Cannes fashion blog: beyond the red carpet

Hand made hats for sale by Marion Irene Sell, at the weekend market in Cannes

Cannes hat designer, Marion Irene Sell

Au Revoir Cannes: Hat by Marion Irene Sell

Designs by Coat D’ Azur

A vintage Jean-Paul Gaultier outfit at the L’Oreal cocktail on Saturday

A dress by the Indonesian designer, Eddy Betty

Andie MacDowell in Armani (left) and Alinne Moreas, a L’Oreal ambassador dressed in Roberto Cavalli (right) at a L’Oreal cocktail on Saturday

L’Oreal ambassadors dressed for the red carpet in Cannes on Saturday

A model/designer, Pierre Ibrahim N’ Diaye in a vintage jacket

Design by Haarstudio Bracco

An umbrella was a must for the closing night ceremony of the 65th Cannes Film Festival Sunday night

A wet red carpet on the closing night of the 65th Cannes film Festival

Jury members Diane Kruger in Dior, and fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, at the jury press conference for the 65th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes

Diane Kruger, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Ewan McGregor at the jury press conference in Cannes on Sunday

The British film director Andrea Arnold sporting diva black gloves and extra short bangs at the jury press conference Sunday in Cannes. She dismissed a question to Gaultier about costumes in the films as “flippant”

Diane Kruger and Jean-Paul Gaultier leaving the jury press conference Sunday in Cannes

Jean-Paul Gaultier and Diane Kruger (in Dior), leaving the jury press conference Sunday in Cannes

Pictured here Mads Mikkelsen, after winning of the best actor award in Cannes for his outstanding work in Thomas Vinterberg’s masterpiece The Hunt. Mikkelsen is wearing a suit by Balenciaga

A Cannes screening venue glowing in the rain on the closing night of the 65th Film Festival in Cannes on Sunday

Theophilus London wearing a Givenchy jacket at Kanye West’s Cruel Summer premiere on Thursday

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian dressed for the premiere of West’s film, Cruel Summer

Kim Kardashian in Cannes

Rapper style at the premiere of Cruel Summer from Kanye West

Paris Hilton at the Di Grisogono Cannes dinner at the Hotel du Cap

A taste of Russia at the Eden Roc

A dress by Temperley London at the Eden Roc

Italian style maven, GQ Italy’s Ildo Damiano

Janet Jackson at the Di Grisogono dinner at the Hotel du Cap

Window shopping in Cannes

An ad for Versace awaits those arriving in style on a number of beautiful boats mooring off the coast of Cannes on Wednesday

Former model Viviane Agbodjan looking chilled at the Martinez, wearing Chanel shades and casual pants from Morocco, where she lives part-time

Pink trousers never go out of style in the south of France

Phoebe Price wearing her own designs on the Croisette

Big hair and big bags on the Rue d’Antibes, Cannes’ main shopping drag

Fashion designer Larisa Katz (right) with her friends Tinus D (center) and photographer Selina De Maeyer, who is also wearing Katz’s designs

Small people carting giant shopping bags home from the Rue d’ Antibes in Cannes

The Nao de Brasil shoe shop in Cannes

Marilyn Monroe watching over events

Isabelle Adriani in a see-through dress

For Chopard’s Soiree Mystere on Monday night, guests were asked to dress in masks and diamonds

A yellow dress for the rain

Carolina Herrera designed this piece

A film noir effect on the arrivals carpet at the Chopard masked ball soiree on Monday night in Cannes

P Diddy rushes through the press arrivals

A silver spectre on the carpet at Chopard’s masked ball soiree on Monday in Cannes

A design by the Russian designer, a la Russe

Shoes by Christian Louboutin

A photo of Helena Bonham Carter wearing Prada in a short film, ‘A Therapy,’ directed by Roman Polanski for the label. The film was unveiled in secret in Cannes on Monday night, ahead of Polanski’s screening of Tess

A L’Oreal publicist pulling off a sophisticated look in H&M and Zara

Devy Man sporting a rather unusual neck-tie from a Nice wedding shop

Stylist Kyle Devolle at the Martinez on Monday

Trousers by Balmain ...

A Belgian television personality travelling in style along the Croisette

An American in Cannes ...

An Australian fashion designer from the label Discount Universe

Handbags for men could be the next thing: Pictured here, a dapper-looking guest at the Japan Night in Cannes on Saturday, which was hosted by the Tokyo International Film Festival

Pictured here, Christie Strong, a young New York-based film-maker, wearing a summer coat that she found recently in Istanbul. It was designed to adhere to a strict religious dress code of covering a woman’s body

Pictured here, original handmade Bedouin hand beads from the South Sinai, which were being gifted by the Egyptian Film Pavilion in Cannes. at a press conference to announce the next edition of the Cairo International Film Festival in November

Pictured here, original handmade Bedouin hand beads from the South Sinai, which were being gifted by the Egyptian Film Pavilion in Cannes. at a press conference to announce the next edition of the Cairo International Film Festival in November

Pictured here, the Swedish film commissioner, Nina Sekund, at the Swedish pavilion in Cannes, wearing everything she owns on Sunday to keep warm on this extraordinarily cold Cannes day

The wet weather in Cannes called for some warmer but still glamorous outfits on Sunday

A Swarovski publicist having a green moment at the Martinez on Sunday

Big hair is in this Cannes and retro looks for these German filmmakers

A vintage store advertised on a vintage car, parked in the rain

Window shopping for a red carpet moment

Nadja Swarovski in Cannes, wearing Michael Kors trousers with a vintage jacket, to promote the launch of the Swarovski Entertainmentdivision and her first feature film production, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, with writer/producer Julian Fellowes

The French theater director, Damien Chardonnet-Darmaillacq outside the Chanel store in Cannes, wearing a Givenchy jacket and Paul Joe shoes

A window display at the Cannes vintage store, Christy One

With the winds sweeping through Cannes on Saturday afternoon, a head scarf was a must

The Cannes Casino sporting a retro look

‘Lawless’ producer, Laura Rister on Saturday at the Martinez wearing a dress by the British designer Safiyaa. Safiyaa has been wornby Tilda Swinton. Rister was dressed by Joanne Black

Bianca Balti in a custom-made dress at a L’Oreal cocktail in Cannes

In Cannes, anything goes ...

Jane Fonda being escorted into the ‘Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted’ red carpet premiere on Friday night

Jane Fonda on the red carpet for the ‘Madagascar 3’ premiere on Friday night

French DJ Bob Sinclair arriving at the ‘Madagascar 3’ premiere on Friday night

The latest trend in Cannes is the colourful wigs worn by fans who wait on a row of ladders placed for the duration of the festival in front of the red carpet

A dress as delicate as the Chinese lanterns hanging in the entrance of a Marche du Film beach party on Thursday, which was dedicated to the Chinese film industry

Guests Jessica Chastain and Diane Kruger arrive at the IFP/Calvin Klein soiree in Cannes on Thursday night to celebrate women in film

Melissa George, Naomi Watts and Isla Fisher amusing themselves, and wearing Calvin Klein dresses, at the Independent Feature Project and Calvin Klein’s late-night cocktail to celebrate women in film in Cannes on Thursday

A guest at the IFP/Calvin Klein/euphoria Calvin Klein soiree on Thursday night to celebrate women in film at the Villa Saint George’s in Cannes. A long list of stars, from Jessica Chastain to Diane Kruger, dressed in Calvin Klein in honor of the event. On Thursday it was announced that fellow guest Lara Stone will be featured in the new euphoria Calvin Klein global advertising campaign

Carl de Canada – he does his own hair – pictured with Amanda Eliasch, in the Carlton lobby on Friday in Cannes

The founder of the Monaco International Film Festival, Rosana Golden, dressed in 1920’s style

Name that Chinese actress, waiting for the lift in the Hotel Martinez – home to the stars

This year, the men seem to be out-dressing the women on the Croisette, which was busier than Oxford Street on Thursday

Norwegian designer Cecilie Melli presented her red carpet collection at the DPA gift suite at the Carlton. Melli is dressed appropriately in Norway’s royal colours to celebrate the country’s Constitution Day

Norwegian designer Cecilie Melli ready to dress the stars in Cannes from her stand at the DPA gift suite

Valentino chose Cannes this year to present its latest sunglass collection, on display at the DPA suite

A young Spaniard models designs from the new label, Vilorija, at the Carlton Hotel

Designer Jelena Vujanovic of Vilorija at the Carlton Hotel

Ever ready for a red carpet assignment, two photographers, dressed in evening gear, work the Croisette, snapping guests arriving for the premiere Thursday night of “Rust and Bone”

Two young filmmakers on the Croisette dressing down for the afternoon

The safest way to dress in Cannes is to don a cocktail dress right after your morning run

Fluffy bags by the Aix-en-Provence designer, Nakwa, on display in the Cannes showroom of Virginie Corre and Pascal Dupin

The crowd outside of the Palais advertising for spare tickets. The better dressed, the better the chances

The opening night of the Cannes film festival where even the photographers wear a tux

Guests waiting for the opening night film to begin Wednesday night in Cannes

Tilda Swinton shakes hands at the opening night ceremony in Cannes

No trousers for this year’s jury member Jean-Paul Gaultier on stage at the opening ceremony

Diane Kruger on stage at opening night ceremony in Cannes ...

Harvey Weinstein and friends at the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes rock chic entertains guests at the opening night party in Cannes Wednesday

Suits become a way of life in Cannes with red carpet premieres taking place several times a day

Floppy hats can never be big enough: Princess Tatiana Romanova (left) and the actress Evelina Sergieieva having lunch at the Majestic Beach pop-up club in Cannes on Wednesday ahead of opening night

Dawn Furness, a British opera singer, in the UK Film Pavilion in Cannes on Wednesday, wearing a $10 vintage find from Los Angeles

Like fashion week, the Cannes Film Festival has its OTT dressers: A local Cannes resident in a gold jacket and matching laptop case

Cannes Film Festival jury member Jean-Paul Gaultier featured in a billboard steps from the infamous Cannes Palais

Fashion blogger Alain Pouey wearing a designer shirt mixed with H&M jeans with orange tape glued down the sides

Making sure he was dressed right for Cannes this young film intern raided his father’s wardrobe to create this colorful look

In preparation for the opening night of the 65th Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, La Croisette was being ‘dressed’ for the event. Pictured here an advert for a pop up jewelry store and exhibition outside of the Carlton Hotel on the infamous Cannes promenade

It has to be said that some of the most fabulous outfits can be spotted inside the window displays of the extraordinary number of designer stores lining La Croisette in Cannes. Pictured here the MiuMiu store in Cannes

Locals relax on the boardwalk a day ahead of the festival sporting colorful trousers and shirts which never seem to go out of style in the south of France

A visitor puts a darker touch to an outfit built around a pair of orange trousers

Making hay while the sun shines. Casual, cotton, comfortable and crazy chic in the South of France

Beach Parade in Cannes a day ahead of the festival which embraces the water front location by placing a giant screen on the sand

Young tourists promenading on La Croisette in T-Shirts

A festival attendee emerges from the beach sporting her 65th Anniversary Black Cannes shoulder bag