Fashion at the Cannes Film Festival

The fashion at the Cannes Film Festival is pure glamor. There is nothing subdued about this event and fittingly neither are the gowns stars chose making it truly a feast for the eyes. And really, how can you not be inspired by the beauty of the French Riviera. So lets see what our favorite celebs were wearing these past ten days :)

Dita von Teese has a very distinct style that works wonderfully on her. The gorgeous 50's dresses have amazing detail, this one is an haute couture dress by Jean Paul Gaultier from his calligraphy collection, but what I really loved was the gown she wore with a flower pattern weaving itself in.

I'm much more used to seeing Evangeline Lily in a t-shirt and jeans on Lost but its always nice to see her cleaned up and wearing a gown like the two Valentino gowns below. I have to say I prefer the beaded gown but only because I think the turtle neck of the turquoise one shows off Evangeline's biceps which I prefer on her Lost costar Josh Holloway. Another piece of gossip from my friend Haley who was at Cannes this year - she looks much older in person, another lesson to us all never to compare against celebs because not one of them looks like that in real life.

Elizabeth Banks transformed into a fashion force to be reckoned with at the festival. She was stunning in the red Armani, my personal favorite that I first noticed in my haute couture post, but she didn't stop there. The midnight blue Andrew Gn was the definition of tasteful elegance. I also happen to love the photo of Elizabeth in the silver Zac Posen, she looks so carefree.

Zhang Ziyi looks so tiny and fragile that its always interesting what outfits she chooses to compliment her frame. The floral gown is Armani and she is a goddess incarnate in the beaded gown.

Diane Kruger has built a reputation for being a fashionista, and she definitely chose some more unique looks when promoting Inglorious Bastards (Jason Wu and Marchesa). I cannot say they were my favorite, I lean towards the more elaborate dresses for the festival because the fit the stage so much better, but they are pretty dresses.

Who is Natasha Poly? To be perfectly honest I don't know, but I know she has tremendous style judging from her choices for Cannes. The second dress is Roberto Cavalli.

I wasn't crazy about Kerry Washington's Louis Vuitton dress for the Met Gala but she made up for it with the variety of gowns at Cannes. I wish she wore more color, it is spring after all, but other than that I have no complaints :) Here she is in Monique Lhuillier and Zuhair Murad.

Have I ever mentioned how much I want to go to Spain? It all started after I watched Vicky Cristina Barcelona with Penelope Cruz. Now she's become not only one of my favorite actresses but I've also come to admire her fashion choices. I'm not a huge fan of the lilac Marchesa but the nude cocktail dress from Dolce and Gabbana is perfection.

More often than not we see Rachel Weiz wearing Narciso Rodriguez, which is why it was such a pleasant surprise to see her step in a different direction, specifically a Christian Dior and Valentino direction...not so minimalistic and rich colors that compliment her skin tone.

There were so many gorgeous gowns at this years awards.
Here are some more of my favorites :)

Abbie Cornish in Toni Maticesvski an Australian designer.
Stunning color and layered details and just look at that train!

Eva Longoria in Atelier Versace

Eva Herzigova in Dolce & Gabbana

Devon Aoki in Alberta Ferretti

Claudia Schiffer in Dolce & Gabbana

Sharon Stone in Balmain

Monica Bellucci in Christian Dior and Sophie Marceau in Yves Saint Laurent (J'adore Sophie Marceau, she is the definition of French chic for me)

And some not so favorites...

Angelina Jolie wearing Atelier Versace...personally I think nude is not her color and it's an awkward shape

Joss Stone in...I'm all for mini dresses and even strawberry toed shoes but not for Cannes

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