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‘A push towards the conservative’: Cannes tries to ban oversized outfits and naked dressing
Festival’s rules designed to protect ‘decency’ and seating arrangements stir controversy among those who read them
An official statement released earlier this week stated that for “decency reasons” there will be “no naked dressing” – and no oversized outfits either – “in particular those with a large train that hinder the proper flow of traffic of guests and complicate seating in the theatre”. Halle Berry, Eva Longoria and Heidi Klum all arrived wearing gowns of some girth, while a handful of lesser known names – Miss Universe 2016, Iris Mittenaere, the makeup artist Meredith Duxbury and the actor Blanca Blanco – revealed a bounty of flesh that arguably broke the code. Photograph: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/GettyAnother delightfully unhinged take on formalwear – a peachy coloured Loro Piana tux – for the eldest boy on the jury, Jeremy Strong, who used his platform to criticise Trump’s planned tariffs on foreign film while wearing a £250,000 watch and a bare ankle.
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