This week, hordes of film industry experts, make-up artists, models, celebrities and actors descended on the French seaside town of Cannes for the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals. As one of the industry’s biggest celebrations of cinema, it unsurprisingly garners a lot of attention, showing both blockbusters and indie flicks competing for the Palme d’Or (the award given to the best film).

This year, highlights include the highly anticipated Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, featuring Chris Hemsworth and Anna Taylor-Joy; Megalopolis, starring Adam Driver; and Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga, featuring Sienna Miller and others.

While the main focus is, of course, on the cinema, many of the guests inevitably like to have fun with fashion, stepping onto the red carpet in gorgeous gowns and standout accessories. Model Rawdah Mohamed made a case for modest fashion in a sculptural blue dress, French singer and songwriter Yseult leaned into a monochrome look with a black skirt and white blazer – and an extra large hat to accessorise – and Bella Hadid opted for a Saint Laurent look that increased searches for the brand by 26%.

Here at Stylist, we’ve collated our favourite red carpet looks from the week so far, so consider this your inspiration for occasionwear dressing.

Cannes Film Festival 2024: all the best looks from the cinema-first red carpet