The Venice Film Festival is getting underway as stars arrive on the red carpet, with outlets focusing on notable fashion choices from the event’s early days. Reports frame the start of the 83rd edition as a high-profile moment for celebrities and designers to showcase outfits.

One outlet emphasizes “worst dressed” selections and points to fashion failures from previous years, using the opening of the festival as context for compiling examples. Another closely matches this framing, also describing the festival’s kick-off and the presence of A-list guests, though both pieces are largely focused on the presentation of fashion commentary rather than reporting specific wardrobe incidents in detail.

Overall, the coverage centers on red-carpet style and retrospective comparisons, rather than on new developments in the festival’s programming, awards, or film slate.