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Star-Making Style: Practical fashion and beauty cues from TIFF’s red carpets and events

What Toronto’s festival looks taught about hair lengths, nail colour, makeup textures, footwear and the products stylists reached for — a concise guide to the trends visible on stars such as Penélope Cruz, Cynthia Erivo, Naomi Watts, Isabelle Huppert, Julianne Moore and Courteney Cox.

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Monochrome dressing and satin-look skin dominated TIFF: polished, natural-looking complexions paired with single-colour ensembles.

Hair moved toward shorter, intentionally tousled shapes (the “weekend bob”) and sleek low chignons treated with glossy oils.

# Overview Toronto's film festival showed consistent style choices across multiple stars: restrained, monochrome outfits paired with skin that reads like skin but with a luminous finish. Hair, nails and makeup favored shorter, touchable shapes and warm, natural tones rather than overtly sculpted or highly glossy trends.

# What to copy now

Cynthia Erivo and other red-carpet arrivals reinforced monochrome dressing. Erivo's Dior gown used heavy ivory floral tassels to create movement while staying within a single palette.

# Skin and makeup texture

Julianne Moore's prep regimen included Augustinus Bader's The Elixir and The Rich Cream, followed by Armani Luminous Silk Natural Glow Blurring Liquid Foundation, a touch of bronzer and blush, and Charlotte Tilbury's Pillow Talk lipstick in Fair for a petal-pink nude finish.

Naomi Watts showed a pared-back approach: a sleek chignon with a high-shine finish achieved using Gloss Miracle Oil and understated eye makeup paired with crushed-berry lips and cheeks. Her stylist's product choices emphasize simple, clean-beauty approaches.

Isabelle Huppert and Courteney Cox illustrated how a dramatic silhouette or polished black ensemble can be balanced with quiet, luminous makeup: soft rosy blush high on the cheeks, satin lipstick tones and minimal eye emphasis.

# Hair and nails

# Footwear and silhouettes Low kitten heels reappeared as a seasonal staple, paired with shift dresses and tailored looks. Several stars opted for minimalist silhouettes — all-black or all-white moments — letting texture, cut and accessories carry the look rather than heavy embellishment.

# Practical takeaways

  • Try a shorter, slightly tousled bob or a smooth low chignon for an immediate update. Use a glossing oil for camera-worthy shine.
  • For makeup, prefer a foundation with light blurring plus a slightly deeper stick contour to create subtle, natural definition.
  • Adopt a satin-skin finish: luminous but not shiny, with bronzer and rosy-mauve lips to warm the face.
  • Choose fingertip almond nails in a deep bordeaux for an on-trend polish colour.
  • Swap very high heels for kitten heels to match the season's refined-but-comfortable footwear trend.

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