The best fashion statement says something about the world from the Red Carpet — Zendaya's show from the 2015 Academy Awards

Actress's longtime stylist, Lo Roach, will present at the Teen Vogue Awards held in Los Angeles on May 11-23. It reflected the impact of its iconic appearance during a conversation at the Summit.

The off-the-shoulder ivory Vivienne Westwood gown Zendaya wore for the 2015 Oscar Red Carpet was objectively stunning, but the one that made the most headlines after Giuliana Rancic commented on e was a dress styled with dreadlocks for the event. It was 18-year-old hair at the time.The young actress looked like "she smells like patchouli oil and weed" fashion police.

Rancic's comments quickly drew criticism, and Zendaya personally addressed the problematic take in an instagram post.

"There is a fine line between being funny and being rude. I was in awe because someone said something about my hair at the Oscars. Not because I was enjoying the acclaimed costume review, but because I was attacked by ignorant slurs and pure rudeness," she wrote at the time. "To say that an 18-year-old young woman with Loc needs to smell patchouli oil or "weed" is not only a big stereotype, but also outrageously offensive, I don't usually feel the need to respond to negative things, but certain remarks are not checked."

In addition to prompting a quick and public apology from Rancic, the backlash and Zendaya's response helped to start a larger conversation about discrimination against race-based hairstyles and pave the way for crown law, according to Roach, just a few years later.

"Fashion has the ability to make political statements, and I think we should use fashion to express ourselves and express what we agree and disagree with, what is happening in politics. "That 1 example actually came to change the way black hair was accepted in school and in the workplace," he said. So we didn't set out to make this big statement, but because of the events that happened, the Crown Law actually arose from that incident."

The Crown Act — meant to create a respectful and open world for natural hair-" was created by Dove and the Crown Coalition in 2019, in collaboration with then・State Senator Holly J. Mitchell of California to ensure protection against discrimination based on race-based hairstyles by extending statutory protections to hair textures and protective styles such as braids, locs, twists and knots in the workplace and in public schools,"according to the Law's official website.

Zendaya's decision to wear her hair at the loc for the 2015 Academy Awards ultimately had a huge impact on the social level, but Roach said that they "didn't know that was what we were doing and that would happen that way" for the event. In a recent conversation with Teen Vogue Sami, he explained, "But I am grateful that it has come true, because it has really created a global conversation about black hair, especially about things that are suitable for black women.”