By Ava Gilchrist

Lady Gaga Commands The Venice Film Festival In Custom Dior & A Vintage Couture Headpiece

Queen of hearts.
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VENICE, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 04: Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky attend the “Joker: Folie à Deux” red carpet during the 81st Venice International Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 04, 2024 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Arriving on the Lido de Venezia on a speed boat and with her entrepreneur fiancé on her arm, Lady Gaga returned to the Venice International Film Festival red carpet after eight years in a commanding custom Dior gown and sculptural vintage couture headpiece from milliner Philip Treacy. Embracing the twisted romantic themes of her new film Joker: Folie à Deux, the multi-hyphenate star delivered a glamorous gothic fantasy you can’t help but fawn over.

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VENICE, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 04: Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky attend the “Joker: Folie à Deux” red carpet during the 81st Venice International Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 04, 2024 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

The gown itself, designed by creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri, features a plunging neckline and halter neck bustier made from sumptuous black velvet. The piece crescendoed into a gargantuan drop waist skirt that demanded attention—and a starry wearer of a certain calibre to pull it off.

The same can be said about her hat, which originally debuted in Treacy’s Fall 2001 couture collection. Not too dissimilar to Sophie Wilde’s Loewe veil from the premiere of Babygirl earlier in the week, Gaga’s titfer curves soft lace into an architectural statement.

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VENICE, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 04: Lady Gaga attends the “Joker: Folie à Deux” red carpet during the 81st Venice International Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 04, 2024 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Stefania D’Alessandro/WireImage)
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PARIS, FRANCE – JULY 25: A model walks the runway during the Philip Treacy Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2001-2002 fashion show as part of the Paris Haute couture Fashion Week on July 25, 2001 in Paris, France. (Photo by Victor VIRGILE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Of course, we’d be remiss not to acknowledge the influence late English fashion editor Isabella Blow had over the look. Coined with discovering both Tracey and Alexander McQueen, it was the latter who once recommended the Irish designer to work with the then-burgeoning pop star, convincing him by saying: “You have got to work with Lady Gaga! She has got the same boobs as Isabella!”

As this look has proven, of course, their similarities extend far beyond McQueen’s joking tribute, with Gaga often emulating some of Blow’s more outlandish headpieces in her artistry. Here, in front of the Palazzo del Cinema, we couldn’t think of a better place for Gaga to deliver the theatrics.

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VENICE, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 04: Michael Polansky and Lady Gaga attend the “Joker: Folie à Deux” red carpet during the 81st Venice International Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 04, 2024 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Stefania D’Alessandro/WireImage)

She completed the silhouette with a classic red lip and Tiffany & Co jewellery, including the luxuriate’s platinum and 18-karat yellow gold necklace with diamonds and the Victoria bracelet in platinum and diamonds. Gaga stars across from Joaquin Phoenix, who leads the film as the titular comic book villain, in the jukebox musical sequel. Watch the trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux, below.

This story first appeared on GRAZIA International.

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