Halle Berry introduced Previous Hollywood glamour with a contemporary three-dimensional twist to Monday evening’s Chopard “Caroline’s Universe” dinner on the 78th Cannes Movie Competition, the place she serves on this 12 months’s jury alongside Juliette Binoche and firm.
For the event, the Oscar‑winner wore a sculptural couture robe from Gaurav Gupta’s fall 2024 “Jyotirgamaya” assortment, coyly side-stepping the movie pageant’s up to date costume code banning garments with dramatic transparency and outsized trains whereas nonetheless adhering to its spirit.
Jury Member Halle Berry attends the 2025 Chopard Universe Dinner on the 78th annual Cannes Movie Competition at Ariport Mandelieu on Might 19, 2025 in Cannes, France.
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The robe itself was sculptural: a structured bodice with a scooped sweetheart neckline and vertical boning that tapered towards the waist, setting the stage for the dramatic 3D floral rosette at her proper hip. From there, a theatrical cascade of material unfurled right into a voluminous prepare, artfully twisting in petal‑like curls earlier than hitting the ground.
The sculptural robe featured a body-skimming, thigh-high slit that exposed the actress’s pointed-toe heels in the identical berry hue. The patent leather-based pumps included a slender ankle strap and a glint of heat gold on the toe, echoing the {hardware} of the strap.
Jury Member Halle Berry attends the 2025 Chopard Universe Dinner on the 78th annual Cannes Movie Competition at Ariport Mandelieu on Might 19, 2025 in Cannes, France.
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The look echoed a silhouette she’s favored all through the pageant: the pointed-toe, ankle-strap stiletto. Simply days earlier, on the “Mission: Unattainable — The Remaining Reckoning” premiere, Berry wore Aquazzura’s “Comet” pumps — jet-black heels with a sharply arched profile and comet-shaped ankle gildings. That pair was styled with a voluminous Celia Kritharioti high-low robe that intentionally stopped on the ankle to let the footwear shine. On the Chopard dinner, she took the identical strategy in deep cranberry: similar sculptural robe, similar shoe-baring slit, similar precision in pairing magnificence with a contact of play.
The 2025 Cannes Movie Competition concludes on Might 24. Movies premiering at this 12 months’s pageant embrace Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme,” Julia Ducournau’s “Alpha” and Lynne Ramsay’s “Die, My Love.”
