Angelina Jolie Flaunts Back Tattoos at 'Couture' Premiere

Angelina Jolie turned heads at the Rome premiere of her film Couture wearing a custom Alberta Ferretti caped, backless black gown that showcased her extensive back tattoos—including a large tiger motif and a “know your rights” ink—and was paired with sheer stockings and patent stiletto ankle boots. The shoppable cape dress, a toned-down alternative to Lorenzo Serafini’s more embellished runway piece, features an oval open-back cutout and a related ready-to-wear version retails for about $1,773. Directed by Alice Winocour and backed by Chanel, which granted unprecedented access to its couture salons, Couture follows women behind the scenes at Paris Fashion Week and stars Jolie as Maxine, a filmmaker who is diagnosed with breast cancer. The film’s themes resonated with Jolie’s own history—she carries the BRCA1 gene, underwent a preventive double mastectomy and later had her ovaries removed after losing her mother to cancer—and she has said she does not regret those choices. Jolie has defended her tattoos as expressions of self rather than a “blank slate” between roles, and her understated red-carpet look drew widespread social-media praise.