HoYeon Jung Brings Slouchy Boots to Cannes in Louis Vuitton

HoYeon Jung skipped the expected Cannes footwear on Monday, arriving at the “Hope” photo call in Louis Vuitton’s black Avalon High Boots — a pull-on, square-toe style with a softly slouched shaft that gave her cream crochet set a heavier read.

The actor and Louis Vuitton ambassador posed at Palais des Festivals during the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival wearing the black leather pair just under the knee, with a wide pull-on shaft left open around the calf.

Around the ankle, the leather had a loose, stacked collapse, giving the Avalon its slouched shape. Pale contrast stitching bordered the top line and appeared along the front and side seams, curving down toward the squared-off toe. Jung’s pair had a low, sturdy block heel — a daytime boot proportion rather than a Cannes stiletto.

Jung wore the boots with a cream Louis Vuitton crochet set: a sleeveless cropped top and matching short skirt, both done in a chunky open knit with a homespun texture. She added Louis Vuitton jewelry, including the Color Blossom M Star Ring in pink gold, white mother-of-pearl and diamonds and the Le Damier de Louis Vuitton Medium Ring, and took off the house’s Lvision Pilot Sunglasses for photos.

Her Avalon pair gave Cannes a more subtle version of a slouchy boot shape that has been turning up in more dramatic form this spring. In early March, Paris Jackson wore black slouchy over-the-knee boots to Vivienne Westwood’s fall 2026 show in Paris after choosing tighter sock-boot shapes earlier that week. Heidi Klum went taller and more ruched in New York a week later, wearing olive over-the-knee boots with heavy bunching through the shaft.

“Hope,” directed by Na Hong-jin, stars Jung alongside Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Taylor Russell, Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender. The sci-fi thriller premiered in Cannes competition this year and centers on a village disrupted by mysterious extraterrestrial beings.