All the glamour from the 79th Venice Film Festival

The 79th Venice Film Festival has kicked off last night running until September 10, with the festival celebrating art in cinema but also living up to its glamorous tradition of a spectacular red carpet that marks a fashion highlight in the busy summer calendar.

The stars arrived in droves: host of the opening evening, Spanish actress and model Rocío Muñoz Morales, was elegance personified in a Giorgio Armani silk velvet gown. Giorgio Armani also dressed American actress Tessa Thompson who walked on the red carpet in Giuseppe Zanotti heels, as well as model Madisin Rian in a spectacularly shapely Armani Privé gown.

Julianne Moore, president of the jury, stepped on the red carpet in a gorgeous Valentino dress from the 2023 collection, while actress and director Greta Gerwig wore a Valentino look from the 2022 Promenade collection, and Raffey Cassidy glistened in another shimmering Valentino Haute Couture dress.

British actress Jodie Turner-Smith stunned in a custom Gucci gown embroidered with crystals and completed with exclusive pieces from the Gucci High Jewelry Hortus Deliciarum collection. Actress Zión Moreno wore a breezy and summery custom-made dress by Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini, handmade from mint green silk.

Italian model Bianca Brandolini looked effortlessly beautiful in an elaborate two-piece tulle gown by Giambattista Valli, while model Alessandra Ambrosio wore an eye-catching silk chiffon gown by Ermanno Scervino.