Question is, what’s the dress for this conflagration-rich moment? What are the many festival costumiers and their more-and-less-famous mannequins to do? What picture should they “give.” The breezy, rite-of-spring dance down Cannes’ many red carpets for these past few days and for the next week torques to the prevailing war-everywhere-all-the-time moment if it’s muted, perhaps even a bit austere.
Setting the tone right at the top of the doings, black is the one go-to colorway, glamorous, and yes, stripped back and down in silhouette. Pictured top, Maura Higgins, the Ballymahon, Ireland, lass who’s graced serial television shows in Britain, Ireland and the States seems to have gotten it about right, despite, or maybe because of, the giant train.
