Simply days after the Met Gala got here and went, the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant kicked off a slew of star-studded crimson carpets within the South of France.
Throughout the two-week occasion, this yr’s individuals unsurprisingly delivered main trend moments. However what was stunning was what number of indie designers landed coveted Cannes red-carpet placements. Standouts embrace: New York darling Andrew Kwon dressing “Traitors” star Maura Higgins; Australian designer Tamara Ralph’s pink clothes for Alia Bhatt and Aja Naomi King; Parisian trend label Matières Fécales’ avant-garde Barbie-core pink robe for Demi Moore; and Mexican-American designer Willy Chavarria‘s structured tackle the LBD for Barbara Palvin.
Forward, see the standout indie designer appears on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant.
Diane Kruger in David Koma on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Daniele Venturelli/Getty Pictures for Pink Sea Movie Basis)
Adèle Exarchopoulos in Phoebe Philo on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Lionel Hahn/Getty Pictures)
Cindy Bruna in Issey Miyake on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Marc Piasecki/FilmMagic)
Evie Templeton in Rodarte on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis by way of Getty Pictures)
Ruth Wilson in Erdem on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Kate Inexperienced/Getty Pictures)
Ruth Wilson in JW Anderson on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Mike Marsland/WireImage)
Demi Moore in Self-Portrait on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Karwai Tang/WireImage)
Gillian Anderson in Mary Katrantzou on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis by way of Getty Pictures)
Maika Monroe in Ashi Studio on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Aurore Marechal/Getty Pictures)
Miss Benny in Bach Mai on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/Getty Pictures for Lucia Cannes)
Maura Higgins in Andrew Kwon on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture by Lionel Hahn/Getty Pictures)
Alia Bhatt in Tamara Ralph on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Marc Piasecki/FilmMagic)
Alia Bhatt in Danielle Frankel on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis by way of Getty Pictures)
Michelle Rodriguez in Paolo Sebastian on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Mike Marsland/WireImage)
Souheila Yacoub in Egonlab on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Daniele Venturelli/WireImage)
Aja Naomi King in Tamara Ralph on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis by way of Getty Pictures)
Aditi Rao Hydari in Tony Ward on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis by way of Getty Pictures)
Barbara Palvin in Willy Chavarria on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Arnold Jerocki/GC Pictures)
Barbara Palvin in Ella Mae on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Samir Hussein/WireImage)
Demi Moore in Matières Fécales on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Lionel Hahn/Getty Pictures)
Araya Alberta Hargate in Tamara Ralph on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: VCG/VCG by way of Getty Pictures)
Sharon Stone in Miss Sohee on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Marc Piasecki/FilmMagic)
Olivia Palermo in Zuhair Murad on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Lionel Hahn/Getty Pictures)
Milena Smit in Matières Fécales on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Daniele Venturelli/WireImage)
Maika Monroe in Dilara Findikoglu on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Kate Inexperienced/Getty Pictures)
Raya Martigny in Willy Chavarria on the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. (Picture: Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis by way of Getty Pictures)
