Italian dressmaker Giorgio Armani introduced sparkle and stars to the canal metropolis on Saturday with a “One Night Only” trend present coinciding with the eightieth Venice Film Festival.

The 89-year-old designer placed on a playful, cinema-inspired present for his superstar friends. His Armani Prive assortment was constructed round harlequin-patterned couture creations, usually paired with ruffled collars.

Dresses, tops, trousers and headpieces shimmered with sequins. Splashes of brilliant blues, greens and pinks had been added to the largely black ensembles, with silhouettes skin-tight or floaty. The Venice Film Festival has lacked its normal star energy this yr with many Hollywood A-listers pressured to shun the occasion due to the actors’ strike.

However, Armani, one among Italy’s best postwar designers, had no drawback filling town’s outdated armoury with glitz and glamour. Actors Jessica Chastain, Sophia Loren, Sydney Sweeney and Rege-Jean Page and filmmakers Ang Lee and Ava DuVernay had been among the many well-known faces within the entrance row. Armani’s “One Night Only” trend spectacles have beforehand been held in cities together with Tokyo, New York, London and Dubai.

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