Zendaya all the time understands the task. When it got here time to current probably the most prolific artists of all time with a serious honour, Zendaya made positive to channel her in one of the simplest ways.
The actor headed to Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday evening to honour Cher as she was inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame. Zendaya launched Cher and paid homage to her legendary model all through the years by sporting a classic Bob Mackie robe. The costume is much like one which Cher wore in 1972, additionally by the designer.
Cher has been a notable Bob Mackie muse for many years, sporting numerous glamorous robes and outfits by the designer all through the 70s and 80s. The gold, barely-there robe that Zendaya wore comes from the autumn 2001 ‘Overseas Intrigue’ assortment. The style home shared the main points of the costume on Instagram, writing that the costume is a “nude phantasm halter robe completely hand beaded in gold, diamond and iridescent bugle beads and aurora-borialus stones.”
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Zendaya paired the beautifully-crafted robe with a pair of gold pointed stilettos. As for her hair and make-up, she went totally right into a basic Cher look. She wore her hair extremely lengthy and straight down her again — very like Cher famously did for years.
The costume additionally got here with a white satin trench coat with an ultra-dramatic collar, embellished with traces of gold beads and stones.
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“Thanks, Cher. Thanks for being an advocate, for being an ally,” Zendaya stated in her speech. “For [paving] the best way for some many people of every kind to stay in and communicate their reality. And to have the braveness to be as daring and as open-hearted as you.”
Earlier than Cher accepted her honour, she joined Dua Lipa on stage to carry out her mega-hit music Consider. Each musicians had been sporting related all-leather outfits as they danced and duetted the music.