GAH! If you’re going to do a gigantic ball gown, this is really the way to do. This is Zhang Ziyi at the Rome Film Festival premiere of Love for Life. The dress is Elie Saab Couture, and it’s absolutely gorgeous. My only concern is that I feel like I’m looking through the bodice of the gown…? Is the bustier lined? Am I looking at her skin or some flesh-toned fabric? No matter.
Massive sidenote: whenever a Fashion Girl wears some really great, show-stopping dress to one of these lower-tier events – no offense to the Rome Film Festival, but it’s not really Cannes, is it? – I always wonder if the designer is a little pissed that his or her gown didn’t debut in a better event. Like, this dress should have been at the Oscars or the Golden Globes. Instead, no one will wear now because Zhang Ziyi wore it in Rome.
We should cover Zhang Ziyi more often, shouldn’t we? She’s so pretty. She’s one of the most famous Chinese actresses in the world too, and she’s had a varied career in Hollywood and China, and she’s a big international star. She had a longterm relationship with an Israeli billionaire, Vivi Nevo, who I was just reading about in Vanity Fair (he lives in an enormous Malibu property that sounds awesome- you can read the VF piece here).
UPDATE: Red Carpet Fashion Awards IDs the dress as Christian Dior. I don’t know.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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