Penélope Cruz Wore Custom Chanel Look 36 at "Bunker" Venice Premiere

Penélope Cruz brought bold color to a red carpet that's leaned heavily black and white this year. The Spanish actress, an Academy Award winner and longtime Chanel ambassador known for films like "Volver," "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" and "Parallel Mothers," walked the Venice Film Festival red carpet for the premiere of "Bunker," directed by Florian Zeller, in which she stars opposite her real-life husband Javier Bardem as a married couple whose relationship unravels after he agrees to build a survivalist bunker for a tech billionaire.

For the premiere, Cruz wore custom Chanel, based on Look 36 from the house's Fall/Winter 2026 collection under creative director Matthieu Blazy. The gown is a fitted, floor-length column dress in a bold, saturated red, with a simple scoop neckline and structured bodice that skims straight down the body. The standout detail sits right at the waist: a textured, fringe-like trim in the same red tone that wraps fully around the hip, breaking up the sleek silhouette with a bit of movement and dimension. A discreet front slit and small gold button detailing at the skirt added just enough polish without pulling focus from the color itself.

She wore her hair in her signature shoulder-length bob with soft, wispy bangs, keeping the styling clean and classic. For jewelry, she chose sparkling drop earrings and statement cocktail rings that caught the light against the red fabric, finishing the look with matching red pointed-toe pumps that elongated the whole silhouette.

Cruz has been a Chanel ambassador since 2018 and a fixture on the brand's front row for years, so the custom pull for Venice tracked with her long-running relationship with the house. Earlier the same day, she and Bardem arrived at the Lido in more casual looks, with Cruz carrying Chanel's Maxi Flap bag in beige suede from the brand's Spring 2026 collection alongside a black Ferragamo dress, before changing into the red Chanel gown for the official "Bunker" premiere that evening.