Overview
- Bella Hadid wore a custom Schiaparelli Haute Couture gown for the La Bataille De Gaulle premiere on Wednesday, a trompe-l’œil lace dress with a neck-to-hip cutout that the house says required 22,160 hours of embroidery and work from 130 artisans.
- The Schiaparelli look was paired with Chopard jewelry and styling by Mimi Cuttrell, extending Hadid’s run of standout moments at the 79th Cannes Film Festival and marking her tenth year on the Croisette.
- Hadid’s week has mixed archival and fresh runway pieces—vintage Prada and Elie Saab outings plus custom Prada and Schiaparelli—underscoring a deliberate play between nostalgia and new couture.
- The festival’s official dress code bans nudity on the red carpet but enforcement appears concentrated at gala entry points, which has allowed celebrities to continue wearing sheer and skin-revealing looks in street-style and off-schedule moments.
- Cannes coverage this year balances a broader trend toward monochrome, quiet-luxury red-carpet dressing with headline-making couture spectacles, a dynamic that raises the profile of artisan craft and gives brands high-visibility promotion.