Indie Designers Take the Cannes Red Carpet – Latest Fashion Trends & Style Tips May 26, 2026 at 07:45PM

📰 Indie Designers Take the Cannes Red Carpet

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Just days after the Met Gala came and went, the 2026 Cannes Film Festival kicked off a slew of star-studded red carpets in the South of France.

Across the two-week event, this year's participants unsurprisingly delivered major fashion moments. But what was surprising was how many indie designers landed coveted Cannes red-carpet placements. Standouts include: New York darling Andrew Kwon dressing "Traitors" star Maura Higgins; Australian designer Tamara Ralph's pink dresses for Alia Bhatt and Aja Naomi King; Parisian fashion label Matières Fécales' avant-garde Barbie-core pink gown for Demi Moore; and Mexican-American designer Willy Chavarria's structured take on the LBD for Barbara Palvin.

Ahead, see the standout indie designer looks at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.

Diane Kruger in David Koma at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images for Red Sea Film Foundation)
Adèle Exarchopoulos in Phoebe Philo at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Lionel Hahn/Getty Images)
Cindy Bruna in Issey Miyake at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Marc Piasecki/FilmMagic)
Evie Templeton in Rodarte at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
Ruth Wilson in Erdem at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Kate Green/Getty Images)
Ruth Wilson in JW Anderson at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Mike Marsland/WireImage)
Demi Moore in Self-Portrait at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Karwai Tang/WireImage)
Gillian Anderson in Mary Katrantzou at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
Maika Monroe in Ashi Studio at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Aurore Marechal/Getty Images)
Miss Benny in Bach Mai at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Lucia Cannes)
Maura Higgins in Andrew Kwon at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo by Lionel Hahn/Getty Images)
Alia Bhatt in Tamara Ralph at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Marc Piasecki/FilmMagic)
Alia Bhatt in Danielle Frankel at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
Michelle Rodriguez in Paolo Sebastian at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Mike Marsland/WireImage)
Souheila Yacoub in Egonlab at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Daniele Venturelli/WireImage)
Aja Naomi King in Tamara Ralph at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
Aditi Rao Hydari in Tony Ward at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
Barbara Palvin in Willy Chavarria at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Arnold Jerocki/GC Images)
Barbara Palvin in Ella Mae at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Samir Hussein/WireImage)
Demi Moore in Matières Fécales at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Lionel Hahn/Getty Images)
Araya Alberta Hargate in Tamara Ralph at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
Sharon Stone in Miss Sohee at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Marc Piasecki/FilmMagic)
Olivia Palermo in Zuhair Murad at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Lionel Hahn/Getty Images)
Milena Smit in Matières Fécales at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Daniele Venturelli/WireImage)
Maika Monroe in Dilara Findikoglu at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Kate Green/Getty Images)
Raya Martigny in Willy Chavarria at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. (Photo: Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

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