Austin Butler Wore White Eyeliner At The Last "Dune" Premiere, And People Are Really, Really Loving It

    It's baby steps, people. Baby steps.

    Matt Stopera
    by Matt Stopera

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Zendaya has been absolutely eating everyone up at the Dune: Part Two red carpets.

    Close-up of Zendaya in elegant attire posing on the red carpet
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    From London...

    Zendaya wearing a futuristic metallic bodysuit with a high neck and structured shoulders
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    ...to Seoul...

    Zendaya in fitted patterned dress and heels on the red carpet
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    ...to New York.

    Zendaya in a white long-sleeve gown with cut-out details and gold accents, posing at a Dune event
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    She's been making her male costars look boring and basic.

    Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya on a staged area, he in a black top with metallic pants, and she in a glossy sculptural outfit
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    The men have, quite simply, not been putting in the work!

    zendaya is in archive mugler. timothee is in. t shirt https://t.co/Wzhn8bg9F9

    — melissa (@farnabysknee) February 16, 2024
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    But now it seems that we have a glimmer of hope at the Dune 2 New York City premiere, where Austin Butler took the tiniest of fashion "risks."

    Austin and Zendaya posing at a premiere, with him in a sharp suit and tie and her in a sleek dress
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    He wore white eyeliner, and people seem to really, really like it.

    Close-up of Austin Butler in an interview, wearing a white shirt and tie and eyeliner, discussing "Dune: Part Two"
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    A post about the eyeliner has over 30,000 likes on X.

    OHHH the white eye pencil ate so bad pic.twitter.com/8xrzU61IHG

    — lay (@saoirdaya) February 26, 2024
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    "Please save me Austin Butler with white eyeliner," this fan said.

    Please save me Austin Butler with white eyeliner, please save me!!!!! pic.twitter.com/uU1T5kL3UG

    — Eve❔ (@finallyeve) February 26, 2024
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    "[T[hank you Jesus for giving us make up," another fan said.

    like OH MY GOD thank you Jesus for giving us make up https://t.co/q5biTGyOII

    — angelita (@_piradxinha_) February 26, 2024
    Twitter: @_piradxinha_

    Other people pointed out, well, his Elvis accent.

    I’ll tell you one thing, his ass did not unlearn the Elvis accent https://t.co/4dCtQLyoFN

    — alxndr (@alexaldente) February 26, 2024
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    Either way, I know it's extremely small, but baby steps are baby steps. Progress is progress!

    whatever you say beautiful https://t.co/YgHVBXXUpl pic.twitter.com/qIxXtaKK1P

    — bee (@beepupkin) February 26, 2024
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    Now, let's get back to our regularly scheduled program of anticipating what Law Roach dresses Zendaya in next...

    Zendaya in a metallic robot-inspired outfit and Law in a long coat with a hood
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