Zendaya brought red-carpet history back to life for Halloween 2026. Working with her longtime stylist Law Roach, the actress wore the vintage Lanvin Fall 2000 two-piece ensemble originally worn by Halle Berry to the 2000 X-Men premiere, according to multiple Halloween roundups. The look — a swimsuit-style top and matching low-rise trousers — captured immediate attention online, and it drew a side-by-side appreciation post from Berry herself. Berry, who has been at the centre of a custody dispute this month, took a moment to celebrate the tribute, sharing her approval as fans compared the two moments across 26 years.
Fashion as tribute
Halloween 2026 was widely described as the year stars dressed up as other stars, and Zendaya’s choice was among the most thoughtful. Rather than a spooky costume, she chose a fashion citation: a genuine piece of red-carpet history, worn with the same confidence Berry brought to it in 2000. Law Roach shared the look on Instagram, and fashion outlets praised both the archival find and the styling. The ensemble’s return also reminded fans just how influential Berry’s early-2000s red-carpet run remains, from the X-Men premiere to her Oscar-winning era.
A season of star-to-star tributes
Zendaya’s tribute sat alongside a wave of celebrity-to-celebrity costumes this Halloween. Kim Kardashian dressed as her daughter North West, Paris Hilton channelled Britney Spears, and Lisa Rinna recreated Kylie Jenner’s orange Chrome Hearts gown. Forbes, in its roundup of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of 2026, noted that this was a year when stars dressed up as other stars instead of ghouls and witches. Zendaya’s Lanvin moment, with Berry’s own seal of approval, stood out as the classiest tribute of them all — a reminder that sometimes the most striking costume is a piece of fashion history, worn well.
