The jury is still out on if Halle Berry needed to change the outfit she had planned for the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
However, the actress, 58, played it safe as to not break any rules while serving on this year’s jury. Halle, who planned to wear a dress by Indian designer Gurav Gupta at the opening ceremony’s red carpet on May 13, changed her plans after the festival updated their dress code to add a ban on “voluminous outfits, in particular those with a large train,” per the festival’s website.
“I had an amazing dress by Gupta that I cannot wear tonight because it’s too big of a train,” Halle told Variety at a news conference. “I’m not going to break the rules.”
Halle, who instead opted to wear a black and white striped trapeze gown by Jacquemus, added, “I had to make a pivot.”
Cannes also added another rule to their dress code this year: no nudity, to which Halle noted she thinks “is probably also a good rule.”
However, Halle’s 2025 Met Gala look was on the more risqué side—and likely would not be allowed on the Cannes carpet. The Never Let Go actress returned to the annual fashion event in May after an eight-year absence, arriving to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in a sparkly gown that featured sheer cutouts from her waist to her knees.
The dress was her final pick after designer LaQuan Smith created two options for her.
“The dresses were gorgeous,” Halle told E! News. “I could hardly choose. I asked LaQuan, ‘Which one would you like me to wear?’ So, I chose his favorite.”
But for Halle—who shares daughter Nahla, 17, with ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry and son Maceo-Robert, 11, with ex-husband Olivier Martinez—there’s no sweat over an outfit decision, as she knows there’s so much more to her than how she looks or what she wears.
“It might feel good to have everybody look at you,” she told Marie Claire in September, “but it’s always been a hollow win for me because I had nothing to do with how I came here looking.”
She added, “I’ve always known that I’ve been more than this face and more than this body.”
For more celeb style at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, read on…
Angelina Jolie
The actress shimmered in a strapless Brunello Cucinelli fall 2025 gown.
Kristen Stewart
The Twilight alum held on tight like a spider monkey at the Breaking Through The Lens event hosted by Campari.
Robert De Niro & Tiffany Chen
The Goodfellas actor walked the red carpet with his girlfriend of four years in matching black ensembles.
Eva Longoria
The Desperate Housewives alum dazzled on the red carpet in a metallic gold and black Tamara Ralph gown.
Alessandra Ambrosio
Green with envy! The Brazilian model dressed to impress in an emerald green Zuhair Murad gown.
Julia Garner
The Inventing Anna star brought a stark contrast to the bright red carpet with a shimmery, sheer black Gucci gown.
Barbara Palvin & Dylan Sprouse
The model and the Disney Channel alum was living the suite life at Campari’s party during the film festival.
Juliette Binoche
The English Patient actress donned a buttery yellow jumpsuit from the Jacquemys Fall 2024 collection ahead of the film festival, where she served as jury president.
Heidi Klum & Tom Kaulitz
The model and her husband matched in all black while stepping out in Cannes ahead of the annual film event.
Bella Hadid
The Orebella founder debuted a new blond ‘do while stepping out in all white ahead of the festival.
Jeremy Strong
The Succession alum looked chic sporting gray while posing for photogs.
Halle Berry
The Oscar winner waved to fans while rocking a gorgeous frilled ensemble ahead of the film festival.
Irina Shayk
The model posed with fans while out and about in the French city.
Andie MacDowell
The Groundhog Day actress was a vision in black when arriving in France.
