Rather than lean into the boring, albeit trendy, tenniscore trend, Challengers costume designer Jonathan Anderson subverts the fashion in Luca Guadagnino’s new film starring Zendaya.
come flying as fast as the serves between the protagonists of Luca Guadagnino’s new film about a tennis player love triangle. There is the crisp-white, flashes as she watches the match. While the couple oozes success with their carefully crafted exterior and undeniable wealth signifiers, on the other end of the net, down-on-his-luck player Patrick screams anti-establishment with his mismatched plaid shorts and “Impatto” muscle tee.
The clothing evolves, as do the characters. As Tashi finds confidence and a new sense of power following an injury that ends her tennis career, she trades her preppy-esque knits, tailored pants and jeans, and stilettos. In pursuit of a similar picture-perfect image, Art, too, trades his mismatched sports separates for matching sets and a put-together off-duty look fitting of a champion in the making .
As the tension builds and the clothes are no longer able to mask appearances and hide the true desires of the trio, Tashi breaks her carefully curated image one last time, trading the exquisite silky nightgown she wears with Art for a simple T-shirt that looks borrowed from her junior pro days to meet Patrick in the equivalent of a break point of the film. Mild spoilers for Challengers ahead.
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