Cannes 2015: The Best Men

The annual Cannes Film Festival is a great place to see style and fashion on very proud and continuous display. The Festival is theatrical, filmic even, set in the dreamy Cote d'Azur, where audiences boo, hiss, cry, applaud rapturously and give rare standing ovations.

Unlike one-night award shows, held at twilight, where stars can quickly show their best side and then disappear into the night, this is a 24-hour nearly-two-week juggernaut. It takes no prisoners.  Bring the style, that the French and the world will approve of, or, stay at home (or on the yacht sipping Dom Perignon). The stars have to shine at all times, through day time photo-calls, premiers, parties, charity events, networking, business meetings and other press / PR / media activities.

Displays of menswear and men's fashion are present, but these are mostly of the black-tie variety. These noble efforts are swamped by the endless supply of dresses and gowns from simple set-pieces to the best of french haute couture.

The list of stylish ladies for 2015 includes Sienna Miller, Marion Coitillard, Lupita Nyong'o, Charlize Theron, Natalie Portman, Chanel Iman, the world's current top models and many others.

In 2014, two individuals captured our imagination: Blake Lively and Xavier Dolan. Each had the right outfit for the right time of day, worn in the right way and which packed enough wow factor to light up social media for weeks. This year, 2015, Xavier Dolan gave us another menswear masterclass in understated elegance and memorable statements, wearing Louis Vuitton. He was in good company with Nicholas Hoult and Jake Jyllenhaal. The Cannes 2015 Best Men.

Cannes Film Festival 2015
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Nic Horne (NH)