Cannes makes it official: No nudity on the red carpet

CANNES – The Cannes Film Festival reddish carpet is possibly the astir rigidly controlled reddish carpet successful the world. Now, the festival has added a caller stipulation: nary nudity.

While nudity was ne'er antecedently endorsed astatine the festival, Cannes updated its formal argumentation connected the eve of its 78th edition to work that “nudity is prohibited connected the reddish carpet, arsenic good arsenic successful immoderate different country of the festival.”

While a no-shirt-no-service argumentation is modular successful places acold little glamorous than Cannes, the argumentation tweak sparked wide attraction Monday due to the fact that of the caller inclination of sheer and “nude dresses, ” specified arsenic Bianca Censori's Grammys appearance.

Asked for clarity connected the policy, Cannes property officers said the festival “made explicit successful its charter definite rules that person agelong been successful effect.”

“The purpose is not to modulate attire per se, but to prohibit afloat nudity connected the reddish carpet, successful accordance with the organization model of the lawsuit and French law,” it said.

Cannes besides noted that “voluminous outfits, successful peculiar those with a ample train, that hinder the due travel of postulation of guests and complicate seating successful the theatre are not permitted.”

Still, tegument has often been flashed astatine the French Riviera festival by celebrities similar Bella Hadid, Naomi Campbell and Kendall Jenner, and formal policies person agelong been flouted by celebrities. For evening premieres astatine the Palais' Grand Théâtre Lumière, achromatic necktie and evening deterioration is required. Though not successful caller years, Cannes information officials person sometimes turned distant women for not wearing heels.

The festival besides banned selfies successful 2018 — Cannes manager Thierry Frémaux called them “grotesque” — but A-listers sometimes drawback a speedy photograph connected the Palais steps.

The festival kicks disconnected Tuesday.

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