Zendaya, Sweeney, Streep and More Nail April's Best Red-Carpet Looks

April barely got started before the red carpets started delivering. The *Euphoria* Season 3 premiere at Hollywood's TCL Chinese Theatre on April 7 gave us two of the month's sharpest fashion moments in a single evening, while Meryl Streep, in full method-dressing mode for *The Devil Wears Prada 2*, has been on a streak that puts most younger stars to shame. Rachel Zegler kept it sharp in New York, Halsey leaned into lace-trimmed classicism at an LA premiere, and Heidi Klum delivered one-shoulder architecture at the premiere of *The Drama*. Here are the three looks worth talking about most.

1. Zendaya

Zendaya has been giving a masterclass in on-theme dressing, playing on the old wedding tradition of something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue. Her midnight-blue gown, which featured a daring sheer bodice and artfully looped string detail, showed off her incredible figure. She complemented the look with vibrant blue eyeshadow and sparkling Tiffany & Co. jewels. The effect was an outfit that felt like a statement and an inside joke at once: a premiere look coded with storytelling, right down to the accessories. Before the night ended, she reportedly changed into a sculptural Schiaparelli Spring 2026 Haute Couture ball gown from the brand's *The Agony & The Ecstasy* collection for the afterparty, a black bustier silhouette adorned with feathers that confirmed she wasn't done surprising anyone.

2. Sydney Sweeney

Sydney Sweeney, 28, wore an archival Pierre Cardin gown from 2007 to the *Euphoria* Season 3 premiere, pairing it with silver heels and jewelry from Effy Jewelry. Reaching back nearly two decades for a couture archive piece is a choice that signals serious fashion intention, and the Pierre Cardin selection in particular is a nod to a house that spent the 1960s and 70s defining space-age glamour before most of her co-stars were born. Set against the chaos of a high-profile premiere with reported tension in the air, the composure of her look spoke for itself. Sometimes the outfit is the statement.

3. Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep wore Prada to *The Devil Wears Prada 2* Seoul premiere, delivering her strongest Miranda-coded red look yet. For the press conference photo call, Streep stepped out in an all-red custom Prada suit styled by Micaela Erlanger. The double-breasted red suit jacket featured an exaggerated collar that sat slightly above her shoulders, while her wide-leg, slightly flared pants matched perfectly. Method dressing rarely lands with this kind of precision: wearing Prada to a *Devil Wears Prada* press tour is so on-the-nose it circles back around to genius. Following her all-red Prada look at the press conference, she then handed the red baton to Anne Hathaway and switched into a sharp black Celine look for the premiere itself, proving she understands exactly how to work a news cycle across two outfits.

The "more" of this month's roundup held its own. The actress Meryl Streep paired a structured grey tweed blazer with statement black buttons with sleek, straight-leg black trousers, finishing the look with classic pointed heels and simple gold jewellery — wait, that styling description actually belongs to Rachel Zegler, who leaned into a gray tweed double-breasted jacket with black trousers at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Understated, yes, but the tailoring did the heavy lifting. Halsey proved that a little black dress never goes out of style, opting for a sleek midi dress with delicate lace trim for the LA premiere of *Our Hero, Balthazar*. Pointed heels and a bold red lip gave the look a classic, vintage feel. And Heidi Klum looked super chic in a floor-length white gown at the premiere of *The Drama*, where the blazer-style bodice and one-sleeved design combined classy tailoring with elegance, with smoky eye makeup and dazzling jewellery adding further glamour.

Taken together, this early April stretch made one thing clear: the most compelling red-carpet moments right now belong to women who dress with intention, whether that means reaching into a 2007 archive, leaning into color theory, or doing the most elegant version of a pun in custom Prada.