Zendaya didn’t leave her Versace on the floor or in the past when she pulled inspiration from an old gem out of Beyoncé‘s closet for the 2021 BET Awards.
The 24-year-old Emmy winner walked out wearing a very similar Versace purple cut-out gown with lime green straps that Bey famously wore for her first solo BET Awards performance post-Destiny’s Child of her and Jay-Z’s Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Crazy in Love” at the 2003 awards show. The only noticeable difference? Zendaya’s was ankle-length, while Bey’s was cut super short.
Zendaya shared the look on her social media, captioning the first photo, “Crazy in love.”
Her Euphoria castmates Storm Reid, Hunter Schafer and Alexa Demie had their jaws on the floor at the sight of their girl Z, commenting, “I wonder what it feels like to be God’s favorite” (Reid), “my jaw dropped” (Schafer) and “thank goddess$$ss (Demie).
Tina Knowles-Lawson, Bey’s mother, thought the dress looked familiar, and commented underneath Zendaya’s last picture in the stunning series she shared on social media, “Love you In This vintage Versace dress !!! Beyonce wore one just like it on her first solo performance on the Bet Awards I cut it short.”
Donatella Versace shared comparison shots of Z and B in her trademark gown, commending the younger of the two for acing the look regardless of Beyoncé being a “tough act to follow” (or maybe the toughest act ever?). “@zendaya!! You looked just SENSATIONAL last night at the @bet awards I’ll never forget @beyonce wearing this in 2003,” she wrote on Instagram. “A tough act to follow but you aced it effortlessly! You got me looking….!!”
See Zendaya serve major Virgo energy and strut in her Queen Bey-inspired look like it’s 2003 all over again below.
