Zendaya, Taylor Swift, & 9 Other Celebs Who Masterfully Nodded To Their Films Or Albums In Their Accessories
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On Monday, Zendaya, as she is known to do, made headlines for one of her most recent press tour looks. The actor, who is playing a tennis prodigy in the new film Challengers, wore a Loewe dress and heels to a photocall for the movie in Rome. Even better, her footwear had tennis balls on the literal heels.
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While Zendaya might be the current champion of highlighting her projects in her clothing (aka theme dressing), she's among an impressive cohort who've done the same. Even better, many have figured out how to add subtle or, in some cases, not-so-subtle references through accessories. So here are 11 celebs, including Zendaya, who've mastered the art of theme accessorizing:
1.Margot Robbie: Barbie handkerchief
Margot Robbie changed the theme dressing game with her Barbie promo tour last year, stepping out in full-blown, high-fashion recreations of some of the doll's most memorable looks over the years. Still, nothing proved just how committed Margot was to theme dressing red carpet craft than coming as Solo in the Spotlight Barbie to the film's Los Angeles premiere with a life-sized version of the doll's pink handkerchief in tow.
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2.Taylor Swift: Midnights clock
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Taylor Swift is the queen of Easter eggs. So it should come as no surprise that for the Grammys in February, where she won Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, the singer paired her Schiaparelli dress with a black-and-white Lorraine Schwartz watch-turned-choker set to midnight. What project the choker could be a reference to is up for debate. Is it a nod to Midnights, an homage to the still-to-be-re-released Reputation, or a hint at her upcoming album The Tortured Poets Department, which she announced that night? Your guess is as good as mine.
3.Beyoncé: Cowboy Carter cowboy hats
The only person giving Zendaya a run for her money in theme dressing right now is Beyoncé. For her Cowboy Carter era, the singer has gained a recent penchant for wearing cowboy hats at public appearances. She most notably did so at the Grammys in February before her new album was even announced.
4.Jennifer Lopez: This Is Me... Now earrings
For her Golden Globes appearance in January, Jennifer accessorized her Nicole + Felicia gown with, among other items, a pair of Boucheron hummingbird earrings. Her stylists Rob Zangardi and Mariel Haenn told Vogue that the earrings had a "profound personal meaning to Jennifer" and her new album This Is Me... Now. The record, released in February, includes a song titled "Hummingbird."
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5.Barry Keoghan: Saltburn brooch
In an interview with Barry's stylist Ilaria Urbinati, Vogue noted that the Tiffany & Co. brooch is a) vintage and b) a nod to his Saltburn character Oliver, who dons deer antlers in the film.
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6.Megan Thee Stallion: Mean Girls nails
Megan Thee Stallion teamed up with Mean Girls star Reneé Rapp on a song for the new musical film, "Not My Fault." Fittingly for the film's premiere in January, Megan, aka "thee Black Regina George," referenced the movie in her nail art with "MEAN" on one hand and "GIRL" on the other.
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7.Rachel Zegler: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbird and Snakes necklace
"Tonight we are the book! We've got songbirds and we've got a snake here," Rachel Zegler told Entertainment Tonight of her outfit at a screening for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in November 2023. For the event, Rachel wore a blue Givenchy dress, with the color serving as a reference to a mockingbird. She reportedly paired it with a Gray & Davis snake necklace and a hairclip in the shape of a songbird.
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8.Lily Gladstone: Earrings made by Indigenous designers
Throughout the recently capped awards season, Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone intentionally honored her Blackfeet and Nez Perce heritage (as well as her role as an Osage woman in the film) on the red carpet by wearing earrings made by Indigenous designers. One of the most notable examples was actually before awards season even began. According to Vanity Fair, when Killers of the Flower Moon held its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2023, Lily paired her Valentino gown with earrings by Native American designer Jamie Okuma.
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9.Zendaya: Spider-Man earrings
For a Spider-Man: No Way Home London photocall in 2021, Zendaya wore an Alexander McQueen blazer with spider web-like embroidery. She styled the look with accessories evoking spider webs, including Jacob & Co. earrings.
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10.Scarlett Johansson: Avengers hand jewelry
At the Avengers: Endgame premiere in 2019, Scarlett Johansson paired her Atelier Versace dress with hand jewelry that evoked the Marvel character Thanos' "Infinity Gauntlet." The piece was custom-made by jewelry designer Sonia Boyajian, who told the Hollywood Reporter at the time that Scarlett's then-boyfriend (and now husband) Colin Jost came up with the jewelry idea. "He explained that he had this crazy idea and asked, 'Can you do the glove of Thanos?'” Sonia told THR. "That’s very much his sense of humor; he is maybe the funniest person I've ever met. So I told him, 'Sure, I'll give it a try.' I did some sketches, and he was completely involved in the process." Talk about theme accessorizing!
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11.Finally, Brie Larson: Avengers rings and bracelet
Similarly, according to THR, Brie Larson at the same Avengers: Endgame premiere wore a series of rings and a bracelet from designer Irene Neuwirth that also evoked Thanos' "Infinity Gauntlet."
