At the Cannes film festival premiere of Joseph Kosinski’s “Top Gun: Maverick” on Wednesday, former Victoria’s Secret model Adriana Lima became the latest celebrity to turn maternity fashion on its head.
Dressed in a custom-made Balmain gown and without a jewel in sight, Lima’s primary red carpet accessory was her pregnant belly. The black pleated dress wrapped around her body, with the draped skirt perfectly framing the model’s stomach.
Lima, who is pregnant with her third child, announced in 2018 that she was retiring from Victoria’s Secret after joining the brand as an angel in 1999. Earlier this year, the Brazilian model walked for Alexander Wang’s controversial comeback show wearing a range of similar cut-out looks that showed off her baby bump.
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Now in its 75th year, the Cannes red carpet is one of the most revered fashion events on the calendar. Scroll through the gallery to see the best looks from each day of the festival.
Helen Mirren and Andie MacDowell looked stunning as they posed together before the screening of "Mother And Son (Un Petit Frere)."
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LaKeith Stanfield arrived in a suave velvet robe and jeweled brooch.
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While Gemma Chan opted for a risqué lace strapless gown.
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Winnie Harlow attended the screening of "Elvis" in a romantic Off-White gown.
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And Australian actor Olivia DeJonge floated onto the red carpet in a dramatic sea foam Gucci ensemble.
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Also at the "Elvis" premiere was actor Wallis Day, who chose a striking Cucculelli Shaheen metallic cut-out dress.
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While Swedish actor Noomi Rapace turned heads in a Fall-Winter 2022 Dries Van Noten look.
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Margaret Qualley donned a sleek black Chanel dress and tulle skirt for the "Stars at Noon" premiere.
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Izabel Goulart's chic, serpentine gown -- worn to the "Elvis" screening -- was by David Koma.
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While Kaia Gerber channeled '90s minimalism with a red Celine slip dress.
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Priscilla Presley was seen at the "Elvis" red carpet in a brown satin '60s shift dress.
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To the premiere of "The Innocent," Bella Hadid wore a vintage 1987 Versace strapless gown from the designer's archives.
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At the same premiere, actor Lea Seydoux opted for a custom-made black vinyl dress from Louis Vuitton.
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Whereas French actor Adèle Exarchopoulos shone in a custom-made Coperni one-shoulder look, finished with mesh gloves and a gemstone necklace.
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Danish actors Hanne Jacobsen and Mads Mikkelsen arrived in equally dapper suits.
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Isabelle Huppert went full glam in a 1950s-inspired Balenciaga gown.
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British model Jourdan Dunn wore a flouncy, baby pink Ashi Studio frock.
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Mexican model and actor Daniela de Jesus Cosio shone at the "Nostalgia" premiere in a iridescent green cut-out look by Lebanese American designer Rami Kadi.
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Also at the premiere for "The Innocent," French model Jeanne Cadieu caught eyes in a fuchsia pink Fall-Winter 2022 Loewe dress and oversized metallic bow sandals.
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While actor Claire Holt went for a purple sequin strapless gown by Genny Fall.
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Hollywood icon Sharon Stone was the epitome of glamor in a custom Dolce & Gabbana strapless gown, complete with dramatic thigh split, worn to the "Crimes of the Future" screening.
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On the red carpet for "Decision To Leave (Heojil Kyolshim)," Naomi Campbell stole the show in a Valentino haute couture frock covered in feathers.
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For the premiere of "Moonage Daydream" model Soo Joo Park was in full Loewe, wearing the viral balloon bra and mesh printed dress from Fall-Winter 2022.
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Attending the screening of "The Innocent," Maggie Gyllenhaal looked the picture of sophistication in a plunge-neck gown by Lanvin.
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Watching "Crimes of the Future," Chanel ambassador Kristen Stewart donned a haute couture ensemble from the brand, with an embroidered silk tulle top and silk skirt.
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Chinese American model and socialite Jaime Xie arrived in a Marc Jacobs long skirt and bodysuit for the premiere of "Decision To Leave (Heojil Kyolshim)."
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Isabelle Huppert attended the screening of "Forever Young (Les Amandiers)" in an emerald green Balenciaga dress and bodysuit.
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Model Soo Joo Park sported a strappy floor-length gown by London designer Nensi Dojaka for the red carpet of "Three Thousand Years Of Longing."
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Actor Emilia Schüle arrived at the screening of "November (Novembre)" wearing a Loewe ruffle trench coat dress.
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To the screening of "Forever Young (Les Amandiers)" model and actor Iris Law turned heads in a gothic Dior corset and skirt set.
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While supermodel Carla Bruni went for a chocolate brown Saint Laurent maxi dress.
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Anne Hathaway looked ethereal in an Armani Privé column dress at the "Armageddon Time" premiere.
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Whereas Indian actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan arrived in a pearl-toned surrealist gown by Gaurav Gupta.
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Julia Roberts flipped the red carpet script in a super chic Louis Vuitton tuxedo-jumpsuit.
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At the "Top Gun: Maverick" screening, actor Elle Fanning stunned in a blush-toned Armani Privé dress complete with fitted bodice.
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Viola Davis brightened up the event in a canary yellow Alexander McQueen floor-length gown.
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Jennifer Connelly stepped out in a custom-made, off-the-shoulder Louis Vuitton look.
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Deepika Padukone, Indian actress and Jury member of the Official Selection, wore a glittering sari by Indian designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee for the festival's opening ceremony.
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German fashion model Caroline Daur strutted the "Final Cut" carpet in a Fall-Winter 2022-2023 Valentino pink mini dress and matching Valentino platform heels.
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While model Didi Stone arrived in a surrealist Roberto Cavalli outfit, complete with a cage-like top and silk skirt.
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Rebecca Hall glided across the carpet in an embellished, 70s-inspired custom Gucci gown.
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Julianne Moore kept it sleek in a classic, plunge-neck Bottega Veneta dress and Bulgari jewels.
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French journalist and actress Agathe Rousselle wore a striking Louis Vuitton gown and chiffon cape.
Lima’s Cannes outfit is a close follow to a series of high fashion, mold-breaking looks from Rihanna, beginning when she and rapper A$AP Rocky announced they were expecting their first child via a paparazzi-style photoshoot in New York in February. In the widely circulated photos, Rihanna’s unmistakable bump was exposed by an unbuttoned vintage Chanel puffer and dripping with $5,000 jewels from Christian Lacroix.
In May, during her third trimester, the musician and entrepreneur made headlines again when she appeared on the cover of Vogue. In an accompanying interview, Rihanna spoke out about the restrictive nature of traditional maternity fashion. “My body is doing incredible things right now, and I’m not going to be ashamed of that,” she said. “This time should feel celebratory. Because why should you be hiding your pregnancy?”
While Rihanna has become synonymous with bold pregnancy-wear this year, other celebrities have offered similarly daring looks in the past. In 2017, Beyoncé revealed she was carrying twins in a high-art photoshoot by Awol Erizku. The image, which shows the singer shrouded in a mesh veil and kneeling in front of a flower arch, was briefly the most-liked Instagram photo ever. And in 1991, it was actress Demi Moore who made pop culture history when she posed nude while seven months pregnant for the cover of Vanity Fair. Recently Moore reflected on the impact of her trailblazing cover: “Every time I see someone posing like that, I am so excited,” she told Entertainment Tonight. “because I really do think it’s one of the most beautiful times in our lives.”