Seeing double? Zendaya and Anna Sawai stun in nearly identical Met Gala looks

Express Tribune

06-05-2025

Zendaya and Anna Sawai shared a standout twinning moment at the 2025 Met Gala, where the spotlight was just as much on style synchronicity as it was on the theme: Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.
Held on Monday, May 5, at the iconic Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, this year's fashion extravaganza drew an electric mix of glamor, culture, and couture.
Among the most talked-about pairings of the night?
Zendaya, 28, and Anna Sawai, 32, who both turned heads in nearly identical crisp white ensembles.
Zendaya, a Met Gala regular, arrived in a custom Louis Vuitton zoot suit designed by Pharrell Williams, who also served as one of the event's co-chairs.
Her sharp three-piece suit featured a matching tie, wide-brimmed hat, and a sparkling brooch pinned just beneath her back collar.
Sawai, making her Met Gala debut, walked the carpet in a look so similar it sparked immediate fashion buzz. Her Dior ensemble echoed Zendaya's in almost every detail, from the collared shirt to the white tie and wide-brimmed hat.
The only major difference? Sawai's trousers were wide-legged, while Zendaya's flared at the hem.
The Shōgun star's entrance firmly placed her among the evening's most memorable debuts.
Zendaya's appearance marks her seventh time attending the Met Gala, all of which she's graced solo. Her Met Gala journey began in 2015 with a sculptural Fausto Puglisi gown embroidered with sun motifs, in line with the China: Through The Looking Glass theme.
She made annual appearances through the end of the 2010s, famously embodying a light-up Cinderella in 2019 for the Camp: Notes on Fashion theme—a tribute to her Disney beginnings.
Meanwhile, Sawai is new to the Met Gala scene but certainly not to fashion's radar.
Her debut couldn't have been more fitting, given the evening's homage to Black style and dandyism, rooted in historical expression and modern tailoring.
Announced by Vogue back in October 2024, the co-chairs for this year's gala included Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams, and Anna Wintour, with LeBron James serving as honorary chair.
The evening also featured a high-profile host committee including Simone Biles and her husband Jonathan Owens, Doechii, Regina King, Spike Lee, Usher, and Angel Reese.
The event raised funds for the Costume Institute while spotlighting its spring 2025 exhibit, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.
The exhibition draws from guest curator Monica L. Miller's 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, with Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge, explaining that it explores 'the Black dandy as both a concept and an identity signifier.'
This year's dress code, Tailored for You, emphasized the artistry of menswear and suiting, and few embodied that message better than Zendaya and Sawai.