Cate Blanchett was on hand to help Louis Vuitton open a new boutique in Sydney, Australia earlier today.
The talented actress and object of my affection wore a Louis Vuitton Spring 2012 dress.
As much as I want to say I love this look, I just can’t.
Like Dita von Teese, Cate’s lip colour prevents her from being washed out by this white embroidered dress with a sheer overlay, but the dress itself is the issue.
The high neckline on the overlay bothers me. It feels like they forgot to cut the ‘V’ into it.
I don’t think this look is doing anything for her.
There are so many other looks I would’ve preferred from this collection for Cate. This would’ve been the last, behind the argyle romper – I kid.
White Louis Vuitton ‘Merry Go Round’ pumps, as worn by SJP earlier this week, complete her look.
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Okay, but not great by any stretch of the imagination. At least Cate looked better than Sarah Jessica Parker did earlier this week in her feathered Louis Vuitton S/S 2012 ensemble. Judging by its red carpet appearances so far, I have a sneaking suspicion that this collection will be tough for any woman over 35 to pull off.
I loved the collection on the runway (or carousel, should I say) but it has fallen flat on the red carpet for me, probably because it skews so young and virginal and innocent and almost sickly. At the risk of sounding ageist, I think it needs a sparkling young ingenue to really bring it to life.
Agreed on everything! It’s like LV for teens edition…
Pass and Love. She’s Cate the Great, can do no wrong.
absolutely love it only cmplaint is the hair it looks so bland.
+1. I might have been happier if the sheer panel at the neckline was modified or even eliminated, but I think it’s a beautiful dress.
Loathe.
This one : http://www.style.com/slideshows/2011/fashionshows/S2012RTW/LVUITTON/RUNWAY/00350m.jpg – LOVE !
Yes, that would’ve been a better choice.
i like the dress, but like you, the overlay with the high neckline is awful. they really should have modified it by cutting a v into it. it would’ve looked so much better
You know how much I hate to disagree with you, FC, but I love it. Looks much better on her, too, than on the model. Cate the Great indeed.
Totally agree. This is perfect for Kate. It’s light and has that “not of this world” quality that is Kate. I even like those white pumps on her… shock horror!
I LOVE it tbh, she totally pulls it off.
I love her as much as you do, but it doesn’t work for me either. I think the colour is doing nothing against her skin. Such a shame because the dress is divine.
I feel like while there were better choices, she could have done a lot worse. She wears this dress a lot better than I expected, although the neckline looks more suffocting on her than the model. However, however mediocre the dress,the shoes are a million times worse. This fascination with white shoes I just do not, and never will, understand.
It’s sad because her appearances are so few and far between and she almost always looks perfect, btu this is a rare miss.
I can never say loathe and Cate Blanchett in the same sentence
(what do you know, I just did !). This is nothing great – the overlay on the neckline should have been modified. In spite of all that she manages to look graceful!!
i have to confirm, this LV collection is sooo unflattering in any body around the world, is ugly
The only thing I dislike is the neckline but other than that I think she looks pretty.
This dress should be on a child. I love the white pumps, they highlight her nice legs.
I know people love her but the up close shot is not good. She needs earrings or something to distract from all of that.
I would actually like this if it wasn’t for the sheer overlay (which really makes no sense at all).
I do like this but it isn’t the best and I do agree that the sheer overlay sits too high and should have been cut down into the V. I really like the S/S 2012 collection but it is very young and virginal so I think it is going to be difficult for the more mature ladies to pul off. I would love to see Hailee Steinfeld give the collection a go, I think she would look gorgeous in some of the pieces.
Everything but the neckline looks lovely.
Loathe, totally. Let’s be honest, this collection by LV is really ugly and unflattering. I hope Marc Jacobs will leave because, for me, he has nothing more to give to the brand.
I love it. She looks regal in a way that no other celeb can on the red carpet.
The overlay do sits to high, I don’t even think it needed to be V-cut just a little lower. The dress itself is stunning and Cate looks beautiful, but somehow I think this is would suit better someone with a “quirkier” side, like Kirsten Dunst.
i actually liking everything but the neckline. however, i think she looks much better than sjp did as sjp’s dress just didn’t seem to fit her properly. even if it was designed that way, it just looked odd.
She is stunning. I love it!
i am at a point where i can’t dislike anything she ever wears
I love it, I think she looks so great.
Love it – so serene
I don’t hate it, but I don’t think it’s amazing, either. It’s mostly that neckline that makes the outfit look weird. If it was a regular V-neckline, I think it would have looked very pretty, because neckline aside, I think it’s a really nice and delicate dress.
I love it, I think she looks ethereal as always. Not many people can pull off an all-white look but she manages to so effortlessly
Love.
Love! Even the white shoes are working for me.
i like this look
I love it. Its not her best and a very clean look
She can do no wrong for me, Im afraid
She looks beautiful!
Stunning! Love it. She’s back!
I love it. If anything is ever slightly not conventional in some way, people don’t like it. It’s so great that she always does her thing
oh no white heels! *repeats Queen Cate can do no wrong, Queen Cate can do no wrong, Queen Cate can do no wrong, Queen Cate can do no wrong, Queen Cate can do no wrong,Queen Cate can do no wrong, Queen Cate can do no wrong, Queen Cate can do no wrong, Queen Cate can do no wrong………* It’s not helping!!
boooooring!but i’m still loving this person so much, look at her eyes, her facial expression.she’s a beauty.those pumps are for grannies,though