The Zendaya Olympics—where flailing fashionistas compete to see if they can keep up with the actor's style game—haven't been invented yet, so we'll have to settle for Zendaya at the Olympics. Luckily, we knew before it happened that Zendaya at the Olympics would be a winner. Whether she's adding a touch of whimsy with a feather fascinator at this year's Met Gala or wearing futuristic, desert-inspired gowns for the Dune 2 press tour, or reinventing tennis-core in a high-slung, XXL braid and bow for the UK premiere of Challengers , she is the moment.
And Zendaya's most recent look managed to outshine even the Olympic torch. At the starry pre-Olympics party at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris on 25 July—also attended by Charlize Theron, Serena Williams, Ashlyn Harris, and Sophia Bush — Zendaya looked radiant in the fashion house's black, floor-length dress, featuring spaghetti straps and a smattering of tiny shimmering gold beads. But it's the way she paired the glamorous look with low-key, sporty hair that makes her deserving of a gold medal in our eyes.
Likely created by her long-time hairstylist Ursula Stephen , the Emmy winner rocked fresh-from-the-shower, wet-look strands that were brushed away from her face and cascaded in soft waves over her shoulders. Color-wise, it's the same light-reflecting, bright golden blonde hue with subtly darker linen blonde roots that she debuted at Wimbledon's Gentleman's Singles Final. It's not the first time Zendaya has made wet-look hair look effortlessly chic as you can see from this Instagram post from 2017.
But her latest, ultra-sleek iteration definitely has more of an athleisure vibe befitting the occasion. Zendaya's tennis-themed press tour for Challengers championed a “sporty but make it couture” aesthetic. Could last night be a sign that she's planning on serving up more high-fashion looks with a sporty chic spin during the Paris Games? S'il vous plaît.
It's Zendaya's Olympics and we're just along for the ride. This article first appeared on Glamour UK. For more from Fiona Embleton, GLAMOUR's Associate Beauty Director, follow her on @fiembleton .
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