Nobody has a red carpet presence quite like Tilda Swinton. With her otherworldly beauty and her playful eye for elegant, avant-garde designs, there’s a reason she’s become an enduring muse to filmmakers and fashion designers alike. But today in Venice, while attending a photo call to promote her new film The Eternal Daughter, Swinton’s look held a deeper meaning.
"It’s my honor to wear half of the Ukrainian flag, " Swinton said at the press conference for Joanna Hogg’s "The Eternal Daughter, " when complimented on her look by a journalist. Swinton expressed that it was an honor later during the conference as well. The star wore a light blue top, which complements the dark blue of the Ukraine flag.
Swinton’s impactful message also comes on the heels of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s virtual cameo at the Venice Film Festival’s opening ceremony, in which he asked actors and filmmakers in attendance to speak out against the war. Marrying her innate, idiosyncratic beauty with a powerful political statement, Swinton proved once again that her looks can always command attention—but especially when it counts the most.