Cannes Film Festival – The Dresses

23.05.11 / Uncategorized / Author: admin

If you need a new evening dress this spring/summer you can’t go far wrong taking inspiration from the Cannes film festival.

Cannes is always a massive fashion parade and a good barometer for the latest trends. This year the key trends to come out of Cannes were white and lace. Perhaps it is the Royal Wedding effect but white and lace have been a huge hit with celebs since April. Both Pippa Middleton’s white Alexander McQueen bridesmaids dress and of course Catherine’s Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen dress with beautiful lace detailing seems to have sparked a trend.

At Cannes a number of celebs rocked the white look with Rachel McAdams rocking a Louis Vuitton creation and Cheryl Cole was seen wearing a plunging white Stephane Rolland number.

However, it was Uma Thurman who dominated the white look at Cannes she was photographed wearing a number of stunning white dresses. Her style choices included a beautiful white Chanel couture curve hugging number and a stunning Versace strapless dress with feather detailing.

It’s not just floor sweepers that look great in white in fact this season the little black dress can be put to the back of the wardrobe and instead can be replaced with the new wardrobe staple the “Little White Dress”.

It is a classic, clean, crisp and oh so chic option and looks far more summery than its black counterpart. However, it may be best to leave off the red wine when wearing one as it can obviously stain but it does look amazing. You can then add colour to your outfit with bright coloured shoes, bags and jewellery so you don’t look too bridal.

One of the hottest materials for your LWD has to be lace but if you don’t want to look like a bride, no matter how gorgeous the new Duchess of Cambridge looked on her wedding day, take inspiration from Dolce and Gabbana’s spring/summer catwalk. In order to break the look up concentrate on the right accessories so by adding coloured shoes and bags and good jewellery it will stop it looking too wedding and instead perfect for a good night out. Curvy ladies may be worried about wearing white but there are so many options out there for plus size evening dresses and casual dresses, there is surely one to fit every shape!