All the best fashion moments from Venice Film Festival 2021, including Anya Taylor-Joy and Leonie Hanne in EPIC highlighter hues

We may have little more than a week to wait for the biggest red carpet of the year (Met Gala fans, get ready), over the last few days it's fallen to guests of the Venice Film Festival to prove that post-lockdown red carpet fashion is officially back. And while we're only halfway through the eleven-day extravaganza, there's no doubt that it's been proven already.

Of course, much like its Cannes counterpart which took place earlier this summer, the Venice Film Festival is a far more scaled-back operation than we're used to.

From limited numbers to safe social distancing where possible, you'd be forgiven for presuming that this year's festival might pass you by. But that was before Zendaya just arrived, casually stepping off her boat dressed head-to-toe in the most epic, elegant and understated Valentino Couture look for the photocall of her new film "Dune" ahead of the screening.

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That's right, this was her day look. Which should have given us some indication of what her red carpet wardrobe might have had in store for us that evening... (Scroll down for the most epic Balmain moment).

Having taken to the red carpet on the second night, Zoe Saldana is certainly not seeing the 'scaled-back' affair as a reason to try out a more low-key wardrobe, arriving in a beautiful Dolce & Gabbana gown adorned with red sequins.

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