If bold red carpet fashions have a place to shine, it would certainly be during this month: The 2025 Venice Film Festival is currently underway, for one, and some of the biggest Hollywood blockbusters and premieres are happen during the summertime, too. This week, there was tons of celebrity style to take in as a result: The best dressed stars of the week were those who dialed up the drama on the step and repeat, taking refreshing risks that were a departure from your standard gowns and too-safe suits.

In Italy, highlights included After the Hunt star Ayo Edebiri, who transformed into a full-on Chanel girl in a custom red strapless gown. It was very Old Hollywood, for a New Hollywood star. (It was her first Venice festival, no less.) At the premiere of Jay Kelly, Amal Clooney went vintage in a magenta Jean-Louis Scherrer strapless gown from fall 1995. The wind that floated her cascading train elegantly behind her? A paid actor, for sure.

But it wasn’t just Venice that served up the outré designs. In New York, Jenna Ortega continued her slew of edgy-chic looks while promoting season two of Wednesday. Her latest was a body-skimming GapStudio gown with shreds, twists, and back cutouts. At the premiere of Caught Stealing, Zoe Kravitz and Austin Butler both continued their streak of rock-and-roll fashions—he in a leather Givenchy suit, and she in an ab-bearing Saint Laurent top and skirt. Co-stars who match each other’s fashion energies? Always twice as nice.

Which were your favorite celebrity looks this week? Vote below, and check back on Friday to see who Vogue readers crowned best dressed.