I thought the Venice Film Festival was winding down, but it’s not over until the 12th (Saturday). I believed we were seeing the final night’s activities because of Cate Blanchett’s fashion choice last night – she wore this Alexander McQueen look for two red carpets, the premiere of Di Yi Lu Xiang and the presentation of the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement. It was the WRONG look to wear for a big night, huh?
Cate actually does this every so often – I feel like she’s asking if we’re paying attention. She’ll wear some hideous dress which no one could pull off and often, the dress looks like someone pulled two of the ugliest looks and sewed them together. So it is here – a giant asymmetrical peplum, half a blazer, a struggle sleeve-ruffle. My God.
I missed covering these two “casual Cate” looks where she was just hanging around the festival during the day. She wore a Triple RRR jumpsuit which… is not cute, but I mostly hate the sneakers. She also wore some PJs, I guess.
Here’s Nathalie Emmanuel in MiuMiu – even though I think she’s underdressed, I kind of like it. Mostly because I love her and her vivacity makes this ensemble really cute.
And here’s Polina Pushkareva in a dress I wish I could fix – the skirt should be black, and then the whole look would greatly improve, right?
Photos courtesy of WENN, Backgrid.
what the everloving f..k.
My thoughts exactly!
Pretty much on all these outfits. Nope. I need a palate cleanse.
Im loving the front of cate’s dress. Am i normal?
What’s with the blazer? What’s with the whole thing?
I say that about the incessant coverage of this Pedophile Cheerleader. Why is Cate given a break for her association with Woody Allen and others are castigated on here. She’s just as complicit.
Too right. She lost me years ago for this very reason. I’m not buying what she’s selling.
And Nathalie looks fresh and young.
Great observation.
Cate is good at diverting attention but may have gone too far: we can think of that outfit as the ‘pedophile cheerleader’ uniform.
TRUE
Oh, dear goddess, that hurt my eyes!
yeah- my first reaction: wtaf is that mess?
Oh Cate!
Cate, clutching her backside looks as though she’s got wind and is trying not to let rip! 😂
Hahahaha!
That was a lot worse than I was imagining based on the headline
Cate’s right arm looks like it is detached from her body
I thought it looked like she as grabbing her own butt.
She’s totally trolling us. It’s kind of nice she maintains her sense of humor.
Yikes!
Absolutely love the MiuMiu, perfection. Kate looks ridiculous in everything here. And those sneakers, my god. The same week Kamala broke the internet in her Chucks too. SMH.
Yes! I love the cut of that skirt. Nathalie Emmanuel is so cute.
The shoes remind me of shoes from doctors for people with one leg shorter than the other, they are quite funny on Cate for some reason to me.
It’s just my opinion, but I feel that Cate has lost her fashion mojo a few years ago. Nw she dresses like a rich old frail lady who plays bridge in the afternoon and never walks if she can help it.
I like the pajama look a lot in theory except that it does look a little too pajama-y to be wearing out, if that makes sense.
She looks incredibly good, I think, seemingly not aging much but also not displaying any obvious work.
I don’t know why but I have the feeling that she is trying to pull of the “Tilda Swinton” thing and failing miserably.
All outfits awful and one stands out as a bit underdressed (miu miu)
I think one of points of any film festival is for “stars” to wear crazy couture. All of these women have succeeded because we are talking about them and their clothes.
Every piece of every look posted could be reworked for a normal person and look great. Get rid of Cate’s one-armed black jacket and you will be left with a stunning princess dress.
However, if you have seen one stunning princess dress you have seen them all, hence the one-armed black jacket. If I were at the Venice film festival, I would wear that one-armed black jacket. LOL!
BayTampaBay- yes!!! I totally agree, I much prefer interesting and unique to pretty and predictable. Cate takes risks on the red carpet. Sometimes they pay off and sometimes it’s a bellyflop but at least she’s giving us something to have an opinion about. Especially in these horrible times, I appreciate the wacky stuff even more.
It seems Cate is trying to use her Carte Blanchett a little too often right now.
*rolls eyes*
I just can’t with the McQueen, hate the sneakers, the PJs would be nice around the house. But the tie-dyed, wrinkled, ill-fitting jumpsuit takes the cake.
Carte Blanchett lmao!
Ha, ha! I know Kaiser hates bangs, buttons, and peplums, so I was prepared to think Cate’s dress was OK. WRONG! It’s horrendous!!!
That white dress thing = I like the fabric part but the chunks of window blinds parts are no good.
Why is she grabbing her butt? Quirky? Bleh. Try just looking good and behaving politely.
I guess anything for attention.
I don’t know…. it’s ridiculous, and I kind of love it for that reason.
I love Cate Blanchett, but I have to wonder if McQueen stole that basic dress design from Lady St. Petsois JuJu of Bridesmaids the movie fame (remember Lillian’s wedding dress???).
So bad.
It is a bonkers dress, but the more I look At it, I like it? !!
Those sneakers, no bueno.
😅😂🤣😭
Death by frills & peplum….
I can’t believe the blazer is part of the dress. Why?
I could be wrong but a while before the Ask Her More campaign, I got the feeling that Cate had something against the “fashion” aspect of her job. It’s as if it bothered her so she trolls people with her looks.
I don’t care for any of these fashions.
Nathalie is so pretty!
I like the FASHION!! element of it, but I think the ruffle is too much. I wonder if you cut that peplum off if the look would be more streamlined in its avant garde presentation. It’s a shame the jumpsuit got wrinkled in the car, otherwise it would be the most casual fun looking of the bunch.
That dress on Polina Pushkareva is clearly designed for someone with no breasts. How else would that bodice even work otherwise? The underboob just throws off the fit. It’s not like she’s even excessively large in the chest, geez.
Cate’s In ‘n Out ensemble is hideous, her painting coveralls are hideous, Polina’s Hannibal Lecter dress is hideous, but WHAT in the name of all that is holy is that Transformer dress-blazer abomination?
Very Victor/Victoria. I hate it.
But not more than that wrinkled, ill-fitting onesie pair with corrective platform sneakers 😱
Tilda’s street pajama game was way better.
OMG!!! I cant believe she agreed to wear that. Nathalie looks fab as always
I saw the headline and thought how I actually like a good peplum! But scrolled down and that is NOT good! 😂😂😂
It looks like some other half-person is reaching over her shoulder to give her bum a squeeze!
LOL
Those all ugly except for the Miu Miu.
Always a fashion victim. I don’t like her acting that much and she loses more points on the Woody Allen thing. However I like she does admit Marion Cotillard is better than her as an actress (they’re often described as the two best of their generation).
Cate, I know you think you’re being fashion-forward…but this outfit is a hate crime…a hate crime against individuals with working eyes.
She’s always talked about as gorgeous and beautiful woman, but I just can’t see it?
All I see is a rich white woman who will most definitely call the police when she sees me or my friends walking in front of her house.
Her skills as an actress are also greatly exaggerated.
Cherry on top: She’s a Woody and Polanski cheerleader.