{"id":101708,"date":"2025-05-14T20:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/101708\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T20:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:34:14","slug":"cannes-wildest-and-most-sheer-red-carpet-looks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/101708\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannes\u2019 Wildest and Most Sheer Red Carpet Looks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Cannes<\/a> Film Festival and its iconic red carpet are officially open for business. And aside from the shadow of President Donald Trump looming large over this year\u2019s festivities, the buzziest story to emerge so far this week has been the fest\u2019s new red carpet dress code.<\/a> <\/p>\n

\n\tOn the eve of this year\u2019s opening ceremony, a Cannes rep confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the festival updated its charter to ban full nudity and \u201cvoluminous outfits,\u201d especially those with a large train, that \u201chinder the flow of traffic of guests and complicate seating in the theater.\u201d The fest spokesperson clarified that the dress code is not meant to regulate attire \u201cper se,\u201d but that it did get refreshed to reflect certain rules \u201cthat have long been in effect.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tWhile that may be true, enforcement has definitely been, well, questionable. A quick scan of the Getty archives reveals no shortage of revealing and unruly ensembles, exposed nipples and derrieres and wildly long trains dating back decades. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn 1988, Italian actress Ilona Staller (who also worked as a porn star and politician) walked the red carpet in a barely-there dress that fully exposed her breasts. In recent years, Bella Hadid<\/a> and Kendall Jenner<\/a> have also worn sheer dresses that left little to the imagination on their respective torsos. But film talent, models and brand ambassadors (especially those representing festival sponsors like L\u2019Oreal, Kering and Chopard) have long operated with looser fashion restrictions than regular festival attendees who must adhere to black-tie and evening wear requirements. <\/p>\n

\n\tLongtime festival chief Thierry Fr\u00e9maux has yet to comment on the updated dress code but he\u2019s known to keep it strict when it comes to festival integrity. (Remember when he called selfies ridiculous and grotesque?) Also known to keep it strict? Palais security guards who will definitely be on guard this year to turn away anyone who turns up nude or with a gown now deemed too wild, per the new rules: \u201cThe festival welcoming teams will be obligated to prohibit red carpet access to anyone not respecting these rules.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHalle Berry and her styling team reacted swiftly to the new policy as the Oscar winner confirmed<\/a> during the official jury press conference on Tuesday that she pivoted away from a gown she had planned to wear to Tuesday night\u2019s opening ceremony. \u201cI had an amazing dress\u2026to wear tonight, and I cannot wear because the train is too big,\u201d she said in front of the international<\/a> press while joined by her fellow jury members like Jeremy Strong. \u201cSo I, of course, am going to follow the rules. I had to make a pivot, but the nudity part, I do think is probably also a good rule.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTo gauge how the news is traveling overseas, THR checked in with rising fashion influencer and TikTok star Nicky Campbell. \u201cCannes maintains a highly esteemed, and rigid, vision of themselves. eleventh hour mandate impacts, most concerningly, the A list talent \u2014\u00a0and brand sponsors who pay for many to attend \u2014 and their styling teams who have been preparing carpet looks for weeks,\u201d Campbell says. \u201cThis ban could cause a frenzy and many last-minute changes, garment sourcing, and labor to ensure that talent arrive carpet ready and avoid any potential dismissal. I would be having a panic attack.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFashion insider and veteran executive Tosha Hays released a statement through a rep that states she is in support of the policy, adding that in today\u2019s attention-driven economy, less isn\u2019t always more. \u201cI support the Cannes \u2018naked dress\u2019 ban, not as a rejection of bold fashion, but as a statement about the cultural moment we\u2019re in,\u201d explains Hays, whose resum\u00e9 includes tenures at Venus Fashion and Spanx. \u201cThe red carpet has become less about style and more about algorithms. We\u2019ve traded storytelling for spectacle. This isn\u2019t about modesty, it\u2019s about meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSince meaning can always be found through examining history, THR compiled some photographic evidence of a sampling of the most sheer and most voluminous gowns to hit the Cannes red carpet in previous years. But first a warning: Some of the images contain partial nudity. <\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tBella Hadid on May 20, 2024. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Photo by Lionel Hahn\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tKendall Jenner on May 12, 2018. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Photo by Venturelli\/WireImage)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tLa Cicciolina in May 1988. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Photo by GARCIA\/URLI\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tLarisa Katz on May 18, 2018.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Photo by Pascal Le Segretain\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tDeepika Padukone on May 17, 2019. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Photo by Pascal Le Segretain\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tJulia Fox on May 21, 2023. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Photo by Victor Boyko\/Getty Images for Jane Owen PR)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tIrina Shayk in a bra and panties outside the Hotel Martinez on May 22, 2023. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Photo by Arnold Jerocki\/GC Images)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tElena Lenina on May 15, 2024. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Photo by Kristy Sparow\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tAishwarya Rai Bachchan on May 19, 2022.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tIkram Abdi on May 27, 2023. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Photo by Lionel Hahn\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tHari Nef attends on May 22, 2023. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Photo by Mike Coppola\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tMelanie Thierry (and Mathieu Amalric) on July 13, 2021. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Photo by Stephane Cardinale \u2013 Corbis\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tLeila Depina on May 23, 2023. <\/p>\n

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