PARIS – With Juliette Binoche heading up this year’s Cannes Film Festival jury and Tom Cruise bringing the last installment of the “Mission Impossible” series to the Croisette, this year’s red carpet is stacking up star power.
Expect fashion on the agenda too, with Cruise’s co-stars Vanessa Kirby, who attended Sarah Burton’s debut runway show for Givenchy in March, and Hayley Atwell. The latter star is known to be a fan of independent designers, and has worn Ashi Studio, Cong Tri and Del Core to recent premieres.
Binoche opted for a design by Dior‘s Maria Grazia Chiuri last year, when she opened the festival with a tribute to Meryl Streep in a red off-the-shoulder gown, and stayed loyal to the house for other events.
But the actress recently attended Armani Privé, Courrèges and Kenzo shows during Paris Fashion Week, adding a bit of intrigue as to what she might wear for two weeks straight of red carpets and events.
Louis Vuitton will most certainly have a presence with longtime ambassador Emma Stone, who will be on hand for Ari Aster’s “Eddington,” co-starring Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal.
Fellow Louis Vuitton ambassador Alana Haim will make a red carpet appearance for Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind,” alongside Josh O’Connor.
French actress and Dior ambassador Nadia Tereszkiewicz will appear alongside John C. Reilly for the Italian Western “Heads or Tails” from director Alessio Rigo.
But those are perhaps the only sure things, with many of the other actors not currently serving as ambassadors for any big houses and known to play the field with their looks.
Take Scarlett Johansson for example. She will have a big presence at the film festival, appearing both as an actor and making her debut as director. Johansson’s first film “Eleanor the Great,” starring June Squibb and Chiwetel Ejiofor, will premiere in the Un Certain Regard section.
She will also appear in Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme,” co-starring Saint Laurent loyalist Charlotte Gainsbourg, Mia Threapleton, Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hanks.
The star was a Louis Vuitton ambassador in the 2010s, but most recently appeared in a Prada campaign. She sported Saint Laurent and Max Mara on red carpets lately, and has her own beauty brand with The Outset products. Without being linked to a house, she should be a red carpet wild card.
Elle Fanning in Givenchy by Sarah Burton
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Elle Fanning, who attends Cannes each year in her role as a spokesperson for L’Oréal Paris, will appear alongside Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård in Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value.”
The festival regular wore a flowing yellow gown by Sabato De Sarno for Gucci to last year’s closing ceremony, and a Chanel look with a floor-length tulle skirt and cropped sequined jacket to the L’Oréal “Lights on Women’s Worth” awards ceremony.
But Fanning has been flying the flag for Givenchy in her most recent appearances.
The actress made history as the first person to wear a Burton for Givenchy gown on the red carpet when she appeared at the Oscars in a black-and-white look from the designer, and carried on with a second Burton look at the Vanity Fair after-party.
Fanning also sported a casual Givenchy look to a recent press conference, so perhaps we can expect her to continue her Burton love in Cannes.
Gucci fan Dakota Johnson will hit the red carpet for her film “Splitsville,” costarring Adria Arjona and Nicholas Braun. Johnson has been loyal to Gucci under De Sarno, but it remains to be seen if she will be on board with Demna, who is not expected to present a collection before the festival in May.
Arjona has worn slinky slip dresses from Saint Laurent and Versace to recent premieres, while “Succession” star Braun attended a Loewe men’s show in 2023.
Zoey Deutch will star as ’60s actress Jean Seberg in Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague.” Deutch recently wore Giambattista Valli to the Grand Dîner du Louvre during Paris Fashion Week, and attended the Chloé show as well. She’s working with longtime stylist Elizabeth Stewart.
Zoey Deutch in Giambattista Valli at the Grand Dîner du Louvre.
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Diane Kruger, who hit the Cannes red carpet in Jason Wu last year, will appear again for longtime collaborator Fatih Akin’s “Amrum.”
Isabelle Huppert, who recently appeared in a campaign for Demna’s Balenciaga, will be on the red carpet for Thierry Klifa’s “The Richest Woman in the World,” which co-stars French star Marina Foïs.
Armani Privé loyalist Jodie Foster and Saint Laurent fan Virginie Efira will also appear, for Rebecca Zlotowski’s French language film “Private Life.”
Paul Mescal in Gucci at the “Gladiator II” premiere in London.
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On the men’s side, Paul Mescal, who hit up Sabato De Sarno’s Gucci shows and wore the brand throughout his promotions for “Gladiator II,” will be on the red carpet along side co-star Josh O’Connor for “The History of Sound.” Mescal is styled by Felicity Kay.
Swedish star Alexander Skarsgård, who hit the front row for Veronica Leoni’s debut at Calvin Klein in February, will be on hand for “Pillon,” co-starring Harry Melling.
Documentary “Stories of Surrender,” about U2 lead singer Bono, will also appear out of competition, so expect the star to hit the red carpet. But with formal wear required to walk the grand staircase to the Palais, the rocker should be sporting a tuxedo. He often attends premieres alongside wife Ali Hewson and daughter Eve Hewson, star of “Bad Sisters.” The younger Hewson is also a fan of indie designers, sporting Patou and Simone Rocha on recent red carpets.
Alice Winocour’s “Couture,” starring Angelina Jolie and set against the backdrop of Paris Fashion Week, had been widely tipped for a slot on the Cannes slate, but wasn’t announced in the lineup unveiled Thursday. However, festival artistic director Thierry Fremaux said that a few more films will be named in the coming weeks, so we may yet see the star in Cannes.
Films competing in sidebars including the Critics’ Week, which is now sponsored by Alexandre Mattiussi’s Ami Paris, will be announced next week.
Off the red carpet, Kering will also host the tenth edition of its annual Women in Motion gala, so expect several of the company’s brands to make an appearance at that star-studded event, while the annual amfAR gala will again host a fashion show curated by Carine Roitfeld.
