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How to: style lessons. What remains of the Venetian red carpet

Fashion before the premiere at the 82nd Film Festival was a sequence of manifesto choices. Some were so precise as to anticipate the guidelines of the next season and its most important debuts.

by Nicoletta Ferrari

4' min read

4' min read

Apparently sober choices, vintage quotes, diamond jewellery, lots of black. Silhouettes of complex simplicity, almost banal at first glance, but ready to become style tips that introduce the season. Plus, a preview of the creative directors who will debut on the catwalks next autumn.

Strict understatement on the opening red carpet for the film La grazia, directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Tilda Swinton in Chanel. Silk blouse and wide skirt, Sillage and Tweed Brodé rings in white gold diamonds from the maison's high jewellery collection. Cate Blanchet in Armani Privé. The vintage dress already used by the actress in 2022 at the Sag Awards, has macro opaque stones on the neckline. Optimisme earrings in white gold with two LV Monogram Star-cut diamonds from the Louis Vuitton high jewellery collection. Tony Servillo, winner of the Coppa Volpi for Best Actor, chose an impeccable single-breasted one-button dinner jacket, poplin shirt with cufflinks and hand-knotted bow tie.

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Father Mother Sister Brother, written and directed by Jim Jarmush, is the winning film at the Venice Film Festival 2025, co-produced by Saint Laurent Production. On the red carpet, the director wore a tuxedo and trousers in grain de poudre wool, a poplin shirt and the ever-present SL766 all-black glasses by Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello. The fashion house also dressed Charlotte Rampling in a long silk jacket with surmounted lacing and tapered trousers, satin top and pointed ballet flats. At the premiere, Vicky Krieps made her debut as brand ambassador for Bottega Veneta in a paneled gown custom designed by new creative director Louise Trotter, in grain de poudre, with Intreccio earrings, rings and Drop bracelet from the Fine Jewellery collection.

Menswear and creative partnerships for Luca Guadagnino and Julian Schnabel. The director of After the Hunt, wore a Dior single-breasted jacket in silk with small fil-coupé flower embroidery, textured wool trousers and matt leather derbies. The whole look was designed by Jonathan Arderson, the fashion house's new creative director, with whom the close collaboration also continues on screen.

The Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award is dedicated to outstanding figures who have made an original contribution to the art of filmmaking. This year it went to Julian Schnabel. The award, symbolised by a trophy in the shape of a panther's head created by the Cartier High Jewellery ateliers in Paris, was mirrored on Jean Schlumberger's iconic Tiffany Bird on the Rock brooch, in platinum and yellow gold with diamonds and rubies, pinned to the artist's lapel.

Benedetta Porcaroli awarded as best actress in the Orizzonti series, starring in the film The Abduction of Arabella, written and directed by Carolina Cavalli, marked her presence in Laguna with a very precise style signature: Prada. For the arrival a bare-shouldered short, with yellow gold chain bracelets by Pomellato. Long, romantic but ironic, the dress chosen for the screening, with small flowers on a white background with a lace profile. For this look, the Rivière Zigzag necklace with irregularly cut green tourmalines on yellow gold and diamonds, a unique piece from the Pomellato High Jewelry collection and Nudo ring in diamonds. A black duchesse dress embellished with a basque to emphasise the waist and high necklines in burgundy satin, for the last day's award ceremony.

Atelier Preview for Julia Roberts at her first time at the Venetian show in a long gown designed on her by Dario Vitale at the helm of Atelier Versace, in blue-black crepe de chine, meticulously hand inlaid with a silk damier degrade. For the red carpet of Jay Kelly, Alba Rohrwacher wore a Dior Haute Couture in bright blue silk with long sleeves, draping on the bodice and panier on the back of the dress, according to JW Anderson's new geometries for the fashion house. To Jacob Elordi, Louise Trotter dedicated her menswear debut for Bottega Veneta, with a preview of a six-button double-breasted coat worn over over trousers, for the screening of Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.

For each red carpet, even the looks of Eleonora Fanelli, 'the godmother no longer a godmother', paid homage to the grand evening and the impeccable yet disenchanted Italian style. For the Giorgio Armani opening, the metallic silver bustier dress, with sequins and crystal micro-applications, draped waist. Worn with a necklace, drop earrings and white gold and diamond bracelet, Cartier Pluie collection. On the red carpert of In the Hand of Dante, directed and co-directed by Julian Schnabel, Fendi Archive dress: ton sur ton beaded embroidery and balloon sleeves. Long necklace and earrings in white gold, emeralds, rock crystal, onyx and diamonds and rings with the same stones, Cartier High Jewelry, Sixieme Sense collection. For the screening of Father Mother Sister Brother, a double-breasted jacket-dress down to the feet, worn bare, by Kiton. For Luca Guadagnino's After the Hunt, she choseMax Mara Resort, a dress with a strapless straight neckline and wide, micro-sequined skirt. For the dinner at Palazzo dei Dogi, a black column dress with horizontal overlays and micro beaded fringes by Armani Privé. By Armani Beauty the luminous make-up with eyes defined by neutral tones and intense lashes, rosy nude lips. For the final evening a silk obi-effect bandeau top over a crystal fringed skirt supported by a macro stone belt, Armani Privé. By Cartier High Jewelry the two-strand necklace with Panthère clasp in white gold, diamonds, emeralds and onyx; pendant earrings in platinum and diamonds.

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