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‘Bolder Than Ever’: Cannes Fuses Film and Glamour in Unofficial Fashion Week

The film festival is no stranger to high fashion, but this year it has prompted new levels of fashion hysteria.
Natalie Portman 2023 Cannes Festival.
Natalie Portman 2023 Cannes Festival. (Getty Images)

At night, the Croisette in Cannes is lit up by 1,500 dark pink LED lights. It happens all year. But during the film festival, which ends this weekend, these lights transform the boulevard into a red carpet. It’s where industry types with lanyards queue for parties, fashion types jostle to be seen, and fans on the blue chairs sit and watch — and it explains why the festival is fast becoming an u

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