There are two women currently restoring our faith in Hollywood glamour. Jodie Turner-Smith and Julianne Moore are both having an excellent Venice Film Festival and it’s only day two. From water-taxi tailoring to directional photo-call looks, the actors are putting their stamp on floating-city chic and seemingly having a ball.
Last night’s official opening ceremony was a sequins-strewn extravaganza, with Moore’s Valentino cape deserving a special mention. Her sheer tulle gown and superhero overlay were peppered with colorful paillettes that looked like fireworks on the star, and shone all the brighter with a smattering of Cartier jewelry. The message? There’s no sell-by date on this kind of fashion fantasy. You can wear a glittering cape however old you are. Visible big black knickers too.
Of course a glowing Julianne Moore, who swears by chlorophyll and keeping her face mobile, defied her 61 years. The actor’s new stylist, Kate Young, is a master of these tantalizingly sheer looks, which somehow seem demure thanks to all that dripping embellishment. Remember Dakota Johnson’s Gucci Met Gala catsuit? That was Young’s work. Jennifer Lawrence’s tinsel-effect Dior maternity red-carpet wear? Yep, Young too. After Moore’s Venice moment, we have a feeling more celebs will be calling up the power player.
The switch from Leslie Fremar, with whom Moore worked for years, to Young is an interesting one. While the former is known for her pretty-tough fashion (think Jennifer Connelly and Charlize Theron), Young’s clients sit in the unabashedly feminine fashion camp (check out her work with Sienna Miller and Selena Gomez). What’s next for Moore? If her trajectory under Young so far is anything to go by—all explosive Alaïa polka dots and oversized Celine suiting—we’ll see her breaking out of her usual Tom Ford– and Louis Vuitton–shaped box and accelerating into her mid- 60s in agenda-setting pieces. Bring it on.
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