After the international film festival announced a new set of dress code rules this year, Halle Berry, who is serving on the competition jury, revealed she had to ditch a pre-planned outfit. "I had an amazing dress by Gupta that I cannot wear tonight because it’s too big of a train,

The Oscar curiously agrees with the Cannes Film Festival ban on red-carpet nudity, even though she created a stir last week by wearing a risqué dress to the Met Gala.

The robust 2025 festival lineup includes such splashy, star-driven studio titles as Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme” (Focus), Ari Aster’s “Eddington” (A24), Scarlett Johansson’s “Eleanor the Great ” (Sony Classics) and Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible–The Final Reckoning.”

According to Reuters, due to the Cannes Film Festival's new dress code, the outfit Berry originally planned to wear for the May 13 event had to be scrapped. But don't worry. Berry's back up dress was more than chic enough for the carpet.

A day before it opened, the Cannes Film Festival announced new rules banning “voluminous outfits” and nudity on the red carpet. It’s not the first time the event has sent celebrities and their stylists into a tizzy.

Halle Berry planned to wear a Gaurav Gupta dress to the film festival but changed plans after a dress code update.

Hollywood star Halle Berry revealed she had to make a last-minute wardrobe change, opting out of a dramatic outfit designed by Indian couturier Gaurav Gupta.

Halle Berry kicked off the 2025 Cannes Film Festival with a short, wavy bob. The voluminous, side-parted hairstyle was a sleeker version of the natural look she showed off on Instagram a day earlier.