Just know, I debated about who should “headline” this Venice Film Festival fashion post. If we were model-obsessed or youth-obsessed, the headliners should probably be Kendall Jenner and Vittoria Ceretti (aka Leo DiCaprio’s girlfriend). Alas, I find the Mara sisters much more interesting. Kate and Rooney Mara costar in Bucking Fastard, which is a Werner Herzog film. It’s technically the second time they’ve been in the same film, but no one wants to talk about Urban Legend 3!!! Anyway, Rooney wore Louis Vuitton and Kate wore Armani. They got a kick out of posing together too, this is the most animated Rooney has ever been on a red carpet. While Rooney’s severe, goth-lite looks kind of bore me, I’m surprisingly enjoying her LV dress. There’s some whimsy to it, right?
Here’s Vittoria Ceretti in Armani Prive. I barely recognized her – the power of a different hairstyle.
Kendall Jenner also wore Armani. From a distance, this looks like a thrift-store find (no disrespect) but upon closer inspection, it’s actually really lovely.
Two bonus looks. Claire Foy at Wednesday night’s Ink premiere, in lipstick red Bottega Veneta, and Parker Posey in Valentino at the Wild Horse Nine premiere on Thursday. Wild Horse Nine is Martin McDonagh’s latest and it’s getting rave reviews in Venice!
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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- Europe, Italy, Lido di Venezia, September 3, 2026: (R) Rooney Mara, (L) Kate Mara attend the red carpet of ‘Bucking Fastard’ during the 83rd Venice International Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 02, 2026 in Venice, Italy.,Image: 1130437278, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: ****World right excluding Italy****, Model Release: no , Credit line: Ottavia Da Re/Agenzia Sintesi/Avalon
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- Claire Foy attends “Ink” Screening And Opening Ceremony red carpet during the 83rd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy on 02 September 2026.,Image: 1130322200, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no , Credit line: Stefano Costantino TTL/Avalon
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- Europe, Italy, Lido di Venezia, September 3, 2026: Kate Mara attend the red carpet of ‘Bucking Fastard’ during the 83rd Venice International Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 02, 2026 in Venice, Italy.,Image: 1130437232, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: ****World right excluding Italy****, Model Release: no , Credit line: Ottavia Da Re/Agenzia Sintesi/Avalon
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- Europe, Italy, Lido di Venezia, September 3, 2026: Rooney Mara, attends the red carpet of ‘Bucking Fastard’ during the 83rd Venice International Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 02, 2026 in Venice, Italy.,Image: 1130437297, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: ****World right excluding Italy****, Model Release: no , Credit line: Ottavia Da Re/Agenzia Sintesi/Avalon
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- Cast attend the red carpet premiere for ‘Wild Horse Nine’ on day 2 of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival Featuring: Kendal Jenner Where: Venice, Italy When: 03 Sep 2026 Credit: IPA/INSTARimages **UK, USA AND AUSTRALIA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Cast attend the red carpet premiere for ‘Wild Horse Nine’ on day 2 of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival Featuring: Vittoria Ceretti Where: Venice, Italy When: 03 Sep 2026 Credit: IPA/INSTARimages **UK, USA AND AUSTRALIA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Cast attend the red carpet premiere for ‘Wild Horse Nine’ on day 2 of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival Featuring: Parker Posey Where: Venice, Italy When: 03 Sep 2026 Credit: IPA/INSTARimages **UK, USA AND AUSTRALIA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- Celebrities at the premiere of the film ‘Bucking Fastard’ at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival at the Palazzo del Cinema Featuring: Kate Mara, Rooney Mara Where: Venice, Italy When: 03 Sep 2026 Credit: Anna Maria Tinghino/Future Image/Cover Images **NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN GERMANY**
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- Celebrities at the premiere of the film ‘Bucking Fastard’ at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival at the Palazzo del Cinema Featuring: Rooney Mara Where: Venice, Italy When: 03 Sep 2026 Credit: Anna Maria Tinghino/Future Image/Cover Images **NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN GERMANY**
It looks like Kendall put her feet on wrong.
You owe me a cup of coffee because I knocked mine over from laughing so hard. 😊😊
Right here friend. ☕️
That small effort at “posing” is the only effort she put in to her appearance. The dress does nothing for her and is drab, and she looks like she did not even bother showering. She is truly a nothing-burger as a model.
Parker Posey has the only look that is remotely interesting here. The other dresses are severe, boring and cheap looking.
When Parker Posey enters the chat, everyone can else can just log off. She’s effortlessly cool.
Kendall Jenner: mother of the groom.
Vittoria Ceretti’s boobs got soot on them, like she had Katy Perry’s boob fireworks that fizzled out before she posed here.
The Mara sisters look scary to me, like glam corpses.
I thought mouldy boobs.
The Rooneys are both beautiful. I just find their looks too severe here. Not just Rooney, Kate too. Kate usually has a bit of a softer approach to her makeup and hair?
Parker Posey is having fun with it. Love her. And I wish I could pull off bright red like Clare Foy does.
Claire Foy and Parker Posey are the real ones, both just impossibly cool. I don’t have an issue with the Mara sisters. They’re in some great films. As two odd looking uber rich nepos they’re fine but I’m not tripping over anything in my rush to care about either one.
Love Parker Posey, the original manic pixie dreamgirl.
Ok, sorry not sorry, but every look shown here is problematic for me.
Rooney: upper part of the dress manages to look like cheap satin, the bulge of black flowers at the bottom is just ugly, and the length is awful. This is the kind of dress that looked spectacular in the designer’s sketch but in 3D just flopped.
Kate: better, but there is something very strange about the way that bodice is constructed, with that round piece in the center. It makes her boobs look very weird. And her necklace is completely wrong for the dress.
Vittoria: As others mentioned, why go out of the house with mildewed breasts? Just no.
Kendall: dress may be gorgeous at a dinner party but it’s blah on the carpet. The weird length again here, and ladies, stop posing cross-legged. You either look like you’re malformed, frightened, or have to pee. It never works well, ever.
Claire: accessories fail. The mis-matched color & texture of the long gloves manages to make the dress look cheap. Matching lipstick does not help anything. Her hair is unfortunate, and her jewelry is boring at best, again detracts from the dress.
Parker: love the attitude and the curls, but the dress plus the pose is giving dollar store angel with neck restraints.
So. My apologies to all for my snarky fashion vent!
HA! I love your analysis. I thought you were gonna drop tea on all of them being problematic people. I’m so relieved. I don’t mind the fashion snark. That’s what we’re here for. I still think Parker & Clare can do no wrong, but everyone needs a little snark to stay humble. 😉
@MightyMolly thank you, friend!
I love doing fashion snark, it’s especially amusing given I could never look one tenth as good on my best day as anyone I snark about.
Parker Posey’s look and pose knocked me out. Such a very talented and funny comedian. I’d love to see her in more movies, TV shows, etc. She’s a real gem and always brings it. Just love her.
Honestly everyone looks great here EXCEPT the two models — they are snoozefests. Rooney and Kate both have dresses that are just slightly avant-garde enough, and of course Parker Posey is amazing.
Who did this to my Claire??!!! It’s terrible. She could’ve worn anything but droopy dress and wrong color, unnecessary gloves.