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Zendaya's original dress (feddit.it)

submitted 9 months ago by vodkasolution@feddit.it to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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I knew I already saw that...

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[-] freamon@endlesstalk.org 90 points 9 months ago

Or perhaps:

[-] cowfodder@lemmy.world 34 points 9 months ago

[-] JurassicPork@lemmy.one 11 points 9 months ago

Spaceballs!!!

[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

That’s all that came to mind when I saw this yesterday, I’m glad you brought dot matrix up

[-] Usernamealreadyinuse@lemmy.world 50 points 9 months ago

To be honest I think it looks cool! Why not? Bring back the armor, capes and/or swords!

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Exceedingly cool.

She's the upgraded model of protocol droid and I dug it!

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Could it be some kind of sexbot?

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I imagine plate armor is uncomfortable as fuck... Capes are dope though, but I can imagine them getting caught in various things causing fatal accidents (escalators, revolving doors, moving trains, etc.)

[-] Shard@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

Its not difficult to engineer a bit of safety into a cape. The clasps holding the cape around your neck/on your body can be designed to have a low breakaway strength to prevent strangulation(150N is a typical force). This is a feature designed into most safety helmets. Its secure enough to never fall off unintentionally, but weak enough that it removes the risk of strangulation.

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[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

No Capes!

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[-] thisNotMyName@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Zendaya switched to a dress after the red carpet walk, so you are probably right about the comfortability

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@awful.systems 3 points 9 months ago

I for one would like to dress in 80s coat and suit

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[-] paddirn@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago

I feel like that photo really doesn’t capture the oddity of that get-up, though it does feel “Dune-ish”:

zendaya'd

[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

More David Lynch Dune than Denis Villeneuve Dune.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Yeah, it looks better from the other angle but more Dune-ish from this one IMO

[-] Candelestine@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

... they can't even design the boob-plate properly anymore. smh...

[-] Usernamealreadyinuse@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Alright this side looks even better. Damn she is gorgeous and this looks cool too!

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[-] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 30 points 9 months ago

To be fair, it could be the Metropolis gal too.

[-] NovaPrime@lemmy.ml 14 points 9 months ago

That's exactly what the outfit was modeled on

[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago

Yes, both Zendaya's dress and C3PO were designed to look like Maria, the robot in Metropolis.

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[-] ytorf@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

For those too lazy to click the wiki link

[-] CombatWombat1212@lemmy.ml 27 points 9 months ago

I think it's more of a metropolis vibe

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 17 points 9 months ago

Yeah, both Zendaya's costume and C3PO (and many other robots in sci-fi) have the Metropolis aesthetic.

Just that Star Wars being as popular as it is means C3PO is iconic on his own, and no one thinks a lot about why the stylistic choices were made when they designed the C3PO costume in the 70s.

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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 27 points 9 months ago

Leave her alone. She just wanted to feel closer to her idol Swen Vincke.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

As far as idols go, the head of what seems to be the only ethical major developer/publisher of video games left isn't the WORST choice 🤷

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 27 points 9 months ago

I'm just annoyed at the caption "break the internet".

[-] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

Im annoyed at using a screenshot of a tiktok at all rather than just looking up a picture of her in the suit

[-] TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz 25 points 9 months ago

Urgh, I hate when brands use the phrase "Break the internet!" ... It just sounds so braindead to me.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

It's entirely brain dead: they're literally copying it from whoever used it years ago.

[-] TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

I think I first saw it with Kim Kardashian. And did it "break" anything? Maybe some coomer's wrist, but nothing else lol

[-] skooks@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

More like see-THRU-PO, amirite?

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[-] Avnar@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 9 months ago

Both are inspired by the 1927 Film Metropolis.

[-] Spendrill@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

I think that Zendaya's version was also inspired by Hajime Soroyama.

[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago

Who was clearly inspired by Metropolis:

http://sorayama.jp/hajimesorayama/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/HS_paint_132.jpg

[-] Cyberbatman@lemmings.world 12 points 9 months ago

Just imagine something itching and you can't stratch it. The horror

[-] Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone 9 points 9 months ago

It’s not a dress.

[-] THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch 8 points 9 months ago

Did zendaya actually wear that ?

[-] kommerzbert@feddit.de 15 points 9 months ago

Yes, on the Dune part two premiere. I do think it fits the occasion.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Everyone do an image search for Hajime Sorayama (potentially NSFW).

[-] brightandshinyobject@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

See-thru-po

[-] bender223@lemmy.today 4 points 9 months ago

Who wore it best? 🤔

[-] steakmeout@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

How is this a meme? It’s a classic art piece designed by Theirry Muglier and was originally seen in George Michael’s Too Funky music video. And yes it’s inspired by robots like C3PO and Maria/Maschinenmensch from Fritz Lang’s Metropolis.