{"id":203008,"date":"2026-03-13T13:34:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/203008\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:34:27","slug":"zendaya-wears-carrie-bradshaw-and-whitney-houstons-white-flower-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/203008\/","title":{"rendered":"Zendaya Wears Carrie Bradshaw and Whitney Houston\u2019s White Flower Dress"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Talk about a triple threat.<\/p>\n

Today at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards in Los Angeles, Zendaya stepped out in a tiny white dress with a major backstory: Sarah Jessica Parker wore it as Carrie Bradshaw in the first Sex and the City movie…but before that, Whitney Houston sported it for a 1986 album promo shoot, which later appeared on the cover of Time magazine.<\/p>\n

Created by Ohio native Eugene Stutzman\u2014a.k.a. Eugene Alexander\u2014the dress features an off-the-shoulder fit, sculpted ruching to one side, and a flirty little slit just above one thigh. It\u2019s augmented with giant hibiscus leaves and petals that are brushed with gold-leaf paint; when Whitney wore it, the dress had two big blossoms, but costume designer Patricia Field took it down to one to reference Carrie Bradshaw’s signature flower brooches from Y2K.<\/p>\n

Now the third onscreen legend to wear the dress, Zendaya has kept the Bradshaw-era flower, along with white pumps reminiscent of Carrie\u2019s beloved Manolos, plus a singular gold bangle. (Carrie\u2019s was a vintage cuff; Zendaya\u2019s is a Cartier Love Bracelet.)<\/p>\n

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Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw.<\/p>\n

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Whitney Houston in a two-flower version of the dress.<\/p>\n

In an Instagram post<\/a>, Zendaya\u2019s longtime stylist, Law Roach, exclaimed, \u201cAnd just like that\u2026 I found it!\u201d He goes on to call the frock one of \u201cthe most iconic dresses in movie history.\u201d It\u2019s the latest in a series of white statement dresses worn by the actress as she promotes her film The Drama, about an off-the-rails wedding weekend. (Robert Pattinson co-stars as the groom.) Just two days ago in Paris, the Golden Globe nominee wore a white Louis Vuitton dress<\/a> by designer Nicolas Ghesqui\u00e8re.<\/p>\n

To (kind of) quote Charlotte York, maybe dresses can be our soul mates and then we can let men be just these great, nice guys to have fun with.<\/p>\n

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Zendaya wearing the dress at the 2026 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards, pictured with Coco Jones.<\/p>\n

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