There’s method acting, method directing — and now method dressing. And global red carpet rollout of “The Odyssey” has taken it to an entirely new level.
Few movie press tours have evolved method dressing quite like “The Odyssey.” After “Barbie” turned pink into a global phenomenon and “Challengers” made tennis whites a thing again, the red carpets for Christopher Nolan’s epic raised the bar once more. For full transparency, Ancient Greece has been inspiring fashion for decades. From Madame Grès and Gianni Versace to today’s couture runways, designers have long looked to Grecian legacy — including draping, sculptural silhouettes, metallic finishes and goddess glamour — as the ultimate inspiration. Instead of dressing like their costume-y characters, the cast of “The Odyssey” and their images architects tapped into that rich fashion history to encapsulate the film’s mood — and capture everyone’s imagination as much off the screen as on.
Zendaya attends the “The Odyssey” Paris premiere.
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Zendaya, who stars as Athena, once again proved she is the queen of today’s red carpet method dressing. Working with Law Roach, they avoided the obvious goddess clichés. Instead, the pair leaned into sculptural couture, luminous textures, metallic finishes and dramatic proportions that hinted at mythology without looking like a goddess going to a Halloween party (although there are likely to be lots of those come October). From Schiaparelli haute couture and Louis Vuitton to archival Givenchy by Alexander McQueen and Matières Fécales, every look was impacful, and together they built one of the red carpet’s strongest fashion narratives of the year.
