Sustainability’s in Style: Cate Blanchett’s Rewearing Red Carpet Looks at the Venice Film Festival

Cate Blanchett at the "Lovers" premiere at the 2020 Venice Film Festival. Photo by Maria Laura Antonelli/Shutterstock (10765088cd)

In recent years, celebrities have used the red carpet to make a statement. They’ve worn all-black looks, pins with messages, and even auctioned off looks post-event for charity. Last week, the 2020 Venice Film Festival started and Cate Blanchett made her own statement by wearing looks that she wore on the red carpet in the past.

Blanchett is the jury president and she kicked off the opening night’s red carpet in a Esteban Cortazar shimmery navy blue gown with flowy white sleeves and a high-low hem. What’s even more special about the gown is that she wore it at the 2015 BFI London Film Festival premiere for her film Carol.

Blanchett’s stylist, Elizabeth Stewart, posted the look of Instagram with the caption, “IT’S CHIC TO REPEAT! #CateBlanchett has decided to rewear some of her most cherished looks at this year’s Venice Film Festival, like this @estebancortazarofficial worn to tonight’s Opening that was first worn to a premiere in 2015. In her words, Beautiful things can come out of sustainability!”

The next night, Blanchett wore another familiar look from Alexander McQueen that she was seen in at the 2016 BAFTAs. When she wore the look in 2016, the floral red and gold top was paired with a black, feather-covered skirt, but for the Venice Film Festival, the Academy Award-winning actress wore it with black pants and a matching blazer. “#CateBlanchett is committed to a sustainable red carpet. One way is re-working past iconic looks!”, Stewart wrote about the outfit.

These looks as well as the rest of Blanchett’s outfits from the festival will be auctioned off by Stewart’s nonprofit Chic Relief, with 100% of the proceeds going towards UN Women and Facing History and Ourselves. The auction’s being done by Red Carpet Advocacy (RAD) and festival outfits from Tilda Swinton, Demi Moore, Gia Coppola, and Maya Hawke will also be donated.

We look forward to seeing if the rest of Blanchett’s outfits at the Venice Film Festival will be looks from past red carpet events.