- Jenna Ortega posed at a screening of Klara and the sun on October 17 at the Rome Film Festival.
- She wore a 1966 “Target” dress by Pierre Cardin.
- The dress was an apparent nod to the film’s poster.
Jenna Ortega gives new meaning to the concept of method dressing. Attend a screening of your next film Klara and the sun At the Rome Film Festival on October 16, the actress wore a dress that echoed the circular design of the film’s poster. And it turns out that while the dress looks tailor-made for the film, it was actually taken from the archives and dates back 60 years.
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Styled by Enrique Melendez, Ortega went for a classic mod moment with one of Pierre Cardin’s iconic “Target” dresses from his 1966 collection. The white shift dress featured a straight silhouette with an asymmetrical Target on one side featuring huge circles of red, yellow and black color. The mod’s design was a subtle nod to not only the movie poster, but also the cover of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel. She paired the mini dress with white heels and wore her hair in a ’60s-coded center bun. She completed the look with a swipe of bright red lipstick and a white manicure to match her dress.
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Ortega stars as the titular Klara in the adaptation of Ishiguro’s novel. Klara is an “artificial friend” who joins a family to accompany a young girl.
As Ortega noted while speaking to AP News, Klara marks a big tonal shift from her usual goth characters, like the titular creepy teen in the Netflix series. Wednesday. “I think she’s the happiest character I’ve ever played,” she said. “I think maybe the biggest challenge was savoring the tone and making the most of the opportunity that (director) Taika (Waititi) brings with his humor, which is to go as far as possible. You can’t really do that for jobs in a drama film. But also making sure that the serious moments still play out the way they should.
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