Kendall Jenner and Sydney Sweeney touched down in Venice on Wednesday for a whirlwind series of film festival red carpets and high-profile parties.
The 30-year-old American model and the 27-year-old actress arrived in the Italian lagoon city in their roles as official ambassadors for Armani Beauty.
Armani Beauty is the cosmetic and fragrance line of the Italian luxury fashion house Giorgio Armani. The annual Venice International Film Festival, held on the Lido island in Venice, is the world's oldest film festival, having been founded in 1932.
Sydney Sweeney, the star of The Housemaid, ensured all eyes were on her as she arrived wearing a gold lace handkerchief top, which she teamed with a pair of cream bermuda shorts.
After making her way through arrivals at Marco Polo Airport, the main international airport serving Venice, Sydney stopped to take a photo with a waiting fan. She happily posed for further photos with fans outside the terminal before heading outside to catch a boat to the city centre.
Sydney is an American actress who achieved widespread recognition for her television roles in HBO series such as Euphoria and The White Lotus.
Kendall Jenner arrives in tailored style
Meanwhile, Kendall Jenner chose a chic first look as she made her way through arrivals at Marco Polo Airport. Kendall wore a white vest and cream trousers, teamed with stylish loafers, and carried her cabin essentials in a large suede Chanel holdall bag.
Chanel is a historic French luxury fashion house founded in Paris in 1910 by designer Coco Chanel. Kendall first gained public attention on her family's reality television show Keeping Up with the Kardashians before becoming one of the fashion industry's highest-profile supermodels.
Kendall happily posed for photos with fans waiting at the airport before heading outside to catch a boat to the city centre. While Kendall is expected at a number of Armani events in the coming days, she is unlikely to be joined by her new beau Jacob Elordi.
Jacob Elordi romance and summer travels
Jacob Elordi, who stars in Wuthering Heights, attended last year's Venice Film Festival to promote his movie Frankenstein, but is not expected at this year's event. The Australian actor has been enjoying a break from the big screen after a hectic year, which included the release of his Oscar-nominated role in Frankenstein and the Wuthering Heights blockbuster.
In his downtime, Jacob has been seeing Kendall in London, Hollywood and Australia. The couple went public with their relationship in April when they were glimpsed passionately kissing at the afterparty for Justin Bieber's Coachella performance after being set up by Kendall's younger sister Kylie Jenner.
Coachella, officially known as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, is an annual music event held in Indio, California. In the intervening months, Kendall and Jacob's romance saw them visiting Hawaii and Japan together, with the pair going viral on TikTok for holding hands in Tokyo.
The couple also traveled to London for the premiere of The Dog Stars. Their trip included a glamorous dinner at Cipriani with Jacob's father John, followed by the red carpet event for the movie on Thursday. It has been reported that Jacob booked the $82,000-a-night penthouse suite at famous London hotel Claridge's for himself and his girlfriend in a bid to impress her.
Matchmaking by Kylie Jenner and awards season connection
An insider exclusively told the Daily Mail that Kendall and Jacob had been dating "as far back as early February" thanks to a spot of matchmaking from Kendall's sister Kylie. At that stage, Kylie's boyfriend Timothée Chalamet was running a best actor Oscar campaign for his turn as an underground ping pong champion in Marty Supreme.
Meanwhile, Jacob was also nominated for a string of awards for his role as the monster in Guillermo Del Toro's adaptation of Frankenstein.
"Kylie was around Jacob a lot during Timothée's award season marathon because Jacob was nominated for Frankenstein and Timothée was nominated for Marty Supreme," the source explained to the Daily Mail. "Kylie is the alpha sister and pushed Kenny to start a romance with Jacob because she wanted to set up double dates with Timothée."
"Kenny's house is where all the parties happen, a lot of action there, so the four of them got close there," the source expanded, divulging that "Kenny found out she just clicked with Jacob... there was chemistry."
Venice Film Festival lineup and featured premieres
Other arrivals in Venice included Maggie Gyllenhaal, who looked chic in a black suit as she arrived at the Hotel Excelsior, and Kate Mara, who wowed in a mini skirt and heels for her hotel entrance.
The Hotel Excelsior Venice Lido is a historic beachfront luxury hotel on Lido island that serves as the centerpiece for guests during the festival. The Venice Film Festival's red carpet events began Wednesday with the premiere of British director Danny Boyle's Ink, a drama about the rise of media magnate Rupert Murdoch.
The festival closes on September 12 with Italian costume drama Dio Ride (God Laughs), written and directed by Giovanni Veronesi. Stars expected to attend this year include Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis, sisters Rooney and Kate Mara, Robert Pattinson, Penélope Cruz and her husband Javier Bardem, Pamela Anderson, Sam Rockwell, John Malkovich, French actor Louis Garrel, South Korean actress Cho Yeo-jeong and US actress Ellen Burstyn, who is accepting a lifetime achievement award.
