It's a movie star's worst nightmare. Promoting "The Banquet" at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 3, 2006, Zhang Ziyi wore the same polka-dot Armani dress that actress Xu Jinglei wore two months ago. The Hong Kong press pounced on the slip-up. "Zhang Ziyi wears Xu Jinglei's old dress," the headline read in Apple Daily. Here's Zhang, looking great in her 'old dress' in Venice. Click 'next' to see her rival.
Xu Jinglei, left, wore the dress in July to promote her film "Confession of Pain." "Zhang Ziyi, who occasionally fumbles her wardrobe, wore the same outfit that Xu Jinglei wore at a press conference earlier. What a big strategic mistake," cried the Oriental Daily News. Actually, both look terrific in the dress. And if you're going to be a copycat, make it an Armani.