From Illuminated Cinderella to Saintly Joan of Arc: See All of Zendaya’s Met Gala Looks Over the Years

“Hopefully with the Met, since I’ve been away for so many years, maybe this time around I won’t be so stressed,” Zendaya recently told USA Today ahead of her highly anticipated return to the Met Gala on Monday.

The fashion star, currently seen onscreen in Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, has official duties on fashion’s biggest night as a co-chair alongside Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny and Chris Hemsworth. She hasn’t strolled the carpet outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art since May 2019, when she arrived with her longtime stylist Law Roach to celebrate the Camp: Notes on Fashion theme by wearing an illuminated Cinderella gown with puff sleeves by Tommy Hilfiger.

Her fans may be stressed, however, anticipating what Zendaya will wear in making her return to the A-list affair, especially on the heels of Roach’s recent comments to The New York Times. “I haven’t seen Zendaya’s dress,” Roach told the paper. “We’ve been on two press tours — Dune 2 and Challengers — and doing two Vogue covers. The dress isn’t even made. They won’t fit until Saturday.” Before that first fitting, look back on what Zendaya has worn for past Met Gala appearances.

Camp: Notes on Fashion

For the 2019 event, the former Disney star went full fairy tale camp by donning an illuminated Cinderella gown made custom by Tommy Hilfiger. The accessories helped nail the look, including a pumpkin carriage clutch and Roach as a fairy godmother complete with a smoking wand he waved to activate the light technology.

Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination

Roach has said that the idea of styling Zendaya as the saintly Joan of Arc came to him in a dream, after which he promptly phoned the folks at Versace to ask if they could make it a reality. Spoiler: They did, in a custom gown of armor paired with a red bob with blunt bangs.

Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between

Zendaya donned a Dolce & Gabbana ballgown from the designer’s 2015 couture collection. The print featured a floral design and tropical parrots.

Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology

Zendaya accompanied designer Michael Kors to the 2016 gala by wearing his custom design, a shimmering, form-fitting column gown made of gold fabric. To complete the ’70s-inspired ensemble, Zendaya wore a bowl-shaped wig.

China: Through the Looking Glass

Every fashionista starts somewhere. Zendaya attended her first Met Gala at age 18, wearing a Fausto Puglisi creation that featured a red skirt, cascading train and sunburst pattern accents on the dress and accessories.