Cate Blanchett's Best Looks on the Venice Film Festival Red Carpet

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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.

Gucci

Blanchett arrives at the Excelsior Hotel wearing a royal blue short-sleeved Gucci jumpsuit with a matching belt.

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Armani Prive

Blanchett stepped out in a strapless Armani Privé Spring 2020 gown featuring a red beaded bodice worn under an ikat-print embroidered cape at the festival’s closing ceremony on September 12, 2020. Brava!

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Armani Prive, 2018

Blanchett participated in the A star is born She debuted on August 31, 2018 and looked like a star in this black velvet dress, paired with Chopard earrings.

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Armani Prive, 2019

Blanchett participated in the Joker first seen on August 31, 2019.

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Alexander McQueen

Cate Blanchett attended the By Yi Lu Xiang will debut on September 8, 2020 with this dress.

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Rockanda

For a Tar During the September 1, 2022 photoshoot, the veteran star wore a light blue suit with sleek pleated pants and a cowl-neck top with piping details.

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Louis Vuitton

On a night when she was honored with a Best Actress trophy for her work in TarBlanchett wore a black silk dress paired with Louis Vuitton high jewelry and the Volpi Cup.

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Armani

As president of the jury, she wore a striped jumpsuit from the fashion house's pre-fall 2020 collection.

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Alexander McQueen

In 2020, the jury president added a touch of drama to her black tuxedo with an asymmetric top featuring hand-embroidered floral patches, which she had worn at the 2016 BAFTAs.

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Schiaparelli

Blanchett has closed the Tar on the red carpet on September 1, 2022 with a look by Daniel Roseberry featuring a black velvet corset embellished with an explosion of multicolored flowers on the breast.

Armani Prive

Blanchett walked the red carpet at the Sighs will debut on September 1, 2018, wearing a long black velvet dress with a gold bodice and Chopard jewels.

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Esteban Cortazar

For the opening ceremony on September 2, 2020, the sustainability-minded fashionista wore a Cortazar dress that she had previously worn in 2015 for a screening of the film at the London Film Festival. Carol.

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