Best Fashion Looks From the 2022 Venice Film Festival

The annual Venice Film Festival is one of the most glamorous in the world, right alongside the paparazzi-filled red carpets at Cannes. A-list celebrities show up not only to promote their new films, but also to deliver strong style moments and work with top stylists to showcase the best creations from the new ready-to-wear and couture runways. It’s just as much a spectacle for fashion lovers as it is for film buffs. As such, Vogue is rounding up all the best looks from the film festival in one place. 

Kicking off on August 30th, the Venice Film Festival has tons of buzzy movies making their premiere over the next two weeks—meaning all of Hollywood’s top talent will be there. On our radar? Blonde’s Ana de Armas, Bones & All’s Timothée Chalamet, Tár’s Cate Blanchett, and White Noise’s Jodie Turner-Smith, among many others. Turner-Smith is off to an especially strong start: Last night at the festival’s cocktail kick-off event, she wore a Raisa Vanessa’s blue mini dress with a fringed hemline. 

At the same inaugural soirée, Julianne Moore—who is serving as the festival's jury president this year—shone in an Alaïa confetti-print gown with a leather heart-shaped bustier, while Tessa Thompson sported a black tulle Rodarte blazer-dress.

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Festivities in Italy have kicked off on August 31 and will run until September 10. While the festival is one of the premier events in cinema, it also marks a high point in the fashion world, with actors, models, and celebrities regularly doling out one lavish red carpet look after another.

Ahead, we track every single look from the 79th Venice Film Festival, from attendees arriving via boat to the stars stepping out on the red carpet.

‘RHOA’ star Shereé Whitfield Trolled for Shein Look-Alike Clothing Line

Sunday night’s “RHOA” finale saw Whitfield pull off a She by Shereé fashion show — 14 years after a lackluster presentation that her good friend Dwight Eubanks infamously dubbed a “fashion show with no fashions” that was “dreadful.” 

Whitfield’s castmates were thrilled to see She by Shereé materialize following a series of setbacks that were documented on Season 14 of the hit Bravo reality show. 

After going live with her merchandise on Sunday, the designer claimed that the She by Shereé website crashed due to “overwhelming interest” and an “influx of love.” 

Whitfield assured fans that the issue was “being worked on” and urged them to check back in periodically. 

“We are working to get this quickly resolved,” she wrote in a statement. “We wish to serve you soon. Thank you for your interest. Thanks to the customers whom we were able to serve so far tonight.” 

As of Monday afternoon, the site is still down. 

Rihanna Steps Out In Rare "No Limit" Vintage Jersey

Rihanna stepped out in a head-turning XXL look last night in New York City. She opted for baggy wide-leg light wash jeans that ever-so artfully broke at the ankle to reveal a pair of lace-up pointy-toe heels, a Tiffany & Co. jewelry, and an oversized royal blue jersey that had “No Limit” emblazoned in red on the front. (The red seamlessly went with RiRi’s tiny red Balenciaga bag). The vintage top is merch from No Limit Records, which was founded in 1994 by Master P.

Rihanna seems to be on a jersey streak, too: Just last week, she sported an archival blue piece from the TLC’s Fanmail tour that hailed back to 1999. She scored it from New York vintage hub, Procell, and paired it with checked pants, Adidas x Gucci clogs, and a python Tom Ford-era Gucci bag from spring 1996. Back in January, she stepped out in a hulking Jean Paul Gaultier coat, orange leather opera gloves, and another No Limit oversized jersey in shimmering sky blue—also from Procell.

While Rihanna has been seen recently wearing her jersey collection, they have always been a staple in her wardrobe. Since the 2010s, she’s often infused the pieces into her look, whether it is a fitted tank in pink with pants or a simple oversized tank with knee-high stiletto boots—one of her early signatures.

Of course, Rihanna’s jersey style has evolved. Now, the artist, businesswoman, and new mom wears them oversized and brighter than ever. It’s a chic streak.

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Sara Ziff Speaks Out at the Fashion Workers Act Press Conference

Models are not high on the list of professions that garner public sympathy. YouTube is full of supercuts of them falling on the runway. Eyerolls greet their public complaints. As Sara Ziff, founder and executive director of the labor-advocacy group Model Alliance and a former model herself, readily admits, "I think there's very little public sympathy for models or people working in fashion more broadly, because it's seen as a glamorous profession, a privilege, not really a job."

Still, as her organization's work has shown, models are workers. As are stylists, hairstylists, and makeup artists—the people the Fashion Workers Act, a new bill going before the New York State Senate and backed by State Senator Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Karines Reyes, aims to protect. Amid a labor revolution that's happening everywhere from Starbucks to media companies, those behind the bill want to draw attention to the exploitation that can be all too common in the fashion industry. The bill would require management companies to pay creatives within 45 days and cease exploitative practices, like including mystery fees or overcharging models for services.

"I've worked off and on as a model since I was 14 years old and I'm turning 40 next month," Ziff says. "And unfortunately, the very same problems that I encountered as a young model are what we hear about every day through our support line." Models have also aired grievances via the anonymous Instagram account @shitmodelmanagement, which Ziff says the Model Alliance was in touch with in advance of announcing the Fashion Workers Act. Accounts like these have provided an outlet for some models to speak up without risking their livelihoods. "If people are scared and don't feel like they have any other avenue to air their grievances," Ziff says, "then it makes sense that they would use social media in that way."

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