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Venice Film Festival 2020: Red Carpet Fashion & Face Masks


Tue 08 Sep 2020 | 11:03 PM
Sara Goda

The 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival is one of the first major events to take place in Europe since the coronavirus outbreak which led to the cancellation of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival event earlier this year.

The festival organizer La Biennale di Venezia is proud of having shown that the festival can happen in spite of the pandemic by putting in place all the safety measures that include: mandatory face masks, physical distancing, temperature checks and a wall built around the red carpet to separate the public from the attending celebrities.

Even though the attendance was limited this year, many celebrities still showed up on the red carpet in fashionable stylish looks like:

[caption id="attachment_148428" align="aligncenter" width="620"]Cate Blanchett Wearing Alexander McQueen Cate Blanchett Wearing Alexander McQueen[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_148427" align="aligncenter" width="1024"]Cate Blanchett Wearing Esteban Cortazar Cate Blanchett Wearing Esteban Cortazar[/caption]

• Cate Blanchett

The Venice Film Festival jury president showed up wearing a cape dress by Esteban Cortazar with a medical face mask. Blanchett also greeted the Venice Film Festival director Alberto Barbera by touching elbows to follow the safety measures.

At the screening of the “Amants” film, Blanchett arrived wearing Alexander McQueen. She wore a hand-embroidered floral asymmetric top with wool silk trousers.

[caption id="attachment_148430" align="aligncenter" width="634"]Tilda Swinton Wearing Chanel with James Merry Face Mask Tilda Swinton Wearing Chanel with James Merry Face Mask[/caption]

• Tilda Swinton

The Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton showed up wearing a white Chanel Haute Couture ensemble and holding a custom-made James Merry face mask that was inspired by Venice’s Rialto Fish Market and sea creatures at both the opening ceremony and the premiere of “Lacci” an Italian romantic drama.

[caption id="attachment_148432" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Taylor Hill Wearing Etro Wrap Dress Taylor Hill Wearing Etro Wrap Dress[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_148431" align="alignnone" width="682"]Taylor Hill Wearing Etro Gown Taylor Hill Wearing Etro Gown[/caption]

• Taylor Hill

The Victoria’s Secret angel showed up wearing an Etro crystal-embroidered floral chiffon gown for the festival’s opening ceremony and the screening of the film “Lacci”. As well as wearing a custom Etro midnight blue velvet and silk satin wrap dress for the film “Amants” premiere.

[caption id="attachment_148434" align="aligncenter" width="1000"]Lotte Verbeek Wearing Alberta Ferretti Lotte Verbeek Wearing Alberta Ferretti[/caption]

• Lotte Verbeek

The Dutch “Outlander” actress walked the red carpet in an Alberta Ferretti dress ahead of the opening ceremony. Verbeek is the star of the upcoming psychological drama “The Book of Vision” that is opening Venice Critics’ Week.

[caption id="attachment_148433" align="aligncenter" width="320"]Stacy Martin Wearing Louis Vuitton Stacy Martin Wearing Louis Vuitton[/caption]

• Stacy Martin

The French actress walked the red carpet wearing a mid-length Louis Vuitton dress before the premiere of the French film “Amants”

[caption id="attachment_148435" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Natasha Andrews Wearing Dior Natasha Andrews Wearing Dior[/caption]

• Natasha Andrews

The Australian “Magic in the Moonlight” actress showed up wearing a Dior dress at the “Amants” film premiere.

 

Many other celebrities like Claire Denis and Pedro Almodóvar showed some remarkable summer ensembles with face masks in the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival that started on Wednesday, September 2nd and is set to end on Wednesday, September 12th.