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Jane Birkin pairing her beaded dress with a basket. Madonna in a Jean-Paul Gaultier cone bra and a garter set. Kristen Stewart barefoot in Chanel chain mail. Spike Lee in a sunset-inspired suit.<\/p>\n
The Cannes Film Festival, with its sheer preponderance of red carpets and boardwalk photo ops, its blockbusters and art house flicks, has given the world more indelible fashion moments than any other festival. In 2002, Sharon Stone made so many dramatic red carpet entrances<\/a> as a member of the Cannes jury that she managed to revive her flagging career through the power of clothes alone.<\/p>\n Even before the start of this year\u2019s festival, which officially takes place from May 14 through May 25 on the French Riviera, attendees began throwing down the fashion gauntlet.<\/p>\n The actress Anya Taylor-Joy<\/a>, who is in Cannes to promote \u201cFuriosa,\u201d the latest \u201cMad Max\u201d movie, made waves by stepping out in a Jacquemus straw hat so large it doubled as a portable sunshade. The filmmaker Greta Gerwig, whose job as president of the festival\u2019s competition jury means packing 10 days\u2019 worth of outfits, stopped by a photo call wearing an hourglass-effect, blue-and-white-striped milkmaid dress straight from the latest Maison Margiela couture collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Also hopping on the seaside stripes trend were the actor Chris Hemsworth, fresh off co-hosting the Met Gala, who stepped out in a blue-and-white-striped Etro suit, and Meryl Streep, who posed in a white Michael Kors pantsuit and a navy-and-white-striped shirt.<\/p>\n Indeed, what makes the festival such irresistible eye candy is that it\u2019s not only a parade of grand gowns and tuxedos, but also a panoply of accessible sunshine style.<\/p>\n The fashion show really kicked off on Tuesday with the festival\u2019s opening ceremony, attended by stars like L\u00e9a Seydoux, Jane Fonda, Lily Gladstone and Ms. Streep, who was honored with a lifetime achievement Palme d\u2019Or award. As the fashion editor Miranda Priestly in \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada,\u201d Ms. Streep gave the world a description of the trickle-down fashion effect that has yet to be beaten. Today the C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur, tomorrow your closet? It\u2019s not as far-fetched as it sounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n