Cannes Film Festival Bans Nudity and ‘Voluminous’ Outfits on the Red Carpet

Cannes is making it official: nudity and “excessively voluminous” clothing are not welcome on the red carpet of the Palais.
After a demonstrator appeared topless on the Cannes red carpet in 2022 and Bianca Censori stretched the limits with her appearance with a transparent dress at the Grammys earlier this year, the festival issued a statement in accordance with “the institutional framework” of the festival and French law.
“This year, the Cannes Film Festival has made explicit in its charter certain rules that have long been in effect. The aim is not to regulate attire per se, but to prohibit full nudity on the red carpet, in accordance with the institutional framework of the event and French law,” said the new instructions from the festival.
In addition, the festival said that it “reserves the right to deny access to individuals whose attire could obstruct the movement of other guests or complicate...
After a demonstrator appeared topless on the Cannes red carpet in 2022 and Bianca Censori stretched the limits with her appearance with a transparent dress at the Grammys earlier this year, the festival issued a statement in accordance with “the institutional framework” of the festival and French law.
“This year, the Cannes Film Festival has made explicit in its charter certain rules that have long been in effect. The aim is not to regulate attire per se, but to prohibit full nudity on the red carpet, in accordance with the institutional framework of the event and French law,” said the new instructions from the festival.
In addition, the festival said that it “reserves the right to deny access to individuals whose attire could obstruct the movement of other guests or complicate...
- 5/12/2025
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety - Film News
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