‘Dune’Star Anya Taylor-Joy Turns Venice Into a Renaissance Runway for Tiffany & Co.

Venice has long served as a backdrop for some of fashion’s most memorable moments, its canals and centuries-old architecture offering a setting few other cities can match. When a jewelry house with as much heritage as Tiffany & Co. wanted to unveil its latest high jewelry chapter, the city’s romantic history made for an obvious pairing.

That partnership came together this week in dramatic fashion, with one of Tiffany’s most recognizable faces stepping into the spotlight for the occasion. The result was a look built to feel like it belonged to another era entirely, even as it was captured for a thoroughly modern campaign.

Anya Taylor-Joy was photographed for Tiffany in Venice, attending the brand’s Blue Book 2026: Hidden Garden gala on September 18 at the historic Fondaco dei Tedeschi, a Renaissance-era landmark beside the Rialto Bridge. The event marked the unveiling of the collection’s fall chapter, and Taylor-Joy’s presence tied directly into her ongoing role as a Tiffany & Co. house ambassador.

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Taylor-Joy wore a mint-green gown from Zuhair Murad’s Spring 2026 Couture collection, featuring a strapless, tightly cinched corset bodice with exposed boning and a dramatic floor-length skirt trailing into a cape. The Renaissance-inspired silhouette echoed the centuries-old architecture surrounding the event, tying her red carpet moment directly to the palazzo setting.

The sculpted bodice detailing required platforms to keep the sweeping overskirt from pooling at the hemline, underscoring just how deliberately theatrical the styling choice was. Paired against Venice’s canal-side backdrop, the gown’s pale, romantic color palette gave the look a softness that balanced its more structured corsetry.

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Taylor-Joy’s Tiffany pieces for the evening totaled more than 10 carats, anchored by a diamond statement necklace featuring leafy vine motifs and a pear-shaped diamond pendant exceeding four carats. Matching diamond earrings added another four-plus carats, while a separate pear-shaped diamond ring rounded out the look.

Those pieces come from the Blue Book 2026 Hidden Garden High Jewelry line, designed by Tiffany’s chief artistic officer Nathalie Verdeille. The collection draws on nature-inspired motifs, including gardens, ripened fruit, flourishing vines, butterflies, jasmine, and monarchs, all rendered through exceptional gemstone work.

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This latest appearance builds on a Tiffany & Co. relationship Taylor-Joy has maintained for several years now, having previously fronted campaigns including 2024’s “With Love, Since 1837” and 2025’s “Love Is a Gift,” the latter of which shot across Los Angeles, New York, London, and Tokyo. That track record has positioned her as one of the brand’s most consistent faces internationally.

Taylor-Joy has spoken about approaching her ambassadorship as something genuinely tied to the house’s heritage and craftsmanship rather than a purely transactional arrangement. That framing lines up with how deliberately her Venice look tied into both the setting and the collection’s storytelling, rather than functioning as a standalone red carpet moment.

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Choosing Fondaco dei Tedeschi as the gala’s venue wasn’t incidental, either. The building’s Renaissance history gave Tiffany a natural stage for a collection built around the same era’s aesthetic language, while also offering the kind of visually striking canal-side setting that tends to generate outsized attention online.

Pairing that backdrop with Taylor-Joy’s Renaissance-inspired gown created a cohesive visual story spanning the venue, the fashion, and the jewelry itself. It’s the kind of full-picture styling moment that high jewelry houses increasingly lean on to make a single event feel like a complete campaign rather than just a product unveiling.

Luxury brands have increasingly turned to destination galas and ambassador partnerships to generate buzz around new collections, treating each unveiling as much as a media moment as a retail launch. Tiffany’s choice to stage this event in Venice, paired with a bespoke couture look built around the collection’s own aesthetic themes, reflects just how intertwined fashion and jewelry marketing have become at this level.

For Taylor-Joy, the appearance adds another high-profile chapter to a partnership that continues to expand her presence in the luxury fashion space alongside her acting career. As Tiffany continues rolling out new chapters of its Blue Book collection, moments like this Venice gala are likely to remain a key part of how the brand tells its story to a global audience.

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