Here are some new photos of goddess Cate Blanchett in Milan, Italy over the weekend. She stopped by the Armani showroom and then she and Mr. Armani spent some time at Hotel Armani and went for a little walk together with the paparazzi. Cate is a big Armani girl, although she’s not strictly all-Armani. I always associate Cate with Armani, Alexander McQueen (more so when McQueen was alive), Givenchy and Louis Vuitton. Cate IS a Fashion Girl, but it works with her because A) she’s so much more than a Fashion Girl and B) because no one wears avant-garde and provocative fashion better than Cate. Cate doesn’t need to tell you that she’s a princess by wearing a big, obvious ball gown. Cate is an intellectual princess and it shows in whatever she wears.
I have to say, I love everything she’s wearing in these photos. I especially like the cut of those black pants, but the muted grey & blue outfit is a study for how women past a certain age can look stylish and graceful and appropriate. And you know my favorite part? I love that Cate has lines on her face. She has a REAL face. She’s not Botox’d and filler’d. She’s not pinched and pulled. She’s got beautiful, amazing skin but it’s not the result of her love affair with needles. Cate doesn’t need to be a perpetual 29 year old. She wears her 40s with such grace. Sigh.
Anyway, I’m assuming that Cate was in Milan with Mr. Armani because she was recently named the new face of Armani fragrances. Reportedly, Cate’s contract is worth $10 million. People Magazine claimed last week that Cate was chosen specifically to front the campaign for the new Armani fragrance Si. The ads should be out this summer. Can’t wait!
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
I want Cate and Swinton to be BFF and rule the world
The sheer awesomeness of that would burn my eyes. So much stunning tailoring in one location would knock the Earth of its axis.
I always get a bitch vibe from Swinton. Sure, she’s a great actress, but I don’t get why everyone’s gushing about her!
OMG Liv…I totally agree! Tilda is a great actress but when she is not on film she strikes me as being too “I’m so above it all” and “nobody is like me” vibe. I never understand all the Tilda looks fantastic. She usually looks like a freak show and if another actress tried to pull off those looks, she would be villified…Cate on the other hand is absolute PERFECTION always!!
I used to feel the exact same way about Tilda. I thought she was interesting on film but her off screen persona left me cold.
I do feel she is evolving though. I found her enjoyable during the We Need To Talk About Kevin interviews. I feel she has not only warmed up but become more comfortable showing more sides of herself in public. Have you noticed anything like that?
I also admit that I give her more leeway now because of her strong Bowie association.
Liv
She comes across that way until she relaxes. At the Ebert tribute she looks so natural and fun! No matter what she strikes me as genuine. There’s nothing but sweetheart in this link.
http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/04/26/tilda-swinton-dance-along-roger-ebert-tribute/
I didn’t follow the LTAK interviews, I might watch them now 😉
I mean even actors and actresses who want to keep their privacy allow us to see a bit of their personality or character or whatever, but she always seems cold or, I don’t know, hollow and a bit arrogant.
I’ve met Tilda at Ebertfest. She’s gloriously out there, and genuinely nice.
NOPE!! Just watch that AMAZING video of her dancing at the Ebert thing. No way is that chica above it all!!
ELEGANZA!! The dove-grey outfit is exquisite – love the drapey cut of the shirt – so flattering and elegant. Only slight criticism with the black and white outfit: not so sure about the triangle of tummy visible below the vest – works in your 20s, not in your 40s. But then again, she can get away with it.
“no one wears avant-garde and provocative fashion better than Cate” – what about Tilda Swinton? Another candidate IMO.
[Edit: the previous poster beat me to the Swinton analogy! ]
The drapey cut of the shirt: I LOVE IT, really; I find it sooo elegant. Damn I’d love to have something like that.
The fabric, tailoring, drape, color, and everything else is just freaking perfection. Also, her hair, makeup and skin is flawless as always.
How is it she can wear that and have it look so beautiful? I’d wrinkle it just by breathing…
She looks amazing! Sophisticated and timeless. Aging well with no fillers ??!! Again I am digging the pants thing.
Amazing, as always. Graceful, feminine, beautiful. Take notes, 99.9% of Hollywood.
I love her! She is so talented and beautiful. I wish I could be her when I grow up( oops 43 I guess I’m too late, maybe next life.)
LOVE the white tuxedo. Would love to have an occasion to wear something like that.
I love it too. This is how I see myself in my mind’s eye when I am attending fabulous events with fabulous people who can’t get over my fabulousness.
Honest question – the stomach showing from under the vest – okay? I have a vest I refrain from wearing without a shirt because of that. I thought that was a no-no unless the vest is paired with jeans.
It’s hard to tell because Cate’s skin is so pale, but I don’t think any skin is showing. I think she has something white on under the waistcoat.
Do you think she is? I did at first but was thrown off because whatever it is, it is the exact say color of her chest area. Further proof of her superiority. It is a lovely look on her any way she is wearing it.
I’m pretty sure it’s belly, but she’s not got anything dangling in the wind and it pretty well covered so I think it’s alright, personally.
For example if it was a crop top it’d probably be a bit much.
Oh what I wouldn’t give to be able to wear this kind of outfit. I’d look more like Tina Fey on the cover of her biography…
The blue/gray outfit is stunning. Cate is my fashion goddess.
Demi-hot mess-Moore better be taking notes.
if only she’s too busy chasing after her lost youth to evolve into such a confection of age&beauty.
” she was recently named the new face of Armani fragrances. Reportedly, Cate’s contract is worth $10 million. People Magazine claimed last week that Cate was chosen specifically to front the campaign for the new Armani fragrance Si.”
About bloody time!!!
We have the likes of Amanda Seyfried and Jennifer Lawrence getting massive contracts with big-name fashion houses, while still in their early 20s and still, imho, being a poor match for high fashion. And the gorgeous, talented, stylish Cate has to wait until she’s almost 44? Whatever she’s selling, I’m buying it!
Cate has had SK-II for a while.
Yeah, but that’s pretty low-profile. Certainly doesn’t compare to a major fashion house deal. I’m genuinely surprised that nobody has snapped her up before now, when the boring likes of Mila Kunis and Emma Watson are getting major deals with top fashion houses.
Perfect as always! Can she be the next big celebrity actress to host/be on the panel of jurors in Cannes? That would be some AMAZING fashion porn!
Stunning! Geez I wish I was that tall and slim. She can wear whatever she wants to wear and make it look hip and cool.
Love the clothes; it actually looks comfortable,
Indeed. KimK, are you reading this post? You, too, pregnant or not, could look fashionable while comfortable.
I just want to look chic and elegant like her for at least ONE DAY in my life!
Me too! She just looks like it is so effortless. *sigh*
So elegant! Kate is aging beautifully too. I adore everything about her.
I love it-I want those black pants. The fit/cut is perfect.
Agree. Cate is the epitome of aging gracefully for me.
She carries herself so well that I’m sure she’d look damn good if she bought all her clothes at WalMart.
I think I may be suffering from some kind of disorder, because I really want her to wear a cardigan with the second outfit, LOL
I remember long, long ago I used to get Cate and Goop mixed up. I can’t even imagine!!
Cate is my female Foreverdong. She could wear a garbage bag and I would still think she looked amazing!
Love it! All of it! Love her!
”how women past a certain age can look stylish and graceful and appropriate”
Past a certain age? C’mon, she’s 43, not 63! She doesn’t need to break out the twinsets just yet!
I love Cate. Love that she dresses like a woman. Not someone desperate to be 20 something again. Classy always; yet she can be edgy. Never looking like a trashy tart.
See being over 40 is beautiful and classy. I could name a lot of women that should look at Cate.
In the second and third photos, she looks at least 50 years old…..stunning in the others though.
50! seriously?? You’re too used to botoxed white women wearing cake faces.
that how a 40+ milky white skin looks without nips, tucks and fillings.
I think you’ve been viewing too much photoshopped gear if you think that is the skin of a 50 yr old.
Oh Man, Goop wishes she could be Cate B.
I bow to the Queen… She is stunning
She really knows how to dress herself. Or how to listen to a good stylist.
This woman can do no wrong with me. She’s one of the best actresses to ever exist and I love her so much.
She’s gorgeous and so perfectly put together but I can only think of Armani’s bronzer rubbing up against her white jacket leaving an orange stain. Haha!
she’s so effortless
i feel like this is what goop is going for much of the time but she’s very tries too hard
Yes. Kate > Goop.
She is soooo gorgeous! We are the same age but her skin looks better than mine. Sigh. She is a goddess.
Wow, she looks amazing and exudes confidence in all the pictures.
But for me she always looks great as she is one of my girl crushes alongside Angelina Jolie, Marion Cotillard and Rachel Weisz. She is just so beautiful, classy, elegant, talented and always seems so down to earth with everyone. A great lady indeed.
So beautiful. To me, her face is from another time. She will always be beautiful.
Watched her again in The Aviator last night. Love her.
Armani is all about the drape. That makes him a fashion god to me. Cate looks fabulous.
MORE Cate! LESS Goop! PLEASE
I had the pleasure of meeting Ms Blanchette at a Sydney seminar a few years ago. She, like most people there, was dressed “elegantly casual”, but what a jaw-dropper she is in real life! She just radiates warmth and class. I was a nobody there, having accompanied one of my highly intellectual friends, yet whenever she spoke to me, it was as if I was the most important person in the room. Later, everyone in our group reported feeling the same. She is not traditionally beautiful, in my opinion, but she exudes such inner beauty that her looks are inconsequential. That’s what makes her stunning. That, and her genuine interest in whomever she’s speaking to. She is a class act, through and through.