Venice sits alongside Cannes as the most stylish film-themed red carpet event of the year, drawing a sizable crowd of A-listers and European It-girls all abiding by the sartorial maxim 'more is more'.
The 73rd Venice Film Festival that just kicked off in Italy brings some of the world's biggest stars―wearing some of the most beautiful gowns―to the red carpet at Italy's most romantic city. This year's mega event was no different as big Hollywood names like Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Natalie Portman, Denzel Washington, Sam Mendes, Mel Gibson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Alicia Vikander, Naomi Watts, Amy Adams, etc were seen at the star-studded festival.
Here are the best hair and make-up moments so far.
Mel Gibson’s pacifist World War II drama Hacksaw Ridge received a roughly 10-minute standing ovation at Venice at the weekend, something of a rarity at that particular film festival.
Hacksaw Ridge centres on the real-life story of Desmond T. Doss, a conscientious objector who saved 75 fellow soldiers in Okinawa without firing a single bullet; a pacifist, he in fact refused to even carry a gun. “While everybody else is taking life, I’m going to be saving it,” Doss (Garfield) says in the trailer, giving a passionate defence of his stance that eventually wins over his officers.
Watch it here.
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Italian models Giulia Salemi and Dayane Mello certainly left a lasting impression on the Venice Film Festival after they suffered very embarrassing wardrobe malfunctions.
The duo appeared to forget their underwear and bared more than they bargained for in VERY revealing frocks as they walked the red carpet for the showing of new TV series The Young Pope on Saturday.
Dayane flashed the flesh in an extravagant pink frock that fell off her shoulders with giant puff-ball sleeves, adding a silver belt around her waist.
The dress was slashed from the waist down, but that caused problems for the model when the dress fell aside and exposed her crotch, which was on near-full display.
Fellow model Giulia suffered a similar problem at the same screening.
She wore a revealing deep plunge orange dress which barely covered her private parts, and she also suffered an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction which showed off her visible bikini tan line.
The actress is member of the jury for this year’s Venice film festival, which runs until 10 September.
