Everything Bella Hadid has worn on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet, ranked from least to most daring

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16-05-2025

Bella Hadid has been attending the Cannes Film Festival in France since 2016.
The 28-year-old model has worn a mix of glamorous gowns and daring looks.
Her boldest outfits have included see-through fabric, a lung-shaped necklace, and hip-high slits.
Bella Hadid is the queen of the Cannes Film Festival.
Of course, that's not a real title, but it should be. Since 2016, the model and brand founder has regularly been one of the best-dressed stars of the French event.
She's worn silk slip dresses, elegant ball gowns, and even a necklace shaped like lungs.
Here's a look back at her Cannes red-carpet fashion, ranked from least to most daring.
Bella Hadid wore her simplest look to date at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
She walked the red carpet in a strapless, mauve ball gown designed by Christian Dior and a few pieces of diamond jewelry.
Her long, straight hair and neutral makeup were equally elegant.
She was a bit bolder the year before when she wore a red gown made from quilted fabric.
The Dior Haute Couture dress was sleeveless with thin straps, a standard waistband, and a petal-shaped neckline.
She wore it with black sandals, heavy eye makeup, and snake-shaped Bulgari jewels.
Fast forward to 2022, and Hadid continued to wear classic red-carpet fashion with an edgy twist.
That year, she wore a black mermaid dress designed by Gianni Versace in 1987.
It had a ruched, strapless bodice, velvet skirt, and a hoop of black fabric across her waist and hips.
She also wore an understated gown with small, daring details that year.
Her vintage, white Gucci dress was simple with long sleeves and a straight skirt.
Though she wore no bra with the gown, she did wear a metal-encrusted pair of underwear seen through the circular cutout at her hip.
The model's black gown at the 2025 opening ceremony was simple in the front and daring in the back.
The sleeveless Saint Laurent piece was pretty simple, with only a thigh-high slit and a ruched asymmetrical neckline visible from its front.
The other side of the gown was a bit more interesting with cutouts that showed her back.
At her first Cannes Film Festival in 2016, Hadid wore a sparkling gown with a deep neckline.
The Roberto Cavalli Couture gown had a slip that matched her skin tone and created the appearance of a see-through dress.
It was also decorated with crystals from top to bottom and had a floor-length skirt that extended into a short train.
The gown's bodice, on the other hand, was sleeveless with crisscross straps across the chest.
She dazzled even more in 2018 when she wore a form-fitting halter gown.
The model took a classic approach to glamour with one of her daring 2017 looks.
Her Alexandre Vauthier dress was made from baby-pink satin. It was strapless with a V-shaped neckline and a wrap-style skirt that created a thigh-high slit.
Hadid wore the look with sparkling sandals and a statement Bulgari necklace.
In 2021, Hadid walked the red carpet in a vintage gown with a unique bodice.
The Jean Paul Gaultier dress had a black bra underneath a halter top made from twisted mesh. On top was another layer: a strapless white gown that sat beneath her bust.
Some of the mesh material was also attached to the back of the dress, creating a wide train that fanned out behind the model.
She wore three daring trends in one dress at the 2019 event.
Hadid's red gown was designed by Roberto Cavalli.
The single-sleeve, backless design had a cutout at one hip and a thigh-high slit in the front of its skirt.
It also had a jeweled strap that wrapped around her shoulders and held the actual dress up. She wore it with red sandals, matching lipstick, and an updo hairstyle.
Hadid also rocked the see-through dress trend that year.
Her Dior Haute Couture had an asymmetrical halter top and tiers of ruffles made from semi-sheer white tulle.
In addition to the gown, Hadid donned a thick silver bracelet, diamond earrings, and a bun hairstyle.
In 2024, Hadid arrived at "The Apprentice" red carpet wearing a brown midi dress that was mostly sheer.
The Saint Laurent piece had a halter neckline made from sheer mesh that revealed the model's chest. More of the fabric was wrapped in thick rows around her waist, creating an opaque panel above its sheer knee-length skirt.
Hadid wore the daring look with open-toe leather shoes and diamond-encrusted gold earrings.
Hadid made one of her most famous — and daring — Cannes appearances in 2016.
She wore a red Alexandre Vauthier gown that was sleeveless, backless, and had a loose-fitting top with a plunging neckline. The bold gown also had a flowing skirt with a hip-high slit.
Speaking with Vogue in 2021, the model said she felt "embarrassed" by the look, despite it "apparently" being "a very iconic red dress moment."
"I was nervous in this dress. I look very sexual and all these things," she said. "I was still nervous about cameras and nervous about having a lot of makeup on."
Hadid also said the dress didn't match her style, and it gave people a false perception of who she is.
"That's my alter ego. That's Belinda," she joked. "I'm just so the opposite of her. She's very va-va-voom. You know, bless her. Love her. She was very nervous."
In 2021, Hadid wore arguably her boldest Cannes look: a black dress with a scoop neckline that extended below her chest.
The daring design was made by Schiaparelli. The fashion house described the garment on Instagram as a "long-sleeved dress in wool crepe with a low-cut neckline."
To cover her chest, Hadid donned a large, lung-shaped necklace made from "gilded brass" and "adorned with rhinestones," according to the brand.