It’s only Kendall Jenner’s second time in the city of Venice—and her first at the Venice Film Festival. When Vogue catches up with her, she has barely had time to settle in: she landed the previous day and will be gone again by morning. First, though, there is a dress to put on and a debut festival carpet to walk.
“I’m excited to throw my dress on and go do the carpet later,” she says, fanning herself in an attempt to stay cool in the stifling Italian heat. Jenner is heading to the premiere of Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine, which stars John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits, and Parker Posey and is competing for the Golden Lion. She is in town with Armani Beauty, having become the face of Emporio Armani’s Power of You fragrance earlier this year. “I love working with Armani,” she says. “They are so sweet, and everything is always just so fun and easy.” Later, she steps out on the red carpet in a delicately beaded, shimmering gold floral Armani gown and Briony Raymond diamond earrings. Her hair, in a zig-zag parting, cascades in soft, glossy waves.
Venice already comes with its own rather romantic Jenner family association. Her first visit, last summer, was for a wedding, and Kylie Jenner came as her date. “It was just like we were on just a million dates together in Venice,” she remembers. “So I’d say now, Venice reminds me of Kylie, which is really sweet. It’s sisterly romance.” There are, of course, the city’s more obvious charms, too. “It’s so beautiful. It’s so unique. It’s one of a kind.”
Scent, it turns out, is also something Jenner associates with the women in her family. Fragrance is the final consideration in her everyday getting-ready routine. “At the end of getting dressed, I’m like, ‘Who am I today? What scent am I today?’” she says. “I’m a little bit of a snob about it too. I’m super picky about my scents.”
Power of You—a gourmand fragrance built around maracuja, frangipani, and vanilla bourbon—has duly made the cut. And Jenner has a particular technique when it comes to application. “I’m mostly a chest sprayer,” she says. It dawns on her in real time, as we speak: “I feel like that was my mom as well. I remember seeing her doing this, so I think maybe that’s why I ended up that way.” Another beauty trick, inherited from Kris Jenner.
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