Chinese actress Li Bingbing looked amazing on the red carpet for the “Detective Dee and the Mystery of Phantom Flame” Premiere during the 2010 Venice Film Festival on Sunday evening.
She wore a breath-taking pink strapless fitted Guo Pei gown with remarkable red Chinese elements along the hemline and a beaded detail on the bodice which I can’t quite make out.
The actress looked so very elegant.
I’m sure she stole the limelight away from her co-star in her electric blue Versace dress below.
I’ve been informed that the Chinese characters say: “luck/fortune is coming to me”.
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She’s gorgeous! I love everything about this look, from her hair, makeup, and accessories. She looks elegant and effortless.
Those are Chinese characters on the hem of her gown. I think it means “luck”. The beaded detail on the bodice is also a Chinese character…I just don’t know what it means.
the beaded detail on the bodice is also a Chinese character
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yes, its also FU, which means luck in chinese. It is written upside down,because upside down in chinese sounds the same as “come”. So the whole picture is something like “luck is coming to me”.
I LOVE IT!
BDOTW contender imo.
FC, I think all the embellishments are different wasy fo writing one particular Chinese character “Fu” – for luck/fortune. Maybe it’s the dress version of crossing your fingers to win the competition? She wins in the style stakes, for sure.
different ways, not wasy
thanks for the info
FC you have the best readers – I’m catching up and only clicked to see comments as I was sure a few of your wonderful readers would tell us what the characters meant!
Thank you guys!!
I know. The contributions are so welcomely received
Exquisite. BDOTW for me so far, with Yeoh in Ferretti and the two Versaces (Wu and Lau) in a three way tie for second. What a red carpet event! Could there possibly be more?!
I am very intrigued.can u pl ID the gown/ Nice to see something different. her earrings look very interesting as well.. Does she have somekind of a band on her hair? can see something glinting.. don’t like ith
It’s not a runway dress sorry
she looks amazing. love the unique chinese characters on her dress…really makes the dress a lot more unique. her jewelry is a bit questionable as i dont really love big earrings like tht but they look really interesting
I like the gown and her in it butI am starting to tire of mermaid style dresses
This is one of the best looks I’ve seen not just this week but so far this year!! The gown is so breathtaking and interesting… I keep feeling like the Chinese actresses (based on what you’ve posetd) take more risks with their red carpet looks as well as are more likely to wear the whole runway ensemble, which I like very much!
This really took my breath away, it is so unique and memorable. In some ways it reminds me of the dragon dress fan bing bing wore during cannes, but still veyr different. I really love it. BDOTW for sure.
She looks pretty. Overdone shape and silhouette again saved by beautiful fabric.
She’s very beautiful, I love her hair and her bracelet, but I am going to have to say that I don’t like the gown (sorry, don’t hate!)……the fit is perfect, but I feel like the chinese characters/words have just been added on rather than completely integrated into the design of the gown…..
BDOTW contender PLEASE FC! This ‘Bingbing’ hit the right amount of glamour with a hint of sophistication & a whole lot of drama…everything you need in a red-carpet dress!
As you wish
The dress was designed by Guo Pei. who also designed the Dragon Robe.
I just googled him
His work is amazing
thank you
Dear FC, it’s a she.
Guopei designed a lot of dresses for Chinese actresses and hostesses, added Chinese element into her design sometime.
She also got Carmen Dell orefice walked for her Haute Courture fashion show.
ok thank you
You’re welcome. And Guo Pei is a she, only 24 years-old, I think.
Hmmm…if these were English alphabet characters in diffferent fonts–no matter how elegant the fonts–this dress would be supremely tacky with words written all over it. What makes it elegant because they’re Chinese characters?
Love. It.
Love it too! But I still prefer Fan Bing
Bing’s yellow chinese dress…