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I went to the 2008 Cannes Film Festival this past May for a study abroad through Grady. As you can imagine, it was absurd and fabulous in equal measure.
From the premiere of Clint Eastwood’s The Changeling:
Dita Von Teese, after the movie
And the back of her wacky mermaid dress, as seen pre-movie on the red carpet
Vogue cover model Natalia Vodianova in a flouncy fuschia and orangish dress. I like that it isn’t your typical cocktail-looking dress, and has a nice summer feel to it. (See lady to her right for comparison.) Pretty on her, but demure and gets lost in the red of the carpet.
That’s the thing about premieres and the red carpet at Cannes - while they’re black tie events, one can basically wear whatever one wishes, provided women are wearing heels and men are wearing proper shoes (otherwise, you won’t even be allowed on the carpet and into the theater - got a ticket from a person who wasn’t allowed to enter one night). There were huge discrepancies between different people’s ideas of tastefulness, appropriate hemline lengths, percentages of skin exposed, etc.
Natalie Portman hurries her way to the red carpet in one of two strapless, ruffley-trimmed mini-dresses she will wear during the Festival. I suspect this is Lanvin. The other she wore to the opening ceremony.
As you can kind of see, a then-super-pregnant Angelina Jolie went for a more sober look at Changeling, particularly compared to the hot emerald green number she wore for the premiere of Kung Fu Panda. This nude, smock-ish dress seemed to aspire toward elegance, but fell short at just plain matronly and kind of weird. See what I mean? It’s a costly sack.
Photographs © Valentina Tapia 2008.
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WOW you got really close to Natalie Portman. I’m jealous.
Lovely pictures, vtapia!
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