In Pictures: Fashion plates at Cannes Film Festival

The red carpet scene at the Cannes Film Festival is a fashion scrum of the highest order. We look at how some women showed off their style at the 71st edition of the festival.

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May 15, 2018, 11:44 AM

Members of the jury Kristen Stewart, Lea Seydoux, Cate Blanchett, director Ava DuVernay and Burundian singer Khadja Nin pose for a photocall before the opening of the festival on May 8, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

At the premiere of BlacKkKlansman on May 14, 2018, jury president Cate Blanchett lets this elegant tiered gown, with its multi-coloured ombre skirt, make its own statement by teaming it with a severe slicked-back hairstyle and understated makeup.
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At the premiere of Girls Of The Sun (Les Filles du Soleil) on May 12, 2018, Blanchett is once again in a minimalist mode, shorn of jewellery other than elaborate drop earrings, but not short on grace in a sleek black gown set off by a dramatic bow detail at the hip. PHOTO: AFP

For the premiere of Cold War (Zimna Wojna) on May 10, 2018, Blanchett sported her brightest gown, a flower-splattered print in a bold, balloon shape, and teamed it with shiny gold heels. PHOTO: AFP

For the opening ceremony on May 8, 2018, Blanchett chose a lace confection which looked schoolmarm demure in front but revealed a dramatic sculpted back. PHOTO: AFP

Cate Blanchett arrives at the Grand Hyatt Cannes Hotel Martinez in a relaxed lemon blazer teamed with 1960s movie star, cat's eye sunglasses on May 7, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

French actress and fellow jury member Lea Seydoux at the premiere of Cold War on May 10, 2018. She channeled Sally Bowles in this structured sequinned jacket dress, accented by slicked back hair and sexy red lips. PHOTO: AFP

At the Women In Motion Honor Awards on May 13, 2018, Seydoux opted for a harlequin print and retained sequins and a short length for glamour. PHOTO: REUTERS

These heels are killer, Kristen Stewart seems to be saying as she removes her shoes on the red carpet for BlacKkKlansman on May 14, 2018. She also seems ready for war in her chainmail dress. PHOTO: REUTERS

The dress was meh at the opening ceremony on May 8, but Stewart's smoky plum eye and fabulously swept-back hair with the curlicue cowlick was on point. PHOTO: AFP

The clean lines of this white gown DuVernay wore to the opening ceremony on May 8, 2018, accentuates her lush figure and beading detail on the collar adds a luxe pop. PHOTO: AFP

We are totally digging the edgy punk-meets-Chanel look Stewart (left) sported for the premiere of Girls of the Sun (Les Filles du Soleil) on May 12, 2018. The neon shades of Ava DuVernay's (third from left) dress are eye-popping at the premiere of BlacKkKlansman on May 14, 2018, and so is her arm candy - fellow jury member and actor Chang Chen. PHOTOS: EPA-EFE

For the opening ceremony on May 8, 2018, Seydoux (left) went for 1930s movie star glamour in a feathery gown with a Grecian detail and softly waved hair. From what we can see at the Women In Motion Honor Awards, director DuVernay (centre) favours modest gowns with long sleeves and maxi lengths. The rich jewel tone and lace detailing rescue this dress from drab boredom. Stewart (right) does not look comfortable at the same event, where the sequinned top band of her sleek tube dress seems to be strangling her torso. PHOTOS: EPA-EFE, REUTERS

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