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Monday 21 May 2018

Red carpet fashion: The best looks from Cannes Film Festival

By THOMAS ADAMSON couture dress.
Associated Press Jenner, 22, stole the show
PARIS (AP) — The Cannes at the “Girls of the Sun” pre-
Film Festival is about so miere in white tiered tulle
much more than just mov- gown by Parisian couture
ies. It’s also one of the big- house Schiaparelli. She also
gest celebrity events in garnered much attention
the world - pulling in stars for a revealing sparkly silver
ranging from Marion Co- sweater by Nicolas Jebran
tillard to Cate Blanchett, and classic black pumps at
Lupita Nyong’o and Juli- the Cannes’ Fashion for Re-
anne Moore for 12 days lief event.
of red carpet photocalls. LUPITA NYONG’O
Here are some of the 71st The 35-year-old star stunned
annual festival’s most eye- at the “Sorry Angel” pre-
catching looks: miere in a dramatic white
CATE BLANCHETT Dior Haute Couture gown,
Australian actress and which featured a striking
campaigner against sexual sheer bodice and trendy
harassment Cate Blanch- feathered maxi skirt, along-
ett was not only queen of side Chopard jewelry.
the jury this year, she also The diaphanous pink Pra-
reigned across the red car- da gown with spaghetti
pet wearing a host of top Model Natasha Poly wears an Atelier Versace gown at the premiere of “BlacKkKlansman” at the straps Nyong’o wore to
designer gowns. 71st international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 14, 2018. the Chopard Secret Night
Capping the festival, Associated Press Party was named the best
Blanchett oozed power in at the premiere of Spike well-deserved attention to screening of “Carol” be- look of the festival by some
an Alexander McQueen Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” in a lesser-known designer, cause they weren’t wear- observers.
tailored coat dress at Sat- a Givenchy haute couture Mary Katrantzou. ing heels. Stewart has spo- JULIANNE MOORE
urday’s awards ceremony black and red bleeding KRISTEN STEWART ken out against this in the Julianne Moore had a
with a giant red silk bow on gown. Another of the Cannes jury past. mixed festival in the style
the back. It was perhaps Another head-turner was members, “Twilight” star Fashion-wise, the jury was stakes this time around.
the best look for the “Lord showcased at the screen- and Chanel brand ambas- out, so to speak, in the look The youthful-looking
of the Rings” star who has ing of “Cold War.” The ac- sador, Kristen Stewart often Stewart chose to close the 57-year-old made the
consistently set the bar high tress wore a sublime, blue got it right. festival — a sheer embroi- right kind of a statement
in recent days — including floral gown that brought At the “BlacKkKlansman” dered long gown with a in a bright red caped and
premiere, the 28-year-old high leg slit up the middle. feathered Givenchy Haute
Couture piece for the “Ev-
erybody Knows” premiere,
with some comparing it
to Lupita Nyong’o’s 2014
Golden Globes dress by
Ralph Lauren.
HELEN MIRREN
“The Queen” star Helen
Mirren also didn’t fare so
well this year. The 72-year-
old turned heads for all the
wrong reasons at the pre-
miere of “Girls of the Sun”
in a medieval-looking blue
velvet Elie Saab gown.
Some observers said it
looked more like a costume
Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears a Michael Cinco for a period drama than a
butterfly gown at the premiere of “Girls of The Sun” at the 71st red carpet dress.
international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday,
May 12, 2018. NATASHA POLY
Associated Press Some named Russian
model Natasha Poly the
sparkled in a beautiful, sil- KENDALL JENNER, IRINA worst fashion offender at
ver Chanel minidress. SHAYK AND BELLA HADID Cannes. Poly clashed with
But Stewart won accolades Look no further than mod- the red carpet at the pre-
for another kind of fashion els-of-the-minute Kendall miere of “BlacKkKlansman”
statement at that event — Jenner, Bella Hadid and in an acid violet Atelier Ver-
by pointedly removed her Irina Shayk for proof that sace couture gown with
black Louboutin heels on Cannes is as much about bejeweled bodice.
the red carpet. the clothes as the movies. The diaphanous skirt panels
Cannes’ no-flats policy Shayk, 32, was certainly not blew up her crotch in the
sparked outrage in 2015 sorry for turning heads at French Riviera breeze and
when some women were the “Sorry Angel” screening were unflattering, even on
turned away from the in a hot, red Atelier Versace Poly’s statuesque frame.q