Cannes dress code claims Halle Berry as its first victim

JUST one day before its Tuesday opening ceremony, the Cannes Film Festival changed the rules of its always-controversial dress code, in a move certain to send celebrity stylists into anaphylactic shock.

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Nudity is barred from the red carpet “for reasons of decency”. Fair enough. This seems intended to stop any stunts like Bianca Censori’s naked outfit with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, at the Grammys this year.

Far more worrying — at least to drama-loving celebs — is the new ban on “voluminous outfits.” The rules specifically call out “those with a large train, that hinder the proper flow of traffic of guests and complicate seating in the theatre.”

What does this mean? How big is voluminous? How long must a train be to hold up traffic? How many feathers and sequins must it shed? No one knows! But what we do know is that the new rules have already claimed their first casualty: Halle Berry, a member of this year’s competition jury.