Now that all the photographs from the Cannes Film Festival have been filed, we can finally compile the definitive list of best-dressed women at the festival. Unlike say the Oscars or the Golden Globes where an actress has one chance to make herself a style star or elevate herself to iconic stature via the red carpet, Cannes affords several fashion parades. There is the opening night gala that requires ball gowns of the grandest variety, the movie photo call with its cocktail dress attire, and the movie premiere night which traditionally suggests a formal frock.
Natalie Portman had four changes at Cannes including a sheer short number from Rodarte which revealed her under garments. But it was her Dior Couture dress with a black bandeau-like top and tea-length skirt that earned her a spot on my list. The shape of the dress is very much in keeping with the new skirt length that will be all the rage next season. Also in Dior were Charlize Theron in a buttercup yellow structured column dress with a train of chiffon and fellow Dior face Marion Cotillard who went against convention by donning a bead encrusted mini dress to her movie premiere.
Cate Blanchett put a modernist, galaxy spin on the princess ball gown with her printed silk and gazar dress with an elaborate bustle on the back. The voluminous frock in shades of blue, gray, black and silver was part of the fall 2015 collection of British designer Giles Deacon. Because of her contract with Giorgio Armani, many expected Blanchett to wear an Armani Prive dress. But it was Julianne Moore who stunned in Armani Prive with a feathery ensemble that announced that she is true movie star. Naomi Watts also wore a feathery creation. Her Elie Saab dress featured a skirt completely covered in feathers but the pockets took the glamour quotient down a notch to a refreshing effect.
Emma Stone wore a cocktail dress with a cloud of a skirt from Oscar de la Renta. Diane Kruger was in a silvery gray dress with a smattering of beadwork and a dramatic train. Sienna Miller wore a gray tank dress with a swooshy tulle and chiffon skirt from Gucci at the closing ceremony.
But no one did Gucci justice better than Lupita Nyong'o who in her green plisse chiffon number — that allowed her to twirl and spin — made her the very definition of "grand entrance."
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