It’s the most glamorous film festival in theworld, so A-list actresses and supermodels dressed in their most dramatically beautiful gowns to sashay down the famous Croisette at Cannes last week.
Leading the stylish pack on the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival was Helena Christensen, who looked spectacular on the red carpet in a white Grecian floor-length Vivienne Westwood gown that came complete with a billowing cape.
The Danish catwalk star, 55, wore her hair in a simple style adorned only by a white satin bow from Jennifer Behr, letting her glittering Pomellato diamond necklace, earring and rings take centre stage as she posed for photographers at the opening-night premiere of Le Deuxième Acte.
Following in her fashion footsteps was the comedy film’s star, French actress Léa Seydoux, who wore a glittering silver sequin gown by Louis Vuitton.
Former Bond girl Léa, 38, posed alongside her co-stars before heading inside to a screening of the movie, which won a standing ovation from the audience at the Palais des Festivals.
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At the opening ceremony, French actress Juliette Binoche, 60 – striking in a fiery red Dior Haute Couture gown – presented triple Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, 74, with an honorary Palme d’Or.
Fighting back tears as she accepted the honour amid another standing ovation, Meryl, chic in a white Dior Haute Couture wrap dress, told guests she remembered the last time she had attended the festival, while promoting her 1988 movie Evil Angels. “I was already a mother of three, I was about to turn 40 and I thought that my career was over,” she said.
The Mamma Mia star, who had posed in a stylish Michael Kors trouser suit and matching hat earlier that day, added that she was touched to have received such a warm reception.
“I felt a wave of feeling coming from the audience, and it’s so much bigger than I thought – so many tiers of people, all the way up to the top,” she said. “I live a very quiet life, and really I don’t get any respect at home, so it’s amazing to come into this arena and have that big tidal wave.”
