These transparent dresses that made the heyday of the red carpet of Cannes 2023

During the Cannes Film Festival, celebrities give each other the answer, both on the screens and on the steps of the Palace, with a lot of cocktail dresses and tuxedos. Because if the festival is above all an opportunity to present new cinematographic productions, its red carpet is also a theater, that of glamour. Clouds of voluminous dresses, rains of sequins and avalanches of stiletto heels sweep day after day in Cannes, under the crackle of camera flashes whose conflagration heats up as soon as transparency bursts onto the red carpet.

The transparent dresses of the 76th Cannes Film Festival

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It's been a while since the transparent dress tames ceremonies of all kinds. The Cannes Film Festival is no exception. Arousing both controversy and ecstasy, this piece of clothing never fails to be noticed. The stars adopt it each in turn, revealing sometimes a simple bra, sometimes a whole body, always sure to capture attention. And this, regardless of age.

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On May 17, 22-year-old model Iris Law climbed the steps of the Japanese film Monster in a Mango ensemble with a transparent bustier. Three days later, for the premiere of Killers of The Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese's latest film, it was the turn of actress Isabelle Huppert, 70, to walk the red carpet in a Balenciaga dress. Irina Shayk also caused a sensation in a translucent dress, so thin that she was barely guessed. Finally, Quebec director Monia Chockri left no room for imagination, like Cindy Kimberly or Elsa Hosk whose outfits played the card of the greatest transparency.

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A story that lasts

And the phenomenon is not new. Transparency has been the hallmark of Cannes for nearly thirty years, when Bianca Jagger dared a split dress with a translucent bustier in 1975. Over time, countless appearances have followed, from Sharon Stone's lace version in 2002 to Mélanie Thierry's sequined version in 2021, including moments that will mark the spirits, such as the one when Natalie Portman subtly unveiled her panties in 2015. The translucent dress crosses eras, eras and trends, and will undoubtedly return next year, on the most glamorous red carpet in cinema.

In 1975, at the 28th Cannes Film Festival, Bianca Jagger created a stir in a transparent dress. Today, some are following in his footsteps. Gilbert TOURTE / Getty Images