Dame Joan Collins made a shock look on the pink carpet for the 2026 Cannes Film Festival opening ceremony this night.
At 92 years outdated – sure, 92, I needed to Google it twice as a result of I genuinely couldn’t consider it – the British actress delivered full old-Hollywood glamour in a customized Stéphane Rolland Haute Couture white orchid robe.
The orchid reference was not simply in title alone both. The sculptural ruffles surrounding the neckline and shoulders had been designed to imitate the unfurling petals of the flower, giving the robe its dramatic floral silhouette.
Between the ruffles, dramatic black opera gloves, sweeping practice, and diamond jewels, this was a reminder that Joan nonetheless understands precisely command a pink carpet, particularly one as grand as Cannes.
And actually, seeing an precise Hollywood legend on this pink carpet felt refreshing.
On an evening the place the pink carpet was crowded with influencers who dilute the magic Cannes as soon as represented, Joan’s arrival immediately introduced again a way of event, glamour, and movie-star presence that had been lacking for a lot of the night.
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