A look back at the daring naked looks on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet over the years, from celebrities like Bella Hadid, Winnie Harlow, and Edy Williams, highlighting the most memorable and surprising instances of nudity on the prestigious red carpet.
Photo by Earl Gibson III/Deadline via Getty Images, Photo by Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images, which “prohibited” nudity on the red carpet , many thought the naked dress trend would die after that.
Nope! In 2026, Kelly Rutherford arrived in a dress that was ever-so-subtly a naked dress, and it caused quite a stir. But once upon a time, the Cannes Film Festival was the spot to confidently free the nipple on the red carpet! The most iconic moments at the Cannes Film Festival were almost always the red carpet fashion, including times that celebrities freed the nipple on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet.
The most famous instance may be Bella Hadid’s sheer Saint Laurent gown from 2024, but did you know an actress arrived topless? Did you know a royal freed the nipple on the red carpet at Cannes? While the age scandalous naked looks at Cannes, may be over , we’re looking back at some of the most daring ones.
Image Credit: Gisela Schober/Getty Images British artist Nadia Lee Cohen also dared at the 2024 Cannes in this black mesh dress at the premiere ofImage Credit: Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty ImagesWho can forget when supermodel Winnie Harlow wowed in this ruffled red gown that let her subtly free the nipple? Even big fans of the Kardashian-Jenner clan weren’t expecting Kendall Jenner to bare it all at the 2018 Cannes.
She wore this white tulle look at the premiere ofLady Victoria Hervey, daughter of the 6th Marquess of Bristol, freed the nipple in a glittering lilac gown back in 2014! Director Alexandra Kerry, daughter of former US Presidential Candidate John Kerry, turned heads in a completely sheer black, one-shoulder gown to the premiere ofIn a truly unexpected moment, actress Edy Williams, appeared topless at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, in May 1977.
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