Dakota Johnson is used to becoming the center of attention when she steps on a red carpet. With the complicity of her stylist, Kate Young—who was fashion editor at Vogue and assistant to the all-powerful Anna Wintour before becoming one of the most influential stylists in the sector, with clients such as Johnson herself, Scarlett Johansson, Selena Gomez, Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams—the daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson has become one of the style references of her generation. He has demonstrated it again these days on the red carpet of the Red Sea International Film Festival 2025, held in the port city of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). There she posed with a minimalist dress cut out low-cut black that highlighted the set of cascading Chopard high jewelry diamonds that she wore around her neck, accompanied by chokers and earrings from the same brand.
With this style, Johnson went from the striking ‘naked dresses’ that she has worn in recent years to a black model but with strategic cuts at the waist, a V-neckline finished with a bow and a front slit. It is a model by the Italian designer based in London and Milan Alessandra Rich, a recurring designer in the wardrobe of figures such as Kate Middleton. Some of Rich’s designs, such as a polka dot dress inspired by Lady Di, have been true viral phenomena (worn by characters as diverse as Sarah Jessica Parker and Ivanka Trump). “Made entirely in Italy, the collections are distinguished by refined fabrics such as crepe of China silk, bouclé of tweed wool and Chantilly lace. Romantic details such as lace-trimmed collars, puffed sleeves and feminine silhouettes are offset by an ironic touch, resulting in designs that are both elegant and unexpected,” they state on the brand’s website. If during the promotion of Madame Web, In 2024, Dakota Johnson became a reference when it came to wearing the naked dresswith models signed by Gucci, one of its leading brands, this year, with the promotion of Materialists, by Celine Song, and Splitsville, He has also opted for glitter, lace and transparencies.
The Red Sea International Film Festival was born in 2019 and is held in Jeddah, the second city of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which in recent years has become the cultural center of the country. In addition to Johnson, actresses such as Juliette Binoche, Kristen Dunst, and Jessica Alba attended the event. Uma Thurman, Natasha Lyonne and Ana de Armas, who participated in the festival’s Women in Cinema gala.
After almost eight years together, in June People magazine confirmed the breakup of Dakota Johnson, 36, and Coldplay singer Chris Martin, 48. Since then, the actress has dedicated herself to promoting her projects. Johnson is now immersed in a new film work, verity, alongside Anne Hathaway, and in addition to being an actress she is a producer: in 2019 she founded TeaTime Pictures, under whose umbrella she is preparing what will be her directorial debut, A Tree Is Bluewritten and starring actress Vanessa Burghardt, with whom he already worked in Cha Cha Real Smooth. “I wanted to develop my own projects and explore parts of myself and my art that I think other people were not seeing,” she explained during one of the In Conversation talks, developed within the framework of the festival. For another of the event’s events, the actress wore a bohemian-style white dress with lace and ruffles from Chloé.
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