Cate Blanchett oozes sophistication at Paris Fashion Week show

Cate Blanchett showed off her sophisticated sense of style as she stepped out at the Giorgio Armani show during Paris Fashion Week on Wednesday.

The Aussie actress, 55, is known for her head-turning style and didn’t fail to disappoint as she joined the Hollywood elite at the star-studded fashion event.

She showed off her incredible figure in a daringly low-cut black strapless jumpsuit which featured cape-style sequinned detailing fastened around her waist.

The Tar actress let her outfit do all the talking as she kept her accessories minimal and shielded her eyes with a pair of dark sunglasses.

Cate gave herself a few extra inches in a pair of black stiletto heels and swept a blazer over her shoulders upon her arrival at the fashion show.

She slicked her golden locks back away from her face to show off her stunning features as she arrived at the designer’s Fall/Winter 2024/2025 catwalk show.

Cate joined a whole host of celebrities watching the runway show, including the likes of Jodie Turner-Smith, French actress Eva Green and British model Wallis Day.

During the show, Italian designer Giorgio Armani took to the runway alongside the models as he showed off his fashion house’s latest creations.

Cate’s latest outing at Paris Fashion Week comes after she abandoned building plans at her £5m (AU$9.6m) holiday home in Cornwall following backlash from neighbours.

The Carol actress and her husband Andrew Upton bought and demolished a cottage in Mawgan Porth in 2020 to make way for their four-bedroom eco-home.

They then purchased an additional plot of land in the hopes of turning it into a driveway and parking for the home, leading to accusations of a ‘blatant land grab’.

The additional parking plans sparked a row with some neighbours, with one accusing her of ‘destroying’ holidays with the ‘noisy’ building works in a complaint.

Now, Cate is said to have ditched her plans to turn the field, which is being used as a construction compound during renovations, into a new access and parking area.

The Tár actress has formally withdrawn the additional plans in a letter to Cornwall Council, which gave no reason for the decision, according to The Sun.

Daily Mail Australia contacted Cate’s representatives for comment at the time.

Cate’s proposed driveway and car park was designed to give her and her guests level access into the hilltop pad from the rear, saving them from trekking up flights of steps at the front. 

The now-withdrawn application exasperated long-term residents, who claimed they were priced out of the area and are forced to endure constant building works.

Karen Burgess, who owns a neighbouring holiday let, alleged that ‘noise’ from the construction ‘destroyed’ the holidays of her guests across the past year.

In a complaint filed to Cornwall Council’s planning portal, she claimed to have lost £60,000 (AU$125,000) in rental revenue due to the construction, Cornwall Live reported.

She claimed she was having to advertise her holiday home as being impacted by construction noise, but architect firm Watershedd insisted the noise was coming from another development rather than Cate’s.

When construction on Cate’s three-storey home is finished, it will boast a basement swimming pool and showers, as well as an area for surfboards and wetsuits.

At ground floor, it will have four bedrooms including a ‘bunk’ room with a first floor living room, kitchen, dining room, double-sided fireplace, terrace and walled garden.

A green sedum roof will have special boulder features to blend in with the beach below.

The village of Mawgan Porth has been dubbed ‘Hollywood-on-Sea’ after actors Jason Statham, Jason Momoa and Jamie Dornan were also said to have snapped up holiday homes there.

Locals are upset by the influx of multimillionaires and say ‘Cornwall’s best kept secret’ is on the brink of being overrun by second homeowners who are knocking down traditional 1930s bungalows to build ‘James Bond-esque Lego blocks’ which nobody can afford.

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