"Cannes Film Festival 2021: Red Carpet Trends and Fashion Highlights"

2023-05-26 20:01:49

Year after year, actors, models and influencers from all over the world meet on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival. Overview of the trends that punctuated the 76th edition.

A few weeks after the Met gala – THE annual meeting of the entertainment and fashion industry in New York -, which honored the deceased couturier Karl Lagarfeld as well as emblematic outfits from the catwalks of the 90s, the Croisette also took on a slight “vintage” hue.

Thus, the interpreter of the sulphurous series “The Idol”, Lily-Rose Depp (23 years old), wore a strapless Chanel sequin mini-dress from the archives of the house.

As for the French influencer Léna Mahfouf (better known as Léna Situations), she opted for an outfit – a sort of bodysuit with a long train revealing her legs – inspired by an old dress from the British brand Vivienne Westwood worn by Naomi Campbell in 1994. Outfit that earned the interested party an avalanche of grossophobic comments. “I hope that the future and hindsight will bring us only love,” she reacted on her Instagram account.

For her part, actress Natalie Portman – who presented “May December” alongside Julianne Moore – went back even further in time with a vaporous strapless dress inspired by the legendary Junon dress, created by Christian Dior in 1949.

The “Naked dress”, or transparent dress, is not a recent invention. It was the British model Kate Moss who was probably the first to wear it in 1993, in London. Then aged 19, she appeared without makeup with a long backless, strappy, silver-colored and totally transparent dress. Since then, the outfit has been emulated.

From Rihanna to Kendall Jenner, she keeps coming back. In Cannes, model supermodel Irina Shayk appeared, several times, with different versions of transparent dresses.

Actress and model Julia Fox caused a sensation during the presentation of the series “The Idol” with a dress revealing almost entirely her breasts. Same thing for the model Iris Law who had also opted for a transparent lingerie dress.

Irreplaceable, the black dress, an eternal symbol of elegance and chic, has taken the Croisette by storm. Among the outfits that ignited the red carpet: the dress of pop-star Dua Lipa, who launched a four-handed capsule with Donatella Versace.

For her part, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, on the poster of the last “Indiana Jones” (presented out of competition), opted for an impressive black dress with a ruffle signed Schiaparelli.

Men have also acclaimed the total black look. Starting with the American rap superstar, Travis Scott, present on the red carpet for the presentation of the series “The Idol”, co-created by the Canadian singer Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye.

Also in total black look, the actors of the short film by Spaniard Pedro Almodovar, “Strange Way of Life”, presented out of competition and in the absence of Pedro Pascal.

Never short of glamour, model Gigi Hadid caused a stir on the red carpet again. In question? Her blonde “Barbie” style that was favored by the women’s press.

The other capillary “shock” is by Helen Mirren. The 77-year-old British actress appeared on the red carpet with blue hair. The other trend that has made its way onto the red carpet is the “wet hair”, literally wet effect hairstyle, used in particular by models Grace Elizabeth or Irina Shayk.

On the men’s side, the mustache has made its timid comeback. Come to defend “Asteroid City”, the latest film by Wes Anderson, actor Bryan Cranston did not hesitate to play with his mustache during the traditional photo-call. Briton Jude Law, who came to present “Firebrand” by Karim Aïnouz, stood out on the red carpet with his elegant tuxedo and his perfectly trimmed mustache.