Law Roach Says Picking a Favorite Zendaya Look Is ‘Like Calling Out Your Favorite Child’: ‘Never Do That’ (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Zendaya in 2019; Law Roach and Zendaya in 2024; Zendaya in 2021.Photo:Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Jeff Spicer/Getty;  Eric Charbonneau/Getty

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty; Jeff Spicer/Getty;  Eric Charbonneau/Getty

BehindZendaya’s head-turning outfits isLaw Roach’s stylish touch.

But the stylist — who has collaborated with the Emmy winner, 28, on red carpet outfits since 2011 — exclusively told PEOPLE atNew York Fashion Weekon Sunday, Sept. 8, that he “can’t” pick his favorite Zendaya look.

“I can’t say I have a favorite because they all mean so much,” said Roach, 46, at the Christian Cowan show. “We’ve been together for over a decade, and we’ve just done so many looks.”

“There are some ones that are super special, but it’s like calling out your favorite child. You should never do that,” he further explained.

Zendaya at the ‘Dune: Part Two’ premiere on Feb. 15, 2024.Mike Marsland/WireImage

Mike Marsland/WireImage

Roach, however, gave insight into what makes an outfit stand out.

“Confidence. It’s all about confidence. You can wear anything you want no matter your size, age, anything. It’s all about confidence,” he said, adding that people “can learn all about that” in his new book,How to Build a Fashion Icon: Notes on Confidence from the World’s Only Image Architect.

Among the fan-favorite Roach collaborations is Zendaya’sbutt-baring 1995 Mugler robot bodysuitshe wore during theDune: Part Twopress tour, which she later toldVoguemade her“really lightheaded.”

“Immediately after wearing it for 10 minutes or less than that, I got really lightheaded,” the actress said in April. “The metal conducts and holds onto heat very quickly and traps it in. I’m wearing a complete bodysuit.”

Zendaya and Law Roach at the Met Gala in 2019.John Shearer/Getty

John Shearer/Getty

Their longtime fashion web continued in 2021, when Zendaya rocked a plungingValentino Haute Couture cobweb gownat the red carpet premiere ofSpider-Man: No Way Home, which she attended with boyfriendTom Holland.

In a May 2024 interview forThe Cutting Room Floor, Roach credited theEuphoriastar for helping build his confidence over the years.

“She was always the one advocating for me and making sure I was in these rooms that people thought I didn’t belong in," the stylist said. “Even as a young girl, I’m talking about 16, 17 years old.”

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Roach first styled Zendaya 13 years ago for the red carpet premiere of Justin Bieber’s 2011Never Say Neverdocumentary. At the event, she wore a silver metallic blazer and a gray skirt over black tights.

“We’ve sat in boardrooms with clients and companies and CEOs and they would try to make me invisible and she would say, ‘Law has something to say,’ ” Roach recalled. “It was like those small, little things that always when someone would try to take the power, she would hand it right back to me."

source: people.com