This year's Cannes Film Festival introduced strict red carpet dress codes, banning nudity and voluminous dresses for decorum and preventing traffic on the red carpet and to avoid complications in seating. Regardless, several celebrities made headlines with their fashion statements, challenging the new rules.
Heidi Klum made a strong fashion statement by wearing a pink Ellie Saab couture flower gown with a long train and a high thigh slit violating the festival’s new red carpet dress code. Chinese actress Wan Qianhui turned heads at the festival by wearing a huge white gown that many commented resembled a white fluffy cloud. The outfit challenged the new norms of the Film Festival.
On the contrary, Halle Berry, who did a last-minute outfit change to go along with the new red carpet norms. The jury member originally planned to wear a gown with a long train designed by Indian designer Gaurav Gupta, but had to make a switch to adhere to the new rules. Halle Berry wore a black and white trapeze gown.
The festival said that it "reserves the right to deny access to individuals whose attire could obstruct the movement of other guests or complicate seating arrangements in the screening rooms."
Tote bags, backpacks, and large bags are "prohibited" during the gala screenings. Voluminous dresses, particularly long trains, are among the garments affected by the new rules. According to the charter, these long and overly capacious dresses "hinder the proper flow of traffic of guests and complicate seating in the theatre."
