From Julia Robert’s bare foot act, to Clooney’s wife’s debut on the red carpet, the star-studded affair had much drama that unfolded amid fanfare.
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U.S. actress Carrie Fisher’s dog Gary poses on the red carpet on May 14, 2016 before the screening of the film ‘Agassi (The Handmaiden – Mademoiselle)’ at the 69th Cannes Film Festival.
At the premiere of Jodie Foster’s “Money Monster” on Thursday, Roberts went shoeless to climb the steps that conclude Cannes’ iconic carpet.
Several women, including producer Valeria Richter, complained previous year that they were stopped for not wearing heels, prompting festival director Thierry Fremaux to tell news agency AFP: “We apologise”.
Julia Roberts does what Julia Roberts wants.
The Cannes Film Festival will end on May 22. That’s why it was unusual to see Julia Roberts waltzing around totally barefoot.
Strutting down the red carpet at a screening of Money Monster, the Academy Award victor joined the A-list likes of Julia Roberts, George Clooney and Naomi Watts. Even powerful women in pop culture, from “Veep” to “House of Cards”, are always wearing high heels, no matter how uncomfortable or unrealistic the style choice is, as The Huffington Post pointed out. She said, “Everyone should wear flats, to be honest, at the best of times”.
Julia Roberts glides up the stairs at the red carpet sans shoes, breaking yet another fashion convention. “You kind of think that there’s these new waves of equality”.
Kristen Stewart echoed the criticism again this year.
“She did arrive on the red carpet wearing heels, but she appears to have removed them as she made her way into the premiere”, adds Vanity Fair. You can not come in.’ Then (I’m going to say), ‘Neither is my friend.
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For many women, no one has required them to wear heels to work or elsewhere.
