Angelina Jolie Understands The Luxurious Powers Of Greige

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is, perhaps, the ultimate Hollywood actress. Dignified in speech with a Hellenic beauty and an underlying pathos that evokes Louise Brooks, Pauline Starke and .

Her performance in the Pablo Larraín-directed Maria Callas biopic–which British Vogue editor Radhika Seth as her greatest of all time and won her an eight-minute standing ovation at the –has seen her become an avatar for a resplendent strain of old-world composure otherwise lost to time.“I chose not to copy [Maria’s] looks because they are hers, and her Venice carpets were stunning, so I gave a little nod to her—in a different way,” Jolie recently of her own Venice wardrobe. “But I made sure to wear something ladylike in her honor.” The actor spent most of her time dressed in and dresses with Grecian-style sleeves that served as a subtle homage to the American-Greek soprano, before later wearing a knitted column at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado cut from the most luxurious shade of cashmere with .Angelina Jolie at the 2024 Telluride Film Festival.Blanket dressing can be as polished and decadent and sumptuous as a stole-topped Tamara Ralph gown—the draped chiffon number that Angelina Jolie of Maria—but there’s perhaps something more vulnerable about the desire to swaddle oneself in ultra-soft yarns.QuinceIt reminds me of Callas’s own relationship to clothing, which . “An armour,” as Vogue editor Liam Hess in an interview with Jolie, “that allowed her to step out into an at-times hostile world."This article was originally published by .By signing up you agree to our (including the ), our and to receive marketing and account-related emails from Glamour.