The Venice Film Festival red carpet isn’t the only chance for celebrities to serve looks. From press junkets to canal-side photo ops, there are numerous paparazzi moments in the City of Water.
Penélope Cruz disembarked her own speedboat wearing head-to-toe Chanel on Monday, September 5. The actor looked chic in jeans printed with the double-C emblem, a black-and-white bouclé tweed waistcoat and matching jacket, platforms, aviators, and statement logo earrings. Naturally, Cruz is a fan of Chanel’s classic quilted bags, and she carried a smart circular clutch with a chain handle for her moment in the spotlight.
Cruz has been a Chanel ambassador since Karl Lagerfeld’s tenure (she attended her first show in 1999), so it’s become customary practice for her to fly the flag for the brand. The actor selected a printed halter-neck dress from the Resort 2023 collection to wear for the photo call of L’Immensità, and she wore a long-sleeve lace gown from Virginie Viard’s autumn-winter 2022 couture collection for the film’s premiere.
Last year she took to the red carpet in a breathtaking Chanel couture look made from black mikado, with an ecru silk tulle petticoat embellished with petal flounces, which took more than 300 hours to create in the Parisian atelier. “I’ve been in the ateliers many times over the years, visiting all the women creating the dresses…. They never leave the dress unless it’s 100 percent perfect,” Cruz has said of the work of the petite-mains.
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