Taylor Russell in custom Alaia

This would have gone a lot further for me if it didn't have the dropped waist, although it IS still basically a longline bib. She's so good at pulling off striking clothes that I don't LIKE, per se, but which make for a good photo. The umbrella obviously was functional -- it was drizzling -- but this whole snap is charming.

Ella Purnell in Armani

She is stunning -- her eyes, her bone structure, it's wild -- and this is beautiful on her. One of my favorites from the weekend.

Ncuti Gatwa in Armani

WHAT a charmer.

Camila Mendes in Armani

We had a lot of Armani ambassadors present, and they did right by Camila here. That's a tough color, but she looks perfect.

Eva Green in Armani 2017

The head is great, the shoes are good, the middle... feels like someone was getting rid of a tulle scrap.

Sophie Wilde in custom Loewe

Speaking of tulle scraps. Is this... a demi-blindfold? A fashion visor? A tribute to virtual-reality goggles?

Zhang Ziyi in Chanel

AGAIN WITH THE SCRAPS. We're in good shape until suddenly the dress appears to be ejecting part of itself.

Lili Reinhart in Armani

Gorgeous. MIGHT need a necklace?

Kodi Smit-McPhee

When he has glasses on, he REALLY evokes Dominic Sessa from The Holdovers.

Amy Ryan in Alexis Mabille

Oooh, I love this. It's like a very, very restrained version of that Lady Holiday made in The Great Muppet Caper.

Brad Pitt

Brad seems skeptical of his flared trousers, but honestly, it's better than the time he wore drawstring pants in every color of the rainbow.

Emily Ratajkowski in Gucci 2004

This is fine? Honestly, it looks a little messy, though I appreciate that it's 20 years old, but I also find Emily tends to bring the very least amount of modeling oomph to things. I don't know how she manages that, since it's her profession.

Eva Green in Armani 2009

Saucy! Love the purple on her.

Sydney Sweeney in Armani

This feels wrong on her, and the hair hanging down over the front also doesn't really work. Her style is all OVER the place, but not in a way that feels lighthearted and exploratory. It's just messy.

Sadie Sink

She has the same stylist as Sydney, and I have at times thought her clothes ALSO seem less thoughtful (their stylist does a good job elsewhere, though). Having said that, this is fine -- very safe, but maybe that's okay. Better safe than Sydney Sweeney.

Camila Mendes in Armani

I think Camila ALSO uses the same stylist, and for the most part she has been looking super lately. She's selling this well and the necklace they were given is dreamy with it.

Lili Reinhart

I can't tell if this is separates, or if it just LOOKS like it is. The skirt is great. Is the top a hair too big? Something about it is nibbling at me.

Ella Purnell in Armani

This is what Armani cheerleaders would wear.

Nathalie Emmanuel in Armani

No problems here!

Madisin Rian

She looks superb in this. What a gorgeous color blue.

Adrien Brody and Georgina Chapman

That's Adrien's big silvery lapel pin. It's a nice flourish. They look great, honestly. Georgina always did know what she was doing.

Stacy Martin in Louis Vuitton, Raffey Cassidy in Chanel

I love that these are two people in the same movie who didn't appear to consult AT ALL on what to wear and have gone in wholly different directions. Imagine if they'd BOTH shown up in semi-mantillas. Too much.

Emma Laird in Louis Vuitton

As chain mail goes, this feels very budget. There are a LOT of weak points an opponent could exploit.

Eva Longoria in Alberta Ferretti

Whereas Eva is ONLY wearing the chain mail and then the rest of her is completely open to sword strikes.

Kate Beckinsale in Sabina Bilenko

Somehow this is basically exactly what I expected.

Zhang Ziyi

Simple is often so, so effective. The hair, the lip, the color of the dress... she looks amazing.

Kelly Rowland in Cheney Chan

This involves some intriguing and surprising hip horns.

Isabelle Huppert in Balenciaga

That's more like it, from Balenciaga. I'm still recovering from how much I loathed their red offering.

Raffey Cassidy in Miu Miu

I feel like she shopped at Dennis Uniform, THE supplier for all private school clothing supplies in the USA.

Stacy Martin in Louis Vuitton

This is a little goofy, but it's FINE, and it's absolute sanity compared to...

Emma Laird in Louis Vuitton

!!!!! This should never have wandered off the runway. She looks like she's in the middle of revealing to her pirate shipmates that she's secretly a maiden.

Taylor Russell Leads Our Roundup of Weekend Happenings in Venice

There's some CRAZY Vuitton in here, too.