Carey Mulligan in Dior

Cara Delevingne in Burberry

Solange Knowles in Stéphane Rolland

Yeah I went there. I always wanted to use “Cannes” in a word play and even though I know that it’s not pronounced as “can” I couldn’t help myself. My apologies for the French speaking people out there.

A rainy opening ceremony and “The Great Gatsby” premier couldn’t hamper the awesomeness of the red carpet basically owned by Dior and Roberto Cavalli gowns. Carey Mulligan‘s minimal Dior gown is a wonderful change from her Daisy Buchanan character, which in my opinion was about to stick for a long time. And thanks to her bold red lipstick choice she doesn’t look washed up.

Cara Delevingne is her hot self in Burberry (what else) and Solange Knowles flows in a Cavalli gown that works perfectly with her skin. My other favouite is Zhang Yuqi wearing an  Ulyana Sergeenko gown in a shade of green which normally I am not a fan of but looks breathtaking on its owner. Other ladies who rock their Cavalli gowns are Paz Vega, Georgia May Jagger and Cindy Crawford.

Everybody who wore Dior to the premier (Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore and Zhang Ziyi) looks as elegant as you can imagine. Looks I don’t like personally are Isla Fisher in a prom dress looking Oscar de la Renta gown that does nothing to her, Florence Welch in Miu Miu (I really don’t get what she tried to do there) and Lana Del Rey with her weird posture.

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