DUBAI: Arab designers, including Tony Ward, Zuhair Murad and Elie Saab, have taken over the Cannes Film Festival red carpet, with A-list stars championing their ensembles at the 76th edition of the prestigious event.
On Thursday, US actress Kat Graham, along with French models Iris Mittenaere and Gabrielle Caunesil Pozzoli, attended the screening of director James Mangold’s “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” wearing gowns designed by Ward, who is Lebanese Italian.
Graham turned heads in a cosmic black blazer dress with hand-embroidered gold constellations.
Mittenaere donned a lilac silk tulle gown with delicate glints of beaded embroideries, while Pozzoli wore a coral pink ball gown with sparkling geometric embroideries.
US actress Calista Flockhart attended the premiere alongside her husband and star of the film Harrison Ford. She wore a black tulle gown with velvet trim and bow detailing from the Lebanese designer Murad’s pre-fall 2023 collection.
Murad was also championed by US actress Storm Reid and Saudi star Fatima Al-Banawi at the Red Sea International Film Festival and at Vanity Fair’s “women’s stories gala after party” that took place this week.
German-Costa Rican actress Ruby O. Fee also attended the screening of the latest “Indiana Jones” feature championing Lebanese design duo Azzi & Osta. She opted for a yellow Greek-inspired ruffled gown with a long train.
Chinese actress Gong Li wore a hot red set from Saab’s fall/winter 2023 collection.
British model Neelam Gill donned a pink gown by Syrian designer Rami Al-Ali.
