strict red carpet rules

For tourists who land in Cannes for a premiere, it is not easy to see clearly. Croisette, red carpet, there are many dress codes. The unavoidable rule of the Festival is formal dress required on the red carpet. To understand it, you have to go back. The first festivals are held in the city casino, where the long dresses and THE tuxedos are de rigueur. Cannes and its fine attendance had condefeated the authorities to set up the event there. So you have to be chic, even for the press.

Phone prohibited on the carpet

If the protocol is strict with the outfit, the stars have allowed themselves fantasies. The first to break the code was Pablo Picasso in 1953, when he wore sheepskin thanks to a waiver. Coluche disguised himself as a woman in 1986. For Gilles Traverseoh, photographer, these small scandals allow the most successful photos. In Cannes, there are the rules, and those who play with them. The telephone is for example forbidden on the mat, and often leads to a game of cat and mouse. The rule is alsoi to know how to forget them, to take better advantage of them.