You’ll never look at heels the same way again at Cannes, Paris. (Getty)
There are dress codes, and then there are ridiculous, gender-biased holdovers-from-the-Dark-Ages-of-Misogony so dumb you assume they must be hoaxes. The Cannes “women must wear heels on the red carpet” policy falls firmly into the latter category.
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You read that right: At the premiere of film festival premiere of Carol last night, several women were refused entry to the red carpet on the basis that they were wearing flats, and denied access by officials until they changed into something a little more uncomfortable aka heels. The irony in all this of course is that this was the opening night of a film all about challenging conventional ideas of love and womanhood[2].
The fest hasn’t officially commented on this, but it’s caused quite the uproar: Apparenly, Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro will be donning stilettos to walk their red carpet tonight as a gesture of solidarity. One small step…but Cannes, you’ve got a long way to go.
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About Sarah Laing
I can never finish The New Yorker before the next one arrives in the mail. I still haven’t found that wear-anywhere mid-heel shoe, and I despair of locating the perfect red lipstick. I’m still working on making ‘hats my thing’, and I can kick my coffee habit anytime I want, okay? What I do know? Gone With the Wind is the greatest movie ever, and bliss is scrambled eggs on crunchy white bread.
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