The Chicest Cannes Film Festival Red Carpet Looks of All Time

Every year, the world's biggest celebrities, actors, and filmmakers gather together on the French Riviera for the Cannes Film Festival. The two-week festival is full of glitz and glam, high fashion, and, of course, incredible films. The event has existed officially since 1946 as a celebration of some of the best films the coming year has to offer.

While the festival honors cinematic genius, over the last seven decades, the red carpet has seen no shortage of glamorous fashion moments from some of the biggest celebrities around the world. As the 2023 Cannes Film Festival gets underway, L'OFFICIEL takes a look back at some of the amazing fashion moments the event has seen in years past. We've gathered some of the most iconic looks to grace the red carpet at Cannes from the 1950s to the 2020s—from Grace Kelly to Princess Diana to Rihanna. From real royalty to the royals of the silver screen, scroll down for the chicest looks in Cannes red carpet history.

The one and only Grace Kelly attended the festival in 1955, where she ended up meeting her future husband, Rainier III, the Prince of Monaco.

These two icons stormed the red carpet in 1985, where they each won awards for best actress—Norma Aleandro for The Official Story, and Cher for Mask.

Kate Moss sported this beautiful Narciso Rodriguez dress on the red carpet in 1997 with at-the-time boyfriend Johnny Depp. 

The youngest Hadid sister wore this elegant number by Alexandre Vauthier when she attended a screening of Ismael's Ghosts at the 2017 festival.

Rihanna stunned the red carpet in this chic white Dior look as she attended the Okja screening at the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival.

After a year without the Cannes Film Festival because of COVID-19, Hadid returned with a bang in a low-cut black gown from Schiaparelli with an expertly situated golden necklace to cover her chest.