The red carpet at the Venice Film Festival should be accompanied by a clarification: Cate Blanchett is always there to amaze.
The Oscar-winning actress has been a ubiquitous presence at European film festivals like Cannes and Venice, and is set to return to the latter this year to star in Alfonso Cuarón’s new limited series for Apple TV+. Disclaimer. Which means she’ll no doubt be rocking some killer custom looks on the Lido, as she always does. A longtime Giorgio Armani muse, Blanchett often opts for Armani ensembles here, though she’s also been known to re-wear pieces from her personal archive as a way to promote sustainability, eco-conscious moves made hand-in-hand with longtime stylist Elizabeth Stewart.
In DisclaimerBlanchett stars alongside Kevin Kline, Sacha Baron Cohen, Lesley Manville, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Louis Partridge, Gemma Jones and more in the story of a famed documentary journalist who discovers she is an important character in a novel—a novel that reveals a secret she’s been trying to keep hidden.
The series will debut in Venice on Thursday. In view of its imminent arrival in Venice, The Hollywood Reporter took a fashion flashback to revisit some of her best festival looks from years past.