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Challengers puts luxury brands on centre court - and Jonathan Anderson is the film’s costume mastermind

The new film about love on the all-star tennis circuit has a notable luxury fashion focus thanks to Irish designer and film outfitter Jonathan Anderson

Mike Faist, Zendaya and Josh O’Connor form an uncomfortable love triangle. Picture by Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures

Roger Federer has done campaigns for Rolex, as have Rafael Nadal for Armani and Serena Williams for Audemars Piguet. Tashi Duncan and Art Donaldson? They have Aston Martin.

Tashi and Art are fictional characters played by Zendaya and Mike Faist in Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers.

In the movie, they promote brands just as their real-life counterparts would. When she’s an up-and-coming junior star, Tashi has an Adidas campaign.

When Art becomes a superstar, he wears Uniqlo. An Aston Martin billboard becomes a ...