That is the seventh yr that Armani has been the official magnificence sponsor of the Venice Worldwide Movie Pageant, getting actresses from Cate Blanchett to Sydney Sweeney crimson carpet prepared. The competition kicked off on Aug. 28 and can proceed till Sept. 7, with stars together with Blanchett, Clara Galle, Kaya Scodelario and Ncuti Gatwa — in addition to some competition company — touched up within the model’s Luminous Silk line.

Armani is hoisted up with its personal luxurious magnificence suite on the Excelsior Lodge on the island of Lido. This yr the model’s magnificence merchandise on show are the Luminous Silk basis and the Luminous Silk Acqua highlighter — which hasn’t launched but however was a pre-launch only for the competition. It really works to mix the complexion, giving it a glow, whereas the Prisma Glass lip gloss with its oil-in-glass expertise offers the face multidimensional quantity and shine.

On Saturday night time, Armani Magnificence hosted a star-studded soiree — their Passione Social gathering on the Arsenale di Venezia — the place the visitor record included Sweeney, Richard Gere, Zac Efron, Eva Inexperienced, Sadie Sink, Chase Stokes and Swizz Beatz. Friends danced to performances by The Blaze and Victoria De Angelis, whereas they have been invited to find “what makes your coronary heart beat,” which served because the night time’s theme. It was additionally a second the place the competition may see Giorgio Armani’s love for Venice and cinema all wrapped up into one occasion.

Mr. Armani isn’t any stranger to movie. He has been capable of weave his love of vogue design into the cinema world the place he has acted as costume designer for Gere’s wardrobe in American Gigolo, in addition to for The Untouchables, Shaft, The Darkish Knight Rises, The Social Community, Mission Unattainable: Ghost Protocol, The Wolf of Wall Road, and Julia Roberts and George Clooney’s 2022 rom-com Ticket to Paradise.

A part of the model’s competition duties this yr is to current the Armani Magnificence Viewers Award – Orizzonti Further. Orizzonti is a aggressive part of the competition that solely focuses on new traits in international cinema, particularly within the space of innovation and originality.