Cate Blanchett hasn’t just got hundreds of awards to her name (yes, you read that right—the Australian actress has amassed a staggering 218 wins during her stellar career), she also boasts a flawless red carpet record too.
From the moment she had her breakthrough in the industry in the late 1990s, the Melbourne native has become a best-dressed list fixture, a red carpet target for the chicest luxury brands, and a trailblazer when it comes to re-wearing and repurposing her high-end pieces for photocalls and premieres.
Just like how her acting roles run the gamut between dramas, period pieces, biopics, action blockbusters, and fantasy films, her personal style continues to keep us guessing too. A proponent of an embellished gown as much as a sleek and sharp tailored suit, she never fails to be immaculately turned out in designs by the likes of Armani Privé, Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, and Valentino, to name a few.
For the last decade, the 55-year-old has flown the flag for sustainable, circular fashion on the press junket circuit. In the past, at various film festivals, she’s made a pledge to only wear outfits she has previously worn. It’s now a regular occurrence to see the style maven stepping out in a divine dress or trouser suit that she’s already posed for the flashbulbs in. She’s even taken to reconfiguring her most popular designer looks, showing that it’s not only possible to deconstruct and reimagine previously worn hits, but it’s something that all stylists and celebrities should be championing at large.
Since 2018, Blanchett has joined forces with Elizabeth Stewart, catapulting her relationship with fashion into a new realm. As well as their commitment to sustainability, the duo ensures that Blanchett, who is a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Global Goodwill Ambassador, can use fashion as a vehicle to share her political, social, and ethical beliefs too.
Read on for some of the legendary screen and stage actress’ best looks ever:
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Cate Blanchett at the Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2025 Fashion Show
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A muse! Ever the fan of Nicolas Ghesquière and routinely dressed in his cutting-edge designs, Blanchett was front and center at the designer’s 10th-anniversary show for the luxury label during Paris Fashion Week.
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Cate Blanchett in Fiorucci During the New York Film Festival in 2024
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Proving she can wear, quite literally, anything and make it look cool, Blanchett put her own spin on a standout look from the Fiorucci Spring 2025 collection—a top adorned with hair wefts co-created by the brand’s creative director Francesca Murr and hairstylist Taiba Akhuetie.
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Cate Blanchett in Armani Privé at the SAG Awards & Fragrance Foundations in 2023
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Why should a gown only see the light of day once? This is the question Blanchett has been asking for years. Case in point: a wet-look Armani Privé cutout number she took for a spin twice in 2023. At the SAG Awards, she even wore it layered over a lace underlay from another Armani Privé dress she’s dazzled crowds in before.
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Cate Blanchett in McQueen at the McQueen Spring/Summer 2024 Show
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Blanchett is a noted fan of McQueen and its former creative director, Sarah Burton. For Burton’s swansong outing during Paris Fashion Week in September 2023, Blanchett dusted down one of her own favorites from her closet: a sculptural trouser suit showcasing Burton’s impeccable command of tailoring. The actress had previously debuted the outfit as a tuxedo dress during the Cannes Film Festival in 2018.
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Cate Blanchett in Givenchy Couture in Berlin in 2023
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It’s back! It was a case of déjà vu involving one of our favorite Blanchett red carpet moments ever at the Berlinale International Film Festival for the premiere of Tár last year. Wearing this distinctive Givenchy Couture backless turtleneck and layered ruffle skirt hybrid gown, she sent our hearts soaring once more, just like the first time she wore the show-stopping look in 2018 at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Cate Blanchett in McQueen at the Venice Film Festival in 2020
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A thrifty style star to the core, Blanchett wowed viewers all over again when she wore an incredibly-detailed custom McQueen floral top over sleek tailored trousers; the same embroidered floral bustier that she sashayed down the red carpet in paired with a feathered skirt four years previous.
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Cate Blanchett in Armani Privé at the Golden Globes in 2014
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Of all her frocks, this might just be Blanchett’s very favorite! Technically, the star has worn it three times: once to the Golden Globes in 2014 (when she took home the award for Best Performance in a Drama for her role in Blue Jasmine), and again at Cannes in 2018. As mentioned above, she also repurposed the lace underlay for the 2023 SAG Awards. Now there’s a dress that goes the extra mile!
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Cate Blanchett in Armani Privé at the Oscars in 2014
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Winner, winner! Blanchett took home her second Academy Award at the 2014 ceremony, graciously accepting the accolade in a pretty embellished Armani Privé, as well as an estimated $18 million of Chopard jewelry.
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Cate Blanchett at the Giorgio Armani show in 2011
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Red is her color. Blanchett was in attendance to support one of her go-to designers, Giorgio Armani, at the maestro’s Armani Privé Couture show in a fire engine-shaded ensemble.
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Cate Blanchett in Givenchy Couture at the Oscars in 2011
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Blanchett was a vision in this heavenly Riccardo Tisci-era Givenchy Couture gown. The ground-sweeping lilac chiffon dress spoke perfectly to Blanchett’s unique style, with its mixed references of futurism in its structural cap sleeves, and history in the breastplate-style embroidery.
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Cate Blanchett in Dries Van Noten at the Oscars in 2008
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In a year where she was nominated in not one category, but two (Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress), all eyes were on a pregnant Blanchett, who looked every inch the glowing A-lister in violet-hued Dries Van Noten.
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Cate Blanchett in Valentino at the Oscars in 2005
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For her first Oscars win, in recognition of her performance in The Aviator, Blanchett was a radiant ray of sunshine in yellow Valentino. To this day, the one-shoulder silk taffeta number is considered one of the best Oscars red carpet moments of all time.
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Cate Blanchett in Donna Karan at the Golden Globes in 2004
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A pregnant Blanchett was a vision of Hollywood glamor when she graced the red carpet in this silky scarlet Grecian-esque number by Donna Karan.
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Cate Blanchett in Valentino at the Golden Globes in 2003
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At the 2003 Golden Globes, where Blanchett was nominated for Best Actress for her performance in Veronica Guerin, she opted for ethereal and embellished Valentino.
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Cate Blanchett in Yves Saint Laurent at the VH1 Vogue Fashion Awards in 2002
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Making for a striking pair, Blanchett arrived at the VH1 Vogue Fashion Awards in New York City on the arm of Designer of the Year winner, Tom Ford, in a pristine white frock coat designed by Ford for YSL.
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Cate Blanchett in Jean Paul Gaultier at the Oscars in 2000
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Who could forget this daringly low-back, figure-hugging dress by Jean Paul Gaultier that Blanchett wore to the Oscars in 2000? The fashion moment was minted in the Y2K-era Hall of Fame thanks to the last-minute addition of gold accessories, styled by jewelry designer Cynthia Bach.
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Cate Blanchett wears John Galliano at the Oscars in 1999
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For her first-ever Oscars ceremony in 1999, Blanchett paved the way for a flawless 25-year red carpet run to follow by stepping out in a beaded gown by John Galliano. The dress featured an embroidered illusion panel on its scoop back decorated by flowers and a hummingbird.
