Zendaya’s Secret Weapon: How White Louboutins and Jimmy Choos Power Her Red Carpet Style

White pumps have remained one of Zendaya’s most reliable styling tools, whether she’s pairing them with bold color or understated tailoring. Across two red carpet appearances five years apart, she used crisp pointed-toe heels to ground two completely different looks while showing how versatile classic white footwear can be.

At the premiere of Space Jam: A New Legacy on July 12, 2021, at Regal LA Live in Los Angeles, Zendaya embraced a playful, character-inspired Moschino ensemble with white Christian Louboutin pumps.

Five years earlier, at the 2016 Essence Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon in Beverly Hills, she took the opposite approach, styling a textured Thakoon jumpsuit with sleek white pointed-toe pumps believed to be Jimmy Choo’s “Anouk” heels.

Zendaya Brightens Moschino With Classic White Christian Louboutin Pumps

Zendaya and American stylist Law Roach attend the premiere of Warner Bros “Space Jam: A New Legacy” at Regal LA Live on July 12, 2021, in Los Angeles, California (Credit: MEGA / WENN)

While promoting the film, Zendaya said growing up in a basketball family helped her connect with the story and with Lola Bunny, the character she voices in the animated sequel.

Anthropomorphic female rabbit Lola Bunny (L) is the girlfriend of Bugs Bunny (R) (Credit: MEGA / WENN)

“I grew up with it because I come from a basketball family. My mom is 6-foot-4, she was a basketball player in college, and my father also played basketball and was a basketball coach and wanted me to be a basketball player. So I highly identify with LeBron’s son in this film, because I too had this issue of, ‘Well, I don’t want to do that. I kind of have a different idea of what I want to do.’ But I also relate to the fact of having amazing support from my parents, being like, ‘We support you in your dreams and what you want to do,’” she said.

Zendaya wears a jacket and matching shorts in red, orange, blue, purple, and yellow (Credit: MEGA / WENN)

Working with longtime stylist Law Roach, Zendaya wore a vibrant Moschino Resort 2022 jacket and matching shorts inspired by Lola Bunny, finished with Bulgari jewelry and white Christian Louboutin pumps.

Their crisp pointed-toe silhouette and signature red lacquered soles acted as a visual counterbalance to the collection’s bold color blocking, illustrating Roach’s recurring use of clean white heels to anchor statement fashion.

Zendaya’s vibrant Moschino Resort 2022 separates and white Christian Louboutin pumps brought a polished finish to her Lola Bunny-inspired look at the Space Jam: A New Legacy premiere (Credit: MEGA / WENN)

While the exact style name of the white pumps Zendaya wore was never publicly identified, Christian Louboutin continues to produce classic white pointed-toe stilettos, including styles in the Kate and So Kate families.

White leather editions are typically released in smaller seasonal runs than the brand’s perennial black or nude pumps, making them less consistently available.

From every angle, the clean white Christian Louboutin stilettos grounded Zendaya’s saturated color-blocked Moschino ensemble while the signature red soles added a subtle flash of contrast (Credit: Nicky Nelson / WENN)

Zendaya Styles White Jimmy Choo Pumps With a Textured Thakoon Look

For the 2016 Essence Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Zendaya took a quieter approach to dressing, pairing a textured Thakoon ensemble with crisp white pointed-toe pumps that kept the monochrome accessories clean and modern.

Zendaya wears her hair back and braided at the 9th annual Essence Black Women In Hollywood Luncheon held on February 25, 2016, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills (Credit: Adriana M. Barraza / WENN)

The Shake It Up actress wore a dotted jumpsuit by Thakoon paired with a matching silk robe.

The silky maroon jumpsuit featured a scoop neck, a crossover neck sash, a pleated keyhole at the front, and a drawstring tie waist. She added drama to the look with a long, matching sleeveless robe embellished with large fringed dots.

Zendaya paired Thakoon’s textured maroon silk jumpsuit and matching fringed robe with sleek white pointed-toe pumps (Credit: Adriana M. Barraza / WENN)

“I thought it was very chic and laid-back, but also still fancy enough and it is really comfortable,” she said of her look.

A braided low ponytail, understated jewelry, and flowing Thakoon layers kept the focus on the outfit’s rich texture, while crisp white pumps added a modern finishing touch (Credit: Adriana M. Barraza / WENN)

“I feel like every kind of fashion choice that my stylist Law [Roach] and I have made have kind of developed us creatively,” she told People.

“We’ve been able to grow more. We’ve learned more about ourselves. It’s allowed me a lot of freedom and confidence.”

The matching robe introduced movement and dimension to Zendaya’s monochromatic Thakoon ensemble, contrasting beautifully with the sharp simplicity of her white stilettos (Credit: Adriana M. Barraza / WENN)

Minimal jewelry, a braided ponytail, and sharply pointed white pumps allowed the intricate texture of the Thakoon look to remain the focal point. The restrained accessories also made the shoes feel versatile enough to complement the outfit without competing for attention.

Relaxed tailoring, hands-in-pockets confidence, and razor-sharp white pumps demonstrated Zendaya’s effortless approach to elevated daytime dressing (Credit: Adriana M. Barraza / WENN)

The streamlined silhouette—with its razor-sharp pointed toe and slim stiletto heel—became one of the defining pump designs of the mid-2010s.

Although widely associated with Jimmy Choo’s Anouk and closely related Abel models, both lines have since been retired in favor of newer classics, making authentic pairs primarily a secondhand find through luxury resale marketplaces.

A close-up reveals the glossy white leather, elongated pointed toes, and slim stiletto heels of the Jimmy Choo pumps widely believed to be the iconic “Anouk” silhouette (Credit: Adriana M. Barraza / WENN)

The streamlined design features a sharply pointed toe and a slender stiletto heel, making it one of Jimmy Choo’s most enduring pump silhouettes and an easy match for both tailored separates and eveningwear.

The minimalist white pumps provided crisp graphic contrast against the lustrous burgundy silk, illustrating why pointed-toe stilettos remain a timeless wardrobe staple (Credit: Adriana M. Barraza / WENN)

Collectors looking for the original Anouk or Abel pumps will generally have the best luck on authenticated luxury resale platforms such as The RealReal or Vestiaire Collective.

Jimmy Choo’s current pointed-toe lineup instead focuses on updated silhouettes like the Romy and Love, which reinterpret the brand’s signature stiletto aesthetic for newer collections.

Viewed together, these two appearances show how Zendaya and Law Roach have repeatedly used white pointed-toe pumps as a styling constant while allowing the surrounding fashion to evolve. In 2016, the shoes amplified the era’s preference for ultra-slim, sharply sculpted stilettos alongside textured tailoring. By 2021, the same clean footwear concept served a different purpose, grounding an exuberant, cartoon-inspired Moschino look and demonstrating why classic white pumps remain one of fashion’s most adaptable finishing pieces.

More White Pump and Pointed-Toe Shoe Moments From Zendaya

Zendaya has returned to white pointed-toe pumps throughout her career, using them to balance everything from couture gowns and archival fashion to playful press-tour looks. Explore more of her standout Christian Louboutin and Jimmy Choo moments below.