Keeping the peace: Zendaya flashed a V-sign as she headed out in New York on Wednesday

And while her fedora, grey trousers and high heels were hard to ignore, it was her biker jacket with leather strap sleeves that will have had the fashion police scrambling.

Zendaya looks like she is determined to kick on after a busy 2013.

The Shake It Up star released not only her self-titled album, but also a book called Between U And Me.

The tome is to give advice to teens and help inspire them.

Hell bent for leather: The fashion forward performer turned heads thanks to this jacket

Chic chick: The singer and actress seemed delighted with her unusual choice of outfit

The young star insisted she tried to make negatives into positives.

She said: ‘The most important thing is to always think about the positive over the negative.

‘Our instinct is to think about the bad things happening in our lives, but at the end of the day it’s always more about the people who love you.’

In a rearly big hurry: But the fame hungry star made sure she poised before hopping into her taxi

And off she goes: She seemed to be having a great time hamming it up as she got set to leave