At the , one of the most glamorous film festivals in the world, it’s standard for celebrities to hit the red carpet in tuxedos and evening gowns. In its 77th edition, however, Cannes has seen more casual style creep onto the Croisette—mainly in the form of blue jeans. Not that these are regular jeans, though.
The celebrity stamp on denim, that pillar of off-duty style, is decidedly more elevated; instead, call them . Sienna Miller, for one, donned a pair of baggy, pocketed jeans from Schiaparelli at her photo call for , dressing up the pants with a tweed-style blazer with gold embellishments (and even a pair of keyhole briefs peaking out over the top). The end result? Incredibly chic.
French singer Yseult also pulled off wide-leg jeans, wearing them with a denim jacket for the full Canadian Tuxedo treatment. (Model Abbey Lee Kershaw did this, too, though her version was a sharp-shouldered Gucci suit.) Denim dresses and skirts had their moment on the red carpet, as well.
At the photo call for , French star Tess Barthelemy chose a pocketed denim day dress, while model Cindy Bruna rocked a swirly-printed denim skirt from Pucci—styled with a crop top, of course. So, ? Why all the jeans representation at Cannes, a place that has long represented the height of glitz and glamour? It all makes sense in context. These days, denim comes in just about every treatment possible—from (very Britney Spears), to denim evening gowns (see: Anne Hathaway at the CFDAs).
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