Six red carpet looks that turned heads at this year’s Cannes Film Festival
For some the thigh was the limit, for others the butch look was back, and the barely-there lace trend continues; some couldn’t resist making a big impression in numbers that needed a team of assistants to help them up stairs
After 12 days of red-carpet glamour, political fashion statements and wardrobe malfunctions, these are the looks that turned heads at the Cannes film festival.
Gowns slashed almost to the hip were omnipresent at this year’s Cannes, with Susan Sarandon – at 70, the same age as the festival – giving a masterclass in the genre when she turned up on opening night in a green velvet number that also made the most of her ample cleavage. But the dangers of the thigh split were also on display, with US supermodel Bella Hadid repeatedly flashing her underwear due to the daring cut of her dress by Alexandre Vauthier.
Big nights call for big dresses, and there was many a full skirt on the red carpet, from R&B superstar Rihanna’s vast white Dior number to Nicole Kidman’s giant puffball skirt for The Killing of a Sacred Deer. But Bollywood queen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan stole the show in a pale blue ballroom gown so big it took a team of five assistants to help her up the stairs.
Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev set the internet alight with her choice of frock for the opening gala, emblazoned with the Jerusalem skyline, which she said was intended to mark 50 years since the city’s “liberation and reunification” – a view its Palestinian residents would dispute.
