Cate Blanchett is the first sole artist co-host in the 25-year history of Serpentine Gallery Summer Party held at Kensington Gardens. The Serpentine Pavilion is designed by Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum this year. At the event, Cate wore a creation by Dilara Findikoglu from her Autumn/Winter 2025 collection, styled by Alister Mackie.

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Serpentine Summer Party

Cate Blanchett styled a sculptural, oceanic design courtesy of Dilara Findikoglu for the 2025 Serpentine Gallery Summer Party on Tuesday in London. The actress served as the cohost and was among a bevy of guests who posed for photos ahead of the seasonal fete, which celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Serpentine Pavilion, designed by Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum this year.

For the occasion, Blanchett opted for a design courtesy of Dilara Findikoglu’s fall 2025 ready-to-wear collection. The piece featured a structural bodice with seashells lining the neckline, shoulders, bustline and hips of the ornate, delicate garment.

“Fashion is not how it used to be anymore — there needs to be more fantasy,” Findikogluu said backstage at the London Fashion Week debut of her fall 2025 collection, per WWD’s Hikmat Mohammed. “I wish people pushed boundaries more — every time I look at a collection on the runways, it looks like the same thing, without shading anybody. Sometimes I really consider if I should just make art,” she said. Findikoglu titled her collection “Venus From Chaos.”

Blanchett’s ensemble, with its ornamental seashells throughout, and the title of the collection could have been a reference to “The Birth of Venus” painting by Sandro Botticelli. “I’m going to the planet where I was born — Venus and I’m creating the ultimate world,” Findikoglu said of her collection.

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Back in April 2025, Cate said of co-hosting the event, “Supporting our cultural institutions and their power to illuminate the world at large and our place within it is of paramount importance. I’m honored to co-chair the Serpentine party and its summer festivities where so many creative forms —architecture, performance, music, science and digital narratives — intersect. To come together around a pavilion created by Tabassum, whose socially driven work particularly in her home country of Bangladesh to meet the challenges faced by Rohingya refugees, is an inspirational opportunity.”

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