And good for them!<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-name” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Black Han Sans|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font=”|||on|||||” header_4_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]
Words by Georgia Aspinall<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2214947935-scaled.jpg” alt=”Bella Hadid” title_text=”Opening Ceremony And %22Partir Un Jour%22 (Leave One Day) Red Carpet – The 78th Annual Cannes Film Festival” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] No nipples, no trains, no voluminous outfits \u2013 those were the rules dictated by Cannes Film Festival this year ahead the most glamorous red carpet of the season. It follows years of \u2018naked dresses\u2019 and extravagant gowns, with the festival synonymous with iconic high fashion moments from celebrities and supermodels alike.<\/p>\n \u2018The Cannes Film Festival is like the world\u2019s longest red carpet, with two weeks of premieres and photocalls, so it\u2019s no surprise that the stars pull out all the stops when it comes to agenda-setting fashion,\u2019 Grazia\u2019s senior fashion writer Natalie Hammond says. \u2018There have been some truly iconic looks that we\u2019re still talking about today. Princess Diana\u2019s ice blue gown by Catherine Walker, for example, or Naomi Campbell re-wearing 1996 Chanel last year, with alternate stripes of sequins and mesh that revealed subtle flashes of skin.\u2019<\/p>\n The most famous naked dresses of all? Bella Hadid\u2019s breast-baring Schiaparelli lung dress in 2021 and see-through Saint Laurent dress in 2024, as well as Kendall Jenner\u2019s all white mesh 2017 Schiaparelli Haute Couture dress, plus her black, snake-themed Roberto Cavalli gown in 2016. \u2018I just love getting my tits out!\u2019 the latter previously exclaimed, a sentence most Europeans would take in stride, surely?<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=”9710,9707,9706,9708,9709″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_gallery][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] Alas, this year the nipples were put on permanent ban. \u2018For decency reasons, nudity is prohibited on the red carpet, as well as in any other area of the festival,\u2019 the festivals new dress code read. \u2018Voluminous outfits, in particular those with a large train, that hinder the proper flow of traffic of guests and complicate seating in the theatre are not permitted. The festival welcoming teams will be obligated to prohibit red carpet access to anyone not respecting these rules.\u2019<\/p>\n The controversial decision has caused a wave of commentary, some supporting the desire for modesty while others have questioned why women\u2019s bodies are being policed in such a regressive way. This is the south of France after all, a place where few would blink at a topless woman on a beach, at a film festival where full-frontal nudity on-screen is the norm.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] But new dress code or not, it appears most celebrities are ignoring it anyway \u2013 and guess what, they\u2019re still walking the red carpet! True to form, Bella Hadid showed up all leg and side boob in Saint Laurent, while Julia Garner, French actor Galatea Bellugi, and model Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Bel all opted for partially see-through dresses.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=”9704,9701,9700,9698″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_gallery][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] The whole no train thing didn\u2019t quite work out either, with Heidi Klum\u2019s Elie Saab gown taking up half the red carpet, Chinese actor Wan QianHui choosing a full tulle skirt that looks cosier than the bed of our dreams and Halle Berry opting for a Celia Kritharioti’s Spring 2025 Couture collection that went beyond the realms of \u2018voluminous\u2019.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery gallery_ids=”9702,9703,9705″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_gallery][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] Berry had initially expressed disappointment at having to switch one of her gowns last minute due to the new dress code. \u2018I had an amazing dress by Gupta to wear tonight, and I cannot wear it because the train is too big,\u2019 Berry said in the festival\u2019s first press conference. \u2018Of course, I’m going to follow the rules, so I had to make a pivot.\u2019<\/p>\n Alas, she clearly switched gears once seeing her peers bravely shun the rules. More rulebreakers also include the entire cast of Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning, who stopped on the red carpet to take a selfie, a move long prohibited at Cannes. Not only are selfies not allowed, but whipping out any phone or recording devices is banned on the red carpet.<\/p>\n ‘Only accredited photographers, present on the sides of the first part of the red carpet, will be authorized to photograph the Red Carpet Ceremony,’ the charter states. ‘To ensure flow during the Red Carpet Ceremony, taking personal photographs and selfies is prohibited on the red carpet.’<\/p>\n Christopher McQuarrie took that rule and threw it out the window then, taking a number of selfies with \u00a0Greg Tarzan Davis, Angela Bassett, Tom Cruise, Tramell Tillman, Simon Pegg, Hannah Waddingham, Pom Klementieff and Esai Morales.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2214426009-1-scaled.jpg” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” alt=”Mission Impossible cast” title_text=”FRANCE-FILM-FESTIVAL-CANNES” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Go forth, liberated A-listers, we want to see all your trains, bare chests and selfie sticks fighting the good fight all weekend long.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#111111″ divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” module_class=”custom-divider” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-texts” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|||on|||||” text_orientation=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”] Photos: Getty<\/b><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" These stars were never going to follow the dress code, let’s be honest…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":9712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"guestgrazia","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9692"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9717,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9692\/revisions\/9717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}