‘How Is She Wearing Fur?’: Unprecedented Venice Heat Wave Leaves A-List Stars and Their Handlers Dripping in Sweat

As a seasoned makeup artist and hair stylist who has worked countless festivals and red carpets, I can certainly empathize with Iván Gómez’s plight during Venice Film Festival. The humidity there is relentless, making it a true test of one’s skills and patience.

“Nicole Kidman, visibly uncomfortable due to the intense heat, exclaimed, ‘Wow, it’982 exclaimed as she’95 St. when it’stood outdoors is just unbearable!” she remarked as she stepped into the Sala Grande, the principal Venice Film Festival cinema, for the debut of her steamy thriller “Babygirl.” Fan herself and seeking relief under the somewhat feeble air conditioning, she then expressed her gratitude to a fan during a selfie session: “Wow, it’s so much more comfortable in here!” she stated.

As it happens, Kidman was speaking on behalf of practically every festival attendee.

In 2024, instead of strikes, Venice seems to be preoccupied with an overwhelming amount of heat and sweat. It’s almost as if buckets are being filled with it! Even celebrities like Nicole Kidman, who usually live lives far removed from such everyday concerns as sweating, have been finding it challenging to manage.

“It’s the topic everyone is talking about in Venice,” says one stylist. “Everyone is sweating.”

An unprecedented and prolonged heatwave across Italy over the last week (fuelled by a lingering African anticyclone, FYI) has seen thermometers soar into the upper 80 degrees Fahrenheit, turning much of the festival into a muggy, dripping, sodden mess within seconds of any outdoor exposure. Even under the shade there’s been no escape.

Although it might not have been a pleasant trip for the typical visitor, particularly those hauling heavy luggage or getting the excessively crowded gondolas going back and forth between the Lido and the main city of Venice, do consider the hardships faced by the celebrities.

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According to an insider, A-listers having been telling their publicists they are “dreading the red carpet because of the heat.”

Last night, as I walked into the premier event for Apple TV+’s new film “Wolfs”, George Clooney seemed to be sweating a bit and adjusting his tuxedo. The First Spy in an effort to appear, this premiereel. At this premier events, I could sense that he was trying to look cool and collected.

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And even away from the festival and the glare of the lights, things are little better. One stylist notes that Venice is “full of paparazzi” from the minute stars land, meaning they have to quickly find a place to change as brands have likely given them outfits, sunglasses and other accessories for every occasion, including the “arriving look, the welcoming look and the red carpet look.” On that note, a publicist tells EbMaster she got off a water taxi in the main part of Venice to find “Guy Pearce dripping in sweat having selfies with other people drenched in sweat.”

But there’s an interesting — and sweaty — issue about the clothes many stars in Venice are being dressed in, something Giulletta Canzani Mora, founder of image and management company Good Sisters, says is a clash between the “temporality of the Mostra and the temporality of fashion seasons.”

Essentially, as the festival takes place at the end of the Summer, Mora says brands are only interested in pushing their fall and winter collections. So on the sweatbox of the festival red carpet, the options offered by fashion labels to their celebrity ambassadors hasn’t exactly been loose light linens or breezy cotton fabrics.

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But Mora — who happens to be married to prominent French actor Jonathan Cohen — says she was working with Angelia Woreth, starring in Venice competition title “And Their Children After Time,” and allowed her client to brave the humidity wearing jeans and a sequin jacket. “She was very hot,” she notes. “But it was a very important moment for her and she was determined to wear the outfit.”

It’s not only the outfits that are proving a problem.

“We’re praying, that’s all we can do,” says makeup artist Iván Gómez, a prominent makeup artistic and hair stylist who worked with Poppy Delevingne, as well as Úrsula Corberó, star of “Casa de Papel” who presented “El Jockey” at Venice. But what is he praying for? “That the product stays in place, because humidity is the worst condition, and combined with a festival setting where people get emotional … it’s a recipe for sweat.”

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Besides over-using oil control blotting sheets and matifier primers, Gómez says he also carries four or five little fans every where he goes.

But the hair situation gets even worse when clients want to have what Gómez describes as a “loose natural style.” He styled Poppy Delevingne’s hair in what was meant to be a “super cool effortless look” at Venice, but while he says it looked great at the hotel, “30 minutes she looked like a complete mess.”

Gomez claims he did the makeup for an unspecified yet highly influential actress-producer at the lavish amFar gala in Venice. However, he found that her hairstylist had excessively used hair products to create a ponytail that was supposed to be sleek, classic, and glamorous.

“And the smooth ponytail became a total rock-and-roll ponytail by the time she stepped on the red carpet,” he says. “It’s so sad because it was like she made a statement to look rock-and-roll, even though it was not at all her intention!”

But not all stars are equal in the heat department.

Nicholas Hoult was somehow pictured looking relatively fresh for “The Order” photocall wearing a Bottega Veneta Wales wool jacket. The fashion label then assured EbMaster that the was made of wool and cotton, thus “making it much more light weight and breathable.” At the “The Brutalist” world premiere, despite kicking off during the peak heat time of 3pm (and in a screening room one audience member said was “one of the hottest” due to a scrum to get in) writer/director Brady Corbet incredibly managed to appear wholly at ease in a full tuxedo with bow tie.

However, it was Angelina Jolie who caused quite a stir at the premiere of “Maria,” donning a faux fur shawl and radiating an air of nonchalance amidst the scorching temperatures, embodying her role as a true Hollywood legend (and perhaps a future Oscar nominee if the predictions prove accurate). Jolie then graciously engaged in interviews on the red carpet and willingly posed for pictures with admirers.

Or perhaps, hidden within the fur, could there have been a compact, battery-powered cooling device? How else might it have produced such coolness?

“If anyone has the answer about the fur please tell me,” noted one publicist.

Should a similar punishing heatwave return next year, the Venice Film Festival could seriously begin to have a problem attracting big Hollywood names when the likes of Telluride and Toronto offer more cooling, sweat-free climes.

As an insider tells EbMaster, there have already been suggestions that “Venice moves to October.”

2024-09-03 15:19

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