The Venice Film Festival red carpet should come with a disclaimer: Cate Blanchett always comes to slay.
The Oscar-winning actress is a ubiquitous presence at European film festivals like Cannes and Venice, to the latter of which she is scheduled to return this year as the star of Alfonso Cuaron’s new Apple TV+ limited series Disclaimer. That means she will undoubtedly turn out some show-stopping custom looks on the Lido like she always does. A longtime muse of Giorgio Armani, Blanchett often picks Armani ensembles here though she’s also been known to re-wear gowns from her personal archive as a way to promote sustainability, eco-conscious moves made arm-in-arm with longtime stylist Elizabeth Stewart.
In Disclaimer, Blanchett stars opposite Kevin Kline, Sacha Baron Cohen, Lesley Manville, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Louis Partridge, Gemma Jones and others in the story of a famed documentary journalist who discovers that she is a prominent character in a novel, one that reveals a secret she has tried to keep hidden.
The series will premiere in Venice on Thursday. Ahead of her imminent arrival in Venice, The Hollywood Reporter put together a fashion flashback to revisit some of her best festival looks of years past.
Gucci
Blanchett arrives at the Excelsior Hotel in a Gucci royal blue short-sleeved jumpsuit with a matching belt.
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Armani Privé
Blanchett, at the fest’s closing ceremony on Sept. 12, 2020, stepped out in a strapless Armani Privé spring 2020 dress that featured a red beaded bodice worn under an ikat print embroidered cape. Brava!
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Armani Privé, 2018
Blanchett attended the A Star Is Born premiere on Aug. 31, 2018, and looked like a star in this black velvet gown accessorized with Chopard earrings.
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Armani Privé, 2019
Blanchett attended the Joker premiere on Aug. 31, 2019.
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Alexander McQueen
Cate Blanchett attended the Di Yi Lu Xiang premiere on Sept. 8, 2020 in this outfit.
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Roksanda
For a Tar photo call on Sept. 1, 2022, the veteran star wore a baby blue suit with elegant pleated pants and a cowl neck top with piping detail.
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Louis Vuitton
On a night when she was honored with a best actress trophy for her work in Tar, Blanchett wore a black silk gown styled with Louis Vuitton High Jewelry — and the Coppa Volpi cup.
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Armani
As the jury president, she wore a striped jumpsuit from the fashion house’s pre-fall 2020 collection.
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Alexander McQueen
The jury president added drama to her black tuxedo suit in 2020 with a hand-embroidered floral patched asymmetric top that she previously wore to the BAFTAs back in 2016.
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Schiaparelli
Blanchett shut down the Tar red carpet on Sept. 1, 2022 in a look by Daniel Roseberry that featured a black velvet corset accentuated by an explosion of multi-colored flowers at the bust.
Armani Privé
Blanchett walked the red carpet at the Suspiria premiere on Sept. 1, 2018, wearing a black velvet gown with gold bodice and Chopard jewelry.
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Esteban Cortazar
For the opening ceremony on Sept. 2, 2020, the sustainability-minded fashionista wore a dress from Cortazar that she previously wore in 2015 to a London Film Festival screening of Carol.
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