The 2024 Venice Film Festival has arrived, and celebrities are here to serve (looks). While we may have just recovered from the glamour that filtered down the Cannes Film Festival, Venice, a city steeped in romance and history, is dialling up drama. We love a film festival because it promises a week’s worth of red-carpet looks from some of the world’s biggest stars and stylists. For fashion tragics, it’s almost comparable to the Olympics.
Some of the biggest films being celebrated this year feature our favourite stars. Jenna Ortega of Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice wall by strutting the red carpet, and Angelina Jolie, whose film Maria is debuting, has already delighted us. And, Lady Gaga will be taking to the red carpet with Joaquin Pheonix for Joker: Folie à Deux.
The annual event celebrating cinema kicked off on Wednesday, August 28th. La Biennale di Venezia organizes it, which will run until September 9th. We’ll be keeping our beady eyes on the red carpet throughout.
The Best Looks At The 2024 Venice Film Festival
Rami Malek and Emma Corrin
In Miu Miu
At the Women’s Tales photocall, Emma wore a 60s style skirt-suit in the colour of the year (ends with “at”) and on-trend pointed-toe kitten heels. Meanwhile, Malek wore a relaxed grey sweater, black slacks and Miu Miu shades.
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Nicole Kidman
In Schiaparelli Fall 2024 Couture and Roberto Coin Jewellery
Nicole Kidman was at her ethereal best in floating Schiaparelli couture at the premiere of Babygirl.
Madisin Rian
In Armani Privé
Madisin Rian glistened in this structured Armani Privé dress.
Cailee Spaeny
In Miu Miu
There was more Miu Miu to be found in Venice with Priscilla star Cailee Spaeny sporting a dramatic peekaboo seafoam green gown.
Emily Ratajkowski
In Gucci Fall/Winter 2004 RTW and Pasquale Bruni Jewellery
Combine EmRata with Tom Ford, and you have a masterclass in sex appeal. Emily Ratajkowski wore a mermaid-esque fringed archival gown from Ford’s 2004 F/W ready-to-wear collection accessorised with diamonds and silver rings from Pasquale Bruni.
Amal and George Clooney
In Atelier Versace
Masters of old-Hollywood couple dressing Amal and George Clooney didn’t disappoint serving old-school glamour in Versace.
Sophie Wilde
In custom Loewe
Sophie Wilde is an Australian fashion superstar on the rise and held her own next to Nicole Kidman on the Babygirl red carpet. Loewe is a master at mixing whimsy and drama, and the structured piece was perfectly accessorised with Wilde’s cheeky floating organza veil. Archival Cartier jewels and Loewe Petal Bow sandals completed a look that felt perfectly “new Hollywood.”
Joe Alwyn
In Custom Gucci
Alywn went monochromic at the premiere of The Brutalist, wearing a custom Bordeaux Gucci suit with brown lace-ups and chocolate-coloured Gucci frames.
Stella Maxwell
In Iris Van Herpen
Former Victoria’s Secret model Stella Maxwell donned a sheer Iris Van Herpen dress.
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Jung Ho-Yeon
In custom Louis Vuitton
The impeccable Jung Ho-Yeon wore a perfectly tailored and draped Louis Vuitton gown to match the red carpet.
Angelina Jolie
In custom Tamara Ralph
On August 29th, Jolie delighted us in custom Tamara Ralph. Her red lip and deconstructed 1940s waves perfectly complimented the old Hollywood look.
Taylor Russell
In custom Loewe and Tiffany & Co. jewellery
Taylor Russel looked perfectly La Dolce Vita in this sweeping chiffon number paired with her signature Tiffany & Co. bling.
Louis Partridge
Custom Prada
Louis Partridge debuted his relationship with Olivia Rodrigo looking like a character in the famous 90s LA Bret Eastern Ellis novella Less Than Zero, the grey suit with a relaxed wide shirt collar and shades paired perfectly with Olivia Rodrigo’s black 90s slip dress.
Jenna Ortega
In custom Dior
We’re not always sold on cut-out dresses here at ELLE. But, Ortega showed us how it’s done in this backless number, making a rare deviation from her all-black Beetlejuice method-dressing.
Winona Ryder
In Chanel
Meanwhile, Ryder did indulge in some method-dressing in this gothic tulle-heavy confection.
Taylor Russell
In Chanel Spring/Summer 1993 couture and Tiffany & Co. jewellery
Taylor Russel showed us the power of archival dressing in this dramatic structured Chanel gown. Her slicked 1920s pixie cut and flushed cheeks tied the look together perfectly.
Monica Bellucci
Custom Vivienne Westwood
We’d clock a Vivienne Westwood snatched waist anywhere, and Belluci showed us why she’s a superstar in this diabolically saucy gown paired with giant shades.
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Zhang Ziyi
FW24 Armani Privé.
Two words to describe this look? Devastatingly chic. Her art-deco Chopard earings are the pièce de résistance.
Taylor Russell
Archival John Galliano with Gianvito Rossi heels.
Taylor Russel’s stylist Jahleel Weaver has been working overtime pulling looks for Venice and, again, served a masterclass in making archival fashion totally contemporary. This Spring 1995 skirt suit was originally paired with Mary-Jane-style heels and a 1940s beauty look on the runway. Russel’s mesh pointed heels with wrap-around ankle ties and monochrome nude beauty look make it feel totally 2024.
Cate Blanchett
Armani Privéwith Louis Vuitton pearls
Blanchett may as well trademark this exact shade of oyster-grey, accentuating the luminous column gown with a string of pearls around her shoulder. We’ll be marching pictures of her messy bob straight to our hair stylists. Impeccable.
Olivia Rodrigo
FW24 Rodarte
Rodrigo’s black FW24 Rodarte slip dress was the perfect compliment to boyfriend Louis Partridge’s 90s grey suit, it was a powerful 90s It-couple serve. We love the semi-transparent finish and 3D floral appliques.
Cate Blanchette
Armani Privé
It wouldn’t be Venice Film Festival without multiple Armani Privélooks from Cate Blanchette, and this velvet, backless suit is one for the books (there are entire Instagram accounts devoted to Blanchett’s penchant for fine tailoring).
Mariacarla Boscono
Custom Ann Demeulemeester by Stefano Gallici and Pomellato Jewellery
If you ask us, there’s not enough Ann Demeulemeester on the red carpet and supermodel Mariacarla Boscono is showing us why. Her chunky boots are the perfect compliment to her liquid silk cowl-necked gown, rough-hewn Gallici necklace, and gothic angel-wing headpiece. Colour us enamoured.
Julianne Moore
Bottega Veneta
Julianne Moore served huge “Mother” with a capital-M energy on the The Room Next Door carpet wearing a Bottega Venetta column gown. The oversized gold tear-shaped earrings were the perfect compliment to the structured dress and slicked-back hair.
Ruby Feneley
After completing a Bachelor of Arts at The University of Sydney (English Literature/Gender and Culture Studies), Ruby started her Australian media career as a media and marketing reporter for Mumbrella after a brief stint working in fashion marketing in New York. An ex-makeup artist, she quickly transitioned to beauty journalism and has held multiple in-house positions as a beauty editor. Ruby’s writing can be found across print and digital titles, including Dazed, GRAZIA, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian Financial Review, Body and Soul, Refinery29, POPSUGAR, Marie Claire and ELLE. Now, she loves covering internet subcultures, TikTok trends, sex and relationships and fashion as much as she loves scouring shopping aisles for the best non-sticky lip gloss and tracking down the perfect pencil for a faux freckle.
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