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A nearly two-week-long affair, the Cannes Film Festival always guarantees some of the year’s most memorable red carpet looks. For some stars, that means a ‘naked’ dress, or one so voluminous as to hinder the path of guests. So extreme had these particular looks become, that last year’s event organizers felt compelled to ban them in the interests of “decency.”
With the ban in place, will there be room for the risqué in 2026? For a sense of how far we’ve come, let’s rewind to 1999 — a simpler time of dumber phones and DIY styling, when a daring red-carpet look wouldn’t look out of place on the streets today. Namely, the peek-a-boo cardigan Salma Hayek wore to the Cannes Film Festival that year.
The actor, who had two films premiering at Cannes — the Gabriel Garcia Márquez adaptation “No One Writes to the Colonel” and Kevin Smith-directed fantasy-comedy “Dogma” — paired her baby-blue short-sleeve sweater (fastened suggestively with just two buttons and a bra peeking through) with a full, flowing satin skirt in a sister shade.
Hayek wore the unconventional two-piece to the amfAR Gala at Cannes, and accessorized with a silver clutch and extravagant jewelry, opting for a matching set of sapphire and diamond earrings, necklace and bracelet. Later, she traded the necklace for an elephant-shaped pendant as she danced on stage with Ben Affleck, her co-star in “Dogma.”
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