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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Meguire Hennes

Zendaya Is the Face That Launched Summer's Cut-Out Dress Trend

Zendaya changed out of her Schiaparelli Couture gown into a cut-out summer dress from Valentino at the 'Odyssey' premiere in London.

If Helen of Troy was "the face that launched a thousand ships," Zendaya's Schiaparelli Couture gown at London's The Odyssey premiere dropped 10,000 jaws. But like stylist extraordinaire Law Roach said on Instagram, "There's always a second dress." The cut-outs on Z's after-party dress are a lot easier to emulate this summer than, say, Schiaparelli's anatomically correct bustier.

While photographers captured every angle of the hours-old Fall 2026 Couture creation, Roach waited in the wings with Zendaya's Athena-worthy wardrobe rack. It appears creative director Alessandro Michele sculpted the Valentino Fall 2026 dress for glamorous goddesses like the Odyssey actress.

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