Not a costume, the real thing: a vintage Lanvin set, 26 years after its first red carpet. Most Halloween costumes are a nod. You get the color, the wig, maybe one key accessory, and everyone gets the reference. Very few are an exact replica of an outfit worn on a red carpet decades ago. Zendaya’s was.
For Halloween 2026, Zendaya, 30, dressed as Halle Berry at the July 2000 premiere of X-Men, the film in which Berry played Storm. Her longtime stylist, Law Roach, shared the photos on Instagram on October 31, and thanked Lanvin’s artistic director, Peter Copping, for helping make it happen. The look was the Lanvin Fall 2000 set Berry wore that night: a string bikini top with matching low-waisted pants in a light yellow, brown and white print trimmed in silver.
The Real Vintage Set
What made the moment special was that Roach did not settle for a lookalike. He sourced the vintage set and made sure it was the same one Berry wore, not a costume copy. Zendaya finished it with rectangular brown-tinted sunglasses and beige pointed-toe heels, and her pixie cut, which she debuted in September, completed the resemblance. In 2000, Berry had worn tinted sunglasses with the set too, plus a belly chain.
Halle Berry’s Reaction
Berry, 60, did not stay quiet. She left a row of hearts under Roach’s post, a simple, warm stamp of approval from the woman who wore it first. It was a generous gesture between two generations of stars who have often been compared, and it turned a Halloween photo into a shared moment.
The tribute also says something about how fashion memory works. In 2000, a bikini top on a red carpet felt daring. Today, the same pieces read as a carefully preserved archive moment, the kind of look stylists now hunt down at auction and in vintage collections. By choosing the original instead of a copy, Roach turned a costume into a piece of fashion history.
How to Borrow the Y2K Details
You do not need a vintage Lanvin set to borrow the spirit of the look. The key elements are a low-waisted wide or flared trouser, a soft print in warm neutral tones and a touch of metallic trim. For real life, swap the bikini top for a fitted knit, a satin camisole or a cropped cardigan, and keep the trousers sitting at the hip rather than the waist. Add tinted sunglasses, a slim pointed heel and minimal jewelry. Shoes matter more than you think with a wide trouser, as Gigi Hadid showed when she proved which shoe makes bootcut jeans look chicest. Revisiting looks from decades ago is very much in the air this season, as Cher showed with a white Moncler jacket that offers a wink to her Bob Mackie years. The lesson worth borrowing is that the best tributes are about details, not costumes.
The Bottom Line
In 2000, Halle Berry wore Lanvin to the X-Men premiere. Twenty-six years later, Zendaya recreated the look with the same vintage set for Halloween, and Berry approved with a row of hearts.
