Yes, Zendaya Almost Always Wears the Same Style of Sky-High Heels on Red Carpets — What to Know About the Shoes

Zendaya always wins on the red carpet, mostly thanks to her collaboration with her longtime stylist Law Roach — and her heels. In a recent interview on Rech Omondi’s fashion podcast, Cutting room floorRoach, 45, shared details about his work with Zendaya, 27, over the years and why she almost always wears 120-millimeter (4.7-inch) Christian Louboutin So Kate shoes when she attends an event.

He called the sky-high shoes “one of the most versatile shoes, [and] one of the most painful.”

Zendaya at the 2019 People’s Choice Awards.

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Roach explained in the podcast that Challengers star wears So Kate shoes, which were inspired by model Kate Moss, from Zendaya when she was 14. He told how she wore heels for the first time at a press event and how she struggled. “I said, ‘You’re not going to take these shoes off.’ She kept them on, and the next day she put them back on,” Roach said. “And the next day she put them back on.”

“Now,” Roach said, “her feet are kind of, like, trained. She could wear them all day.”

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Heels are now a key part of Zendaya’s signature style on every red carpet, and Roach told Omondi, “People are like, ‘We’re going to send shoes,’ and I’m like, ‘She’s only going to wear So Kates.’ ”

Zendaya u Dina: The second part premiere in Seoul in February.

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Zendaya and Roach’s work over the years has included many show-stopping fashion moments, most recently at the 2024 Met Gala and her press releases for Challengers and Dina: The second part. Many of those looks featured So Kates.

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Zendaya in London in April.

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Earlier in the interview, Roach also recalled when he started out in the industry and worked with Zendaya, “I didn’t understand that the girl who got the most press was the best dressed.”

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Continued the stylist, who has also worked with Celine Dion, Lindsay Lohan and others, “Once I realized that, I started coming up with all these plans to get people to pay attention to her. Once eyes were on her, her career trajectory began to change.”

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