Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey had its Paris premiere at Le Grand Rex on the night of July 8th, the same evening Pierpaolo Piccioli was showing his Balenciaga couture debut across town, making for one of the more fashion-saturated Wednesdays Paris has seen in years. The film, which opens globally on July 17th, is an adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek epic following Odysseus on his journey home after the Trojan War, with Matt Damon in the title role alongside Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, Charlize Theron, Tom Holland, and John Leguizamo. The press tour has maintained a loosely Grecian sartorial thread throughout, draped silhouettes, classical references, white as a recurring colour, and Paris brought that approach to its most complete expression yet.
Zendaya
Zendaya wore a custom Louis Vuitton design to the Paris premiere, a long white, open-backed dress with a matching cropped bolero featuring frilled lace details, coordinated with white satin pumps. The ensemble took roughly 800 hours of work to create and carried a distinct boudoir influence through its delicate lace and soft layers of tulle, ethereal without being overwrought, a modern interpretation of the mythological world her character Athena inhabits throughout the film. White has become the defining colour of this press tour, and this was its fourth and most refined iteration.
Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway arrived in a custom Louis Vuitton gown inspired by the brand’s Fall 2026 collection, a long brown silk empire plissé dress with a leather top featuring frilled details, worn with brown satin platform sandals. The rich brown palette looked a warmth that read as elegant rather than heavy, a Mother Earth, goddess-like quality that sat perfectly within the mythology running through the entire press tour. Both Hathaway and Zendaya choosing Louis Vuitton for the same premiere was a statement about where the house’s red carpet presence currently stands.
Lupita Nyong’o
Nyong’o wore an Armani Privé gown, a sleeveless dress in a deep bordeaux tone with intricate shimmering embellishments throughout, accessorised with Hearts on Fire gold and diamond drop earrings and double-row pavé diamond rings. The bordeaux against the Grand Rex’s exterior gave her look the richest contrast of the evening, a deliberate pivot from the Grecian white register of her co-stars toward something more saturated and commanding.
Matt Damon and Tom Holland
Matt Damon wore a linen and virgin wool chevron suit, twill shirt, and suede loafers from the Brunello Cucinelli Spring/Summer 2026 Menswear Collection, while Tom Holland opted for green. Both men dressed for the occasion without dressing for the mythology, a practical choice that let the women’s looks carry the evening’s visual weight, which they did without difficulty.
The Bigger Picture
The Odyssey press tour has been one of the most consistently well-dressed film campaigns in recent memory, despite the unofficial Grecian-inspired dress code; some stars deviated, favouring contemporary pieces by Tom Ford and shimmering designs by Armani Privé, which kept the tour from collapsing into costume. Zendaya and Law Roach’s approach, method of dressing that incorporated Grecian-inspired pieces alongside contemporary choices, gave the campaign its defining visual consistency. Paris brought it to its best night yet.
