Everything is ready for the new edition of Cannes Film Festivalthe 75th with that of this year, with the Croisette that will welcome international stars and with the desire, as well as the hope, to create an unforgettable world cinema festival, thanks above all to the eighteen films in competition.
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Desire for novelty and to start again with an extra gear, and who knows if it is not done even with the rigid one dress code which requires the event. Yes, because in order to participate, and walk on one of the most popular red carpets in the world, there are rules to be respected.
If for the day the possibility of a more informal outfit is granted – but beware: flip-flops are banned regardless – for the evening it is a whole other story. Tuxedo with bow tie for the man, while for the woman dress with long skirt emostly, high heels. In particular, this point has been bitterly contested several times even by personalities such as Kristen Stewart And Emily Blunt.
A protocol that clashes more and more with a period in which finally, especially in the field of fashion, theand gender barriers are increasingly thinningthus freeing himself from rigid schemes that sound more and more obsolete.
Over the years, many have broken these rules: for example Henry Miller or Armand Gatti they refused to obey the code and were rejected by the opening night. Others, on the other hand, managed to pass the checks – some with many difficulties – showing how clothes can represent a powerful person tool to feel free to express yourself.
There are those who preferred to make their way with a provocative outfit or those who instead decided to challenge the rule of “high heels” by showing off flat shoes or even walking barefoot. Here, then, as often as the dress code of the Cannes Film Festival was ignored. Or deliberately broken.
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Keystone-France1/13Pablo Picasso, 1953
One of the first to break the dress code of the Cannes festival he was not an actor or a director, in short, no one from the world of the seventh art. To do so – and with a lot of permission from the committee – it was Pablo Picasso at the first of Lives sold from Henri-Georges Clouzot. The painter, in fact, appeared wearing a sheepskin coat over a corduroy dress. He at least he had decided to wear the bow tie.
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Andreas Rentz2/13Julia Roberts in Armani Privé, 2016
Pure comfort or a simple challenge to the strict red carpet rules of Cannes? Beyond any possible answer, Julia Roberts stretches out for two reasons. The first for a look total black almost perfect, embellished with a necklace Chopard emerald. The second because, without losing her smile, barefoot climbs the stairs with enviable naturalness – it hardly seems to be in the spotlight of the whole world. All this happens after the year before a group of ladies in ballet flats had been invited to leave for their clothing judged to be non-compliant. I suspect that the actress – present for the premiere of Money Monster – did it to send a message there. And how if there is.
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PATRICK HERTZOG3/13Michel Piccoli, 1994
Michel Piccoli in a single shot not only destroys the rule of the dark tuxedo but demonstrates how important it is the Stanislavskij method, according to which the actor must identify himself so much in the acting that he himself becomes the character he must bring on stage. In fact, the outfit with which the French actor presented himself on the red carpet is none other than that of his alter ego Simon Cinéma from the movie One Hundred and One Night. Film that was shooting at that time on the Côte d’Azur.
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PATRICK HERTZOG4/13Victoria Abril, 1997
Known for her eccentric outfits, even in 1997 Victoria Abrilmuse of the director Pedro Almodóvar, it was no less. Black heeled shoes, hat and jacket in the same color, with the latter having a deep slit along the back, and, finally, no pants, only the underwear in plain sight. Provocative but without wanting to be. For the premiere of the film The End of Violence, the actress had prepared a sober outfit: a simple tuxedo. The problem was that the pants were forgotten on the trip. What to do at this juncture then? Absolutely nothing if not to go along with events and make a virtue of necessity.
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Gilbert TOURTE5/13Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda, 1969
We have been rebels since birth and it is a characteristic that most distinguishes the cast of the cult Easy Rider. A young man – and now ready for international fame – Jack Nicholson evidently he did not feel like challenging the rigid protocols of the French film festival, which he did Dennis Hopper And Peter Fonda they did it with incredible cunning. In fact, according to the rules a formal national dress. Here is the quirk worthy of a lawyer who allowed them to participate with the uniforms of the Civil War. Everything ok, since: “Uniforms are acceptable for the evening. Nobody specified in the regulations which war or which army», This is the note that justifies the looks of the two. On that occasion the film won an award for best first work even if it was then immediately banned in France due to the drug use of the characters. In short, until the end, Born to Be Wilde like the soundtrack of the film.
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Pascal Le segretain6/13Kristen Stewart in Chanel Haute Couture, 2018
Never impose anything on Kristen Stewart because 100% she will do exactly the opposite. At the première of Blackkklansman the actress stunned with a designer outfit Chanel Haute Couture silver. Elegant in her mini dress covered with crystal fragments and metallic embroidery – even if at the limit of the rules due to the short skirt -, to complete it all there are a pair of shoes with stiletto heels Louboutin. All in the “norm” were it not that Kristen, in a more than evident sign of protest against the obligation of heels, she decided to remove the décolleté and, shoes in hand, completed her tour on the red carpet. “If you’re not asking guys to wear heels and a dress, you can’t ask me either», And how to blame her.
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VALERY HACHE7/13Kristen Stewart in Chanel Haute Couture, 2018
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GARCIA / URLI pool8/13Cicciolina, 1988
Bold look, a symbol of victory from the top of the steps and a dazzling smile. Ilona Stalleralias Cicciolina, a former pornodiva and former member of the Chamber of Deputies – elected in 1987 – literally undermines all the rules on “how to dress” in Cannes. White cut-out dress that covers practically “nothing” – the most dressed part remains the forearms thanks to the gloves – and a pink plush toy used as a clutch. What is certain is that such a suit did not take up much space in the suitcase.
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Dominique Charriau9/13Uma Thurman in Chanel Haute Couture, 2011
Called as a member of the jury – then chaired by Robert De Niro – Uma Thurman it was no less on the red carpet. An example is the dress Versace with which he opened the edition – silver look with metallic inserts and embellished with crystals Swarovski along the bodice. Yet she, too, during the event violated the dress code. In this specific case, the problem – so to speak – is not the white designer dress Chanel Haute Couture, from the autumn 2008 collection, but the sandals on the feet that have replaced the “chatty” shoes with heels. That year she wasn’t the only one to show off sandals, as she did too Inès de La Fressange.
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Pascal Le segretain10/13Susan Sarandon in Saint Laurent, 2016
As we have said, dress codes, written and unwritten, systematically fit women into stereotyped and rather “traditional” styles. Long dress, high heels… but Susan Sarandon evidently, in 2016, it wasn’t there. So here she is showing off a classic of men’s fashion: dark tuxedo Saint Lauren, white shirt and pointed flat shoes in pendant. To tie the whole look together? A pair of dark sunglasses. Vip air in perfect style Blues Brothers, what better reference can there be when it comes to nonconformist? Well… None.
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Dave Hogan11/13Madonna in Jean Paul Gaultier, 1991
If the first film is called In bed with Madonna, documentary that tells about some of the concerts of the Blond Ambition Tour in 1990, let’s say that it is legitimate to expect something spectacular from one of the most irreverent singers ever. So it was during the 1991 edition of the festival. She arrived in a pink satin cape Madonnaonce at the top of the stairs, she dropped it and showed off her two-piece outfit with the now iconic cone cup bra, designed by the then emerging designer Jean Paul Gaultier. When she’s involved, it’s hard to get bored.
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Foc Kan12/13Dj Kiddy Smile, 2019
Disc Jockey encountered quite a few problems to pass the checks Kiddy Smile in 2019 at the premiere of Pain and Glory. For the occasion, the musician, wearing a pleated ball gown featuring a plunging V-neckline, was stopped by security. First he was asked if it was a traditional dress and with a negative answer the DJ was blocked at the entrance. Only the intervention of a supervisor allowed him to tread the red carpet. “It is just hilarious to me that if you are a black person and you wear something that looks like a dress, people will ask you if it is a traditional dress.” has explained Kiddy Smile. The choice of the floral pattern? As he confided himself it matched perfectly with the color of her hair.
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Toni Anne Barson13/13Vanessa Redgrave, 2017
Among the “rebels” of the red carpet there is also Vanessa Redgrave. The Oscar-winning actress in 1978 during the 70th edition of the festival decided to enrich her black and white ensemble with simple Converse white. Comfort is definitely better.
Source: Vanity Fair
