./Shutterstock (11876586ba) Zendaya arrives on the red carpet of The 93rd Oscars® at Union Station in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, April 25, 2021\. 93rd Annual Academy Awards, Arrivals, Los Angeles, USA - 25 Apr 2021 Major jewels, major posture, major presence, but like... it's a bandeau top, and I'm not into it. Suffice to say, I think she progressed as the year itself did. ## in vintage Versace ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/GettyImages-1325811998-1639951964.jpg) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 27: (L-R) Lil' Kim and Zendaya attend the BET Awards 2021 at Microsoft Theater on June 27, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for BET) Special Guest Star Lil' Kim is here to give us perspective on how tall Zendaya is. Although Lil' Kim is super petite, so maybe this doesn't tell us anything. Anyway, this is another one Law dug out of the archives -- [Beyonce wore a shorter version in 2003 to sing "Crazy In Love" at the BETs](https://people.com/style/zendaya-bet-awards-2021-dress-beyonce-tribute-versace/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \-- so it's a tribute dress, whose story is better than the garment itself. ## in Moschino ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_12210463di-1639951999.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Broadimage/Shutterstock (12210463di) Zendaya 'Space Jam: A New Legacy' film premiere, Arrivals, Los Angeles, California, USA - 12 Jul 2021 Wearing Moschino Yes, this is screamingly loud, and satin, and like what the lead would wear if *Deadwood* were a kids' show on Nickelodeon. But it's for a children's movie premiere, so why not. I always think you can go a little extra... sunny... when it's for a cartoon. ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_12210712w-1639952009.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI/Shutterstock (12210712w) Cast member Zendaya attends the premiere of the animated motion picture sci-fi fantasy "Space Jam" at Regal Cinemas LA Live in Los Angeles Space Jam, Los Angeles, California, United States - 13 Jul 2021 I love this photo. It looks like she's FINALLY cleared the height limit go to on this ride and is off to climb on the roller-coaster. ## in Valentino ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_12408242c-1639952019.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Fisher/Shutterstock (12408242c) Zendaya 'Dune' photocall, 78th Venice International Film Festival, Italy - 03 Sep 2021 Now we're in Venice for Dune, and it was an underwhelming start -- she's bringing all the coolness she can to this, and sometimes I think, "Well, maybe it DOES work," but more often I think it's just hanging. ## in Balmain ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_12408734bu-1639952028.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Fisher/Shutterstock (12408734bu) Zendaya 'Dune' premiere, 78th Venice International Film Festival, Italy - 03 Sep 2021 HOWEVER. This, for me, is her outfit of the year. It's leather, which is astonishing. It's absolutely spot-on in terms of fit-- it's clinging to her without showing anything it isn't meant to; nothing see-through, nothing poking out -- and they made the wet-look work. I just think it was genius. She owned this moment. ## in Balmain ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_12408737v-1639952036.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock (12408737v) Zendaya 'Dune' premiere, 78th Venice International Film Festival, Italy - 03 Sep 2021 And boy, did she work it. ## in Alaia ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/GettyImages-1338755077-1639951973.jpg) PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 06: Actress Zendaya attends the "Dune" photocall At Le Grand Rex on September 06, 2021 in Paris, France. (Photo by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images) This is another outfit that, I think, very few people could carry off and which requires laser-precise tailoring. She looks incredible. Is IT incredible? Not really. This is effective because she is in it. ## in Loewe ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_12525628cy-1639952057.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock (12525628cy) Zendaya Women in Film Honors Gala, Arrivals, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, California, USA - 06 Oct 2021 Wearing Loewe. Same as Image no. \*12520228q This outfit made me laugh. It looks so much like she's wearing a metal empathy belly -- something I said at the time, and which I stick by again, especially when she stands with her hands on her back like that. ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_12525628cw-1639952047.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock (12525628cw) Zendaya Women in Film Honors Gala, Arrivals, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, California, USA - 06 Oct 2021 Wearing Loewe. Same as Image no. \*12520228q It's not AS evocative when her hands are by her sides; now, it looks like a very heavy x-ray apron. ## in Andreas Kronthaler for Vivienne Westwood ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_12541705d-1639952065.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP/Shutterstock (12541705d) Zendaya poses for photographers at the photo call for the film 'Dune' in a central London hotel Dune Photo Call, London, United Kingdom - 17 Oct 2021 Honestly, I think her hair suffocating her face bothers me more than the chain shirt. ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/GettyImages-1235946264-1639951939.jpg) LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: Zendaya attends a post-screening cocktail reception for "Dune" hosted by Cary Joji Fukunaga at Louie on October 17, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Warner Brothers) I, too, would put on something relaxed after wearing that much heavy metal. But if that thing cost more than $20, it wasn't worth it. ## in Rick Owens ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_12542695jn-1639952075.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Fisher/Shutterstock (12542695jn) Zendaya 'Dune' film premiere, London, UK - 18 Oct 2021 This was divisive; for me, it was too lumpy and aggressive, and she couldn't quite model her way out of it. But I also totally understand why people love it. ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_12543646au-1639952083.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Beretta/Sims/Shutterstock (12543646au) Zendaya 'Dune' film premiere, After Party, London, UK - 18 Oct 2021 I do not think anyone truly loves this, do they? Including her. ## in Vera Wang ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_12596688dj-1639952091.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock (12596688dj) Zendaya CFDA Fashion Awards, Arrivals, New York, USA - 10 Nov 2021 She wore this to pick up a style icon award at the CFDAs, and I wish she didn't look so much like a fancy pen that belongs in someone's favorite office pencil cup. ## in Roberto Cavalli ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_12623542ac-1639952099.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Laurent Vu/SIPA/Shutterstock (12623542ac) Zendaya attending the Ballon D'Or photocall at Théâtre du Chatelet Photocall At The Chatelet In Paris Theatre, france - 29 Nov 2021 Simple from the front -- and, for people with better eyes than mine, also translucent. But from the back... ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_12624125l-1639952111.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Morane/Shutterstock (12624125l) Zendaya Ballon D'Or 2021, Paris, France - 29 Nov 2021 ... that looks like an expensive old-timey medical treatment that's deeply experimental. ## in McQueen ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_12632171y-1639952120.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Nils Jorgensen/Shutterstock (12632171y) Zendaya 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' photocall, London, UK - 05 Dec 2021 London, UK - 5 December 2021 Zendaya attending Spider-Man, No Way Home photocall, at The Old Sessions House, London. Her earrings here are little spiderwebs, by the way, which plays off the boots. Both of which are an homage to the movie. The jacket is probably supposed to be beside the point, but I think it's too big for my eye just to pass over it. It's blocky. ## in McQueen ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_12640033a-1639952129.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by MediaPunch/Shutterstock (12640033a) Zendaya Spider-Man: No Way Home Cast at Good Morning America, New York, USA - 10 Dec 2021 This is all about the color. She wears it well. ## in Balmain ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/GettyImages-1237226142-1639951947.jpg) LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 13: Zendaya is seen arriving at 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Show on December 13, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by JOCE/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) Ah, yes, the flappy pants. Enemy of car doors and Other People's Shoes everywhere. ## in Valentino ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_12643646ae-1639952139.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock (12643646ae) Zendaya arrives at the premiere of "Spider-Man: No Way Home" at the Regency Village Theater, in Los Angeles LA Premiere of "Spider-Man: No Way Home", Los Angeles, United States - 13 Dec 2021 I think ONE outfit that was cutesy and on-theme was enough, but we got two. This one is better, I think? That she can carry the mask is truly both incredible and unsurprising. ![](https://static.gofugyourself.com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_12643646af-1639952148.jpg) Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstock (12643646af) Zendaya arrives at the premiere of "Spider-Man: No Way Home" at the Regency Village Theater, in Los Angeles LA Premiere of "Spider-Man: No Way Home", Los Angeles, United States - 13 Dec 2021 I mean. She didn't wear it long, but when she did, it was poetry. Let HER inherit the super suit. [The Year in ZendayaOur end-of-2021 content begins.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bf/b9/bfb99790-924d-4e41-a7e6-5e3c6e04fe57/content/images/static-gofugyourself-com/uploads/2021/12/shutterstock_editorial_11876586ba-1639951981.jpg)](https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/the-year-in-zendaya-12-2021/)