Kerry McDermott

The autumn film festivals are approaching, but we’re far more likely to see a star on a picket line than a red carpet right now. To make up for it, revisit some sensational looks from Venice Film Festival through the years.

Spice Girl Melanie C married her partner, the Australian model and producer Chris Dingwall, in Cumbria on Saturday. She gave British Vogue an exclusive look inside the ceremony – and the story behind her dress, a custom look by her friend and former bandmate, Victoria Beckham.

Monday night saw Gucci-clad guests including Salma Hayek Pinault, Lila Moss and Kaytranada gather at Dante in Claridge’s to raise a toast to the top seed ahead of Wimbledon 2026.

The red carpet that made Elizabeth Hurley an overnight star was in London – she famously wore a Versace LBD held together with safety pins to join her then boyfriend Hugh Grant at the premiere of Four Weddings and a Funeral. But the British bombshell concocted a glamazon look to rival it not long after. The year was 1997, and Hurley was on Grant’s arm at a screening in Cannes, wearing a leopard-print gown that was strapless, clinging and – decades before the naked dress craze – almost entirely s…

Unsurprisingly, the night’s best looks came from A-listers who closely considered the theme and dress code.

Who says a white dress is your only option? Discover the stylish celebrity brides who chose to say their vows in colour

“My image and my voice have taken on a life of their own,” says the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, whose book is published in the UK this week. “I didn’t expect that, but I live it with a great sense of mission.”

From ‘Better Things’ to ‘Barry’.

In the days before being a big movie star automatically meant locking yourself into a luxury brand ambassadorship, the awards season fashion stakes – and the stress levels  – were a little lower.

Naomi Watts brought her daughter as her date to the Khaite show as the autumn/winter 2024 collections opened in New York.